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From the employer's careers site First seen 4 Nov 2026

Senior Staff Cyber Security Engineer - Data Security

Salary

$161600-$242400 per year

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Description

You are a highly skilled cybersecurity engineer with a passion for protecting sensitive enterprise data across email, endpoint, cloud, and network environments.

You will join Synopsys' Data & Identity Security Engineering team, a highly skilled group of security professionals focused on protecting the company's intellectual property, sensitive information, and critical business systems.

Responsibilities

  • Designing, implementing, and optimizing enterprise-wide Data Loss Prevention (DLP) and Information Protection solutions.
  • Managing and enhancing data protection controls across email, endpoint, cloud, network, and collaboration platforms.
  • Supporting the deployment and administration of Microsoft Purview Information Protection, Data Loss Prevention, and Sensitivity Labeling capabilities.
  • Designing and implementing data security policies utilizing Microsoft Data Protection Suite technologies, including Information Protection, Insider Risk Management, and Data Lifecycle Management capabilities.
  • Managing and optimizing data loss prevention controls, including inline DLP, CASB, SaaS security, cloud application protection, and internet egress controls.
  • Developing and tuning data classification frameworks, sensitivity labels, auto-labeling policies, and protection rules for structured and unstructured data.
  • Collaborating with legal, privacy, compliance, and business stakeholders to ensure data protection controls align with regulatory requirements and business objectives.
  • Work with partner teams to investigate and resolve complex DLP incidents, policy violations, and data exposure events across enterprise environments.
  • Establishing standards, best practices, and governance processes for data protection, classification, labeling, and secure data handling.
  • Supporting Zero Trust initiatives through data-centric security controls and continuous monitoring of sensitive information movement.
  • Automating operational processes and reporting through scripting, integrations, and security workflows.
  • Documenting architectures, standards, procedures, and operational runbooks while providing technical guidance to stakeholders and engineering teams.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
  • Minimum of 5 years' experience in cybersecurity, data protection, information security, or related disciplines, with at least 2 years in a senior or lead engineering role.
  • Deep hands-on expertise with Microsoft Information Protection Suite.
  • Strong experience implementing enterprise DLP programs across email, endpoint, network, cloud, and SaaS environments.
  • Hands-on experience with data loss prevention solutions, including CASB, inline DLP, and cloud security controls.
  • Expertise in data classification methodologies, information governance, and data protection frameworks.
  • Experience securing Microsoft 365 workloads, including Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, OneDrive, Teams, and Copilot environments.
  • Experience with cloud platforms including Azure, AWS, and GCP.
  • Security certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CCSP, GIAC, Microsoft Security Certifications, or vendor-specific certifications are a plus (or willingness to obtain).

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical and healthcare plans that work for you and your family.
  • In addition to company holidays, we have ETO and FTO Programs.
  • Maternity and paternity leave, parenting resources, adoption and surrogacy assistance, and more.
  • Purchase Synopsys common stock at a 15% discount, with a 24-month look-back.
  • Save for your future with our retirement plans that vary by region and country.
  • Competitive salaries.

Skills

Required

Nice to have

  • CISSP
  • CISM
  • CCSP
  • GIAC
  • Microsoft Security Certifications

Ready to apply?

You apply with the employer directly. Their original posting is here: https://careers.synopsys.com/job/morrisville/senior-staff-cyber-security-engineer-data-security/44408/102786026272

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