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Data Protection Engineer June 1, 2026 Position Summary The data protection engineer is responsible for designing, implementing and operating technical and governance controls to protect sensitive data across the organization. The role spans data classification, DLP, data security posture management (DSPM), data governance and insider risk management, ensuring effective protection of sensitive data across endpoints, email, cloud platforms, SaaS applications and collaboration tools. Essential Job Duties Administer, configure, and optimize the Varonis Data Security Platform to provide enterprise-wide visibility into sensitive data, user activity, permissions, and security risks across on-premises and cloud data repositories. Implement and maintain Varonis Data Classification Engine policies to discover, classify, and monitor regulated and sensitive data, including PII, PHI, PCI, financial, and intellectual property assets across Microsoft 365, Windows file shares, NAS platforms, and cloud storage environments. Design, deploy,



and tune Varonis Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) capabilities to identify overexposed data, stale data, excessive permissions, orphaned accounts, and other data security risks; drive remediation efforts in partnership with data owners and business stakeholders. Develop and maintain security policies, s, dashboards, and reporting to measure data risk exposure, access governance maturity, data owner accountability, and overall control effectiveness. Integrate Varonis with enterprise security technologies including Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD), Active Directory, Microsoft Defender, SIEM, SOAR, CASB, and DLP solutions to improve visibility, correlation, and response capabilities. Perform regular reviews of sensitive data repositories, access control lists (ACLs), group memberships, and entitlement models to ensure compliance with security standards, regulatory requirements, and organizational policies. Contribute to continuo

📌 Data Protection Engineer (Thiruvananthapuram)
🏢 UST
📍 Thiruvananthapuram