Symantec DLP Analyst

Symantec DLP Analyst

Location: Remote

Role Overview

This organization is seeking a Symantec Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Analyst to monitor, analyze, investigate, and respond to data protection events across the enterprise. The selected candidate will utilize the Symantec DLP platform to detect potential data loss, optimize detection policies, investigate alerts, and coordinate remediation efforts. This position plays a vital role in protecting intellectual property, confidential business information, customer data, and regulated information.

Key Responsibilities

• Validate and triage level 1 events across endpoint, network, email, and supported cloud environments, ensuring proper documentation of alerts.

• Investigate potential data loss incidents to determine severity and business impact, and recommend appropriate remediation.

• Distinguish authorized business activity from suspicious or unauthorized data movement.

• Identify recurring risky behavior and escalate high-risk incidents to incident response teams and relevant stakeholders.

• Document investigation evidence, findings, decisions, and resolutions clearly.

• Review recurring false positives and provide actionable feedback to improve policy accuracy and reduce unnecessary alert volume.

• Configure, maintain, and tune detection policies to protect sensitive enterprise information, including intellectual property, personally identifiable information (PII), and financial data.

• Perform primary review and triage functions for all DLP events within defined service level agreements (SLAs).

• Required Qualifications

• Education: A bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field of study is preferred.

• Experience: Demonstrated professional experience in cybersecurity operations, specifically focusing on data protection, incident triage, and alert investigation.

• Technical

Skills

• Hands-on experience with the Symantec Data Loss Prevention (DLP) platform, including policy tuning, false positive reduction, and rule refinement across endpoint and network environments.

• Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRateds Best of Staffing® in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work® in the United Kingdom and Mexico.

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Benefits

• Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our ‘Welcome Packet’ as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.

• Everforth Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union member