Senior Associate, Data Protection Operations

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About the role

  • Senior Associate operating DLP and DSPM solutions for PwC Canada’s cybersecurity clients. Managing policies, incidents, integrations, audits, and data protection operations.

Responsibilities

  • Assist in onboarding new clients through requirements gathering, policy baselining, and go-live support
  • Monitor the health of security applications and appliances and take action to ensure optimal performance
  • Integrate new data sources into data protection platforms
  • Create, enforce, and tune policies according to best practices, industry standards, and regulatory requirements
  • Identify tuning opportunities to reduce alert noise and improve signal fidelity
  • Troubleshoot and support configurations and management of data protection systems
  • Address urgent data protection issues and incidents through on-call rotation
  • Build and maintain SOPs, Current State Assessments, and runbooks
  • Maintain security platforms and ensure they are used to their full potential
  • Provide regular updates to client focal points on weekly, monthly, and quarterly schedules
  • Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders
  • Provide knowledge transfer sessions to peers and client personnel
  • Operate and configure DLP and DSPM solutions
  • Manage quarantine, policy exceptions, and user escalations
  • Support use-case development and threat modeling for insider risk and data exfiltration scenarios
  • Perform root cause analysis and document incident reports
  • Support compliance audits and operational reporting

Requirements

  • 3–5 years of hands-on experience in data protection operations (DLP and DSPM)
  • Proven expertise in at least two primary technologies: Microsoft Purview, Microsoft AIP, Cyera, Big ID, SkyHigh, Trellix Symantec/Broadcom, Forcepoint, Varonis, or Netskope
  • Exposure to secondary tools such as Microsoft Sentinel, Google SecOps, Splunk, or Exabeam is a plus
  • Proficient in Incident Management and Change Management
  • Ability to handle high-pressure situations with key stakeholders internally and externally
  • Good analytical, problem-solving, and interpersonal skills
  • Experience in vendor management
  • Willingness to adapt to evolving threats and technologies and continuously update skills
  • Experience working in an MSSP environment
  • Ability to configure and validate data protection policies and rules
  • Available for on-call rotation
  • Available for work visa sponsorship: No
  • Government clearance required: No

Benefits

  • Variable incentive pay programs for eligible employees
  • Competitive compensation package
  • Inclusive benefits
  • Flexibility programs
  • Comprehensive total rewards package
  • Accommodation throughout the application, interview, and employment process

Job title

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Senior

Salary

CA$84,700 - CA$134,700 per year

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

Tech skills

Splunk

Location requirements

OnsiteTorontoCanada

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