Senior Data Protection Engineer

Guild Mortgage Company, closing loans and opening doors since 1960. As a mortgage banking firm we are dedicated to serving the homeowner/buyer. Our goal is to provide affordable home financing for our customers, utilizing the best terms available while providing a level of professionalism and service unsurpassed in the lending industry.

Position Summary

The Senior Data Protection Engineer is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining corporate data protection solutions that safeguard sensitive company and customer information. This role focuses on the hands-on configuration, operation, and continuous improvement of data protection technologies and controls across cloud, endpoint, email, and data platforms.

The Senior Data Protection Engineer works closely with IT Security, Compliance, Legal, and business stakeholders to translate data protection requirements into practical technical controls. This position requires a strong understanding of data loss prevention, data classification, information protection, regulatory compliance, and emerging data security threats to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of regulated and sensitive data.

Compensation

This role is an exempt position with a targeted salary range of $109,114 to $156,510 annually.

Compensation at Guild is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to local and federal minimum wage requirements, education, level of experience, and applicant’s geographical location.

Essential Functions

• Design, deploy, configure, and maintain data protection solutions across endpoints, networks, cloud services, email systems, and collaboration platforms.
• Customize and fine-tune data protection policies, rules, and classifiers.
• Define and maintain data classification schemes and sensitivity labels.
• Fine-tune data protection policies, rules and detection algorithms to minimize false positives.
• Define and refine data classification labels, configurations and control parameters.
• Ability to troubleshoot sensitivity label issues with end users.
• Develop automated workflows to enhance data security and reduce manual intervention.
• Monitor and triage data protection alerts and incidents.
• Implement and operate DSPM controls, data discovery, posture assessments, and exposure remediation.
• Documentation of systems designs, configurations and support processes including, but not limited to, creating/maintaining conceptual, logic and system diagrams, standard operating procedures and playbooks, and configuration guides. 
• Ensure data protection policies align with company and regulatory requirements, as well as industry regulations (e.g., GLBA, CCPA).
• Work closely with compliance and legal teams to enforce data protection requirements.
• Provide technical guidance on emerging threats and data security trends.
• Support data flow mapping, risk assessments, and remediation efforts.
• Participate in architecture reviews and change management activities.
• Integrate data protection platforms with SIEM and IAM systems.

Qualifications

• A combination of education and experience may be considered in lieu of the Bachelor’s degree.
• Bachelors Degree directly related to the position or equivalent, preferred.
• Degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• Minimum five years experience in DLP engineering.
• Strong, hands-on experience with Microsoft Purview (Data Loss Prevention and Information Protection) and Microsoft Defender.
• Experience with Microsoft Defender for Cloud and/or Zscaler is a plus.
• Strong knowledge of encryption, data classification, network security, endpoint protection, and cloud security principles.
• Scripting (e.g., Python and PowerShell) and automation skills are a plus.
• Solid understanding of regular expression and regex-based pattern matching.
• Understanding data protection laws, compliance frameworks, and industry best practices.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills required.
• Highly organized and detail-oriented; ability to work in a fast-paced, metrics-driven environment required.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, Word, Excel, Wiki, collaborative cloud-based programs, and third-party software applications required.
• Commitment to company values.
• Customer Service - Proactive attention to each person.
• Integrity - Do and say what's right.
• Respect - Treat others with dignity.
• Collaboration - Listen and work together.
• Learning - Seek knowledge and strive for improvement.
• Excellence – Deliver the unexpected.

Supervision

Job Scope:  Plays a key role in area by generating insights and ideas on policies, processes, procedures, and efficiency; contributes ideas to strategic and operational plans to ensure alignment.

Complexity:  Problems encountered are often complex and may involve significant resource coordination and availability, evaluating and resolving discrepancies with data, analyses, processes, etc. using own expertise and judgment.

Impact:  Decisions and actions have a major impact on the outcomes of the department, projects, and programs; Has a direct and significant impact on the business and/or operations of major segments of the organization.

Interaction/Supervision:  Acts as a mentor/guide to less experienced professional contributor staff in a similar role; works independently and only under general direction; guided by professional standards, desired outcomes, and project plan specifications.

Requirements

• Work is primarily sedentary; mobility in an office setting.
• Ability to operate standard office equipment and keyboards.
• Regularly required to accurately perceive, distinguish and interpret information received visually and through audio; e.g., words, numbers and other data broadcasted aloud/viewed on a screen, as well as print and other media.
• Office environment – moderate noise, no substantial exposure to adverse environmental conditions.
• Travel 5% or less.
• This role requires effective adaptation to workplace stressors, including customer service complaints, security responsibilities, and competing priorities. 
• Work is primarily performed during the business week, Monday - Friday.

Guild offers a pleasant work environment, competitive compensation and excellent benefits package; including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, AD&D, LTD and 401(k) with employer match.

Guild Mortgage Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

REQ#: SENIO018200