Zero Trust Data Rights Engineer

Mount Indie; Tampa (FL); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Mount Indie is seeking a highly technical Senior Data Security Engineer (DRM) to lead data discovery, classification, and secure data rights management for USSOCOM’s Zero Trust initiative. You will illuminate dark data across hyperscale cloud and legacy storage, enabling precise protection.

You will architect and deploy AD-RMS and Azure RMS, leverage Microsoft Defender Suite, and build a real-time map of sensitive data to enforce policy-driven access across hybrid environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, or related technical discipline.
• 10 years of relevant experience in enterprise systems engineering, data security, or cybersecurity operations.
• Proven experience implementing and administering AD-RMS and Azure RMS in complex, multi-domain or hybrid environments.
• Experience with large-scale data environments (Petabyte scale) and data lineage concepts.
• Deep expertise in Microsoft Defender stack: Purview, Defender for Cloud Apps, Entra ID, and Conditional Access.

Responsibilities

• Architect, deploy, and manage AD-RMS and Azure RMS as the primary DRM engine across hybrid networks.
• Design and configure security policies within the Microsoft Defender suite to control resource access based on device compliance and risk.
• Drive data catalog integration and metadata synchronization with enterprise platforms to track data movement and security state.
• Connect discovery tools to databases to scan schemas for sensitive indicators without impacting performance.
• Utilize Purview Data Map and connectors to inventory data in AWS S3, Azure Blobs, and Data Lakes.
• Collaborate with mission owners to train ML classifiers to recognize USSOCOM data types and reduce false positives.

Skills

Data security

Zero Trust

AD-RMS

Azure RMS

Microsoft Defender

KQL

SPL

Kubernetes

Docker

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Palantir

Purview

Purview Audit

Activity Explorer

Microsoft Defender

Kubernetes

Docker

Job description

Mount Indie is seeking a highly technical Senior Data Security Engineer (DRM) to lead data discovery, classification, and secure data rights management for USSOCOM’s Zero Trust initiative. You will illuminate dark data across hyperscale cloud and legacy storage, enabling precise protection.

You will architect and deploy AD-RMS and Azure RMS, leverage Microsoft Defender Suite, and build a real-time map of sensitive data to enforce policy-driven access across hybrid environments.