AVP, Data Protection Engineer (L10)

Role Title: AVP, Data Protection Engineer (L10)

Company Overview: Synchrony (NYSE: SYF) is a premier consumer financial services company delivering one of the industry’s most complete digitally enabled product suites. Our experience, expertise and scale encompass a broad spectrum of industries including digital, health and wellness, retail, telecommunications, home, auto, outdoors, pet and more.

• We have recently been ranked #2 among India’s Best Companies to Work for by Great Place to Work. We were among the Top 50 India’s Best Workplaces in Building a Culture of Innovation by All by GPTW and Top 25 among Best Workplaces in BFSI by GPTW. We have also been recognized by AmbitionBox Employee Choice Awards among the Top 20 Mid-Sized Companies, ranked #3 among Top Rated Companies for Women, and Top-Rated Financial Services Companies.
• We provide best-in-class employee benefits and programs that cater to work-life integration and overall well-being.
• We provide career advancement and upskilling opportunities, focusing to take up leadership roles.

Organizational Overview:  

The AVP, Data Protection Engineer within the Information Security organization will be responsible for contributing and supporting an enterprise-wide data discovery program to safeguard and secure the organization’s data.

Role Summary/Purpose:

In this role, this individual will be part of the Data Protection Engineering team for Information Security, working with the cyber security teams and key business stakeholders to help define Data Protection strategy and roadmap and influencing teams to deliver best in class data protection service.  You will be responsible for the development and implementation of data discovery classifiers to address and reduce the risk of data exfiltration. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Act as the liaison between Line of Business Units and Data Protection engineers to establish new Data Protection policies and rules and/or rule refinement
• Support the Data Protection product owner defining the intent, roadmap, and strategy to ensure execution and delivery of the data protection and data discovery roadmap.
• Acting as a subject matter expert to assist with solving data protection challenges
• Develop, define, and maintain Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and Key Risk Indicators (KRIs) to measure, monitor, and report on the effectiveness of data protection controls, facilitating continuous risk mitigation.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders to create and maintain dashboards in Tableau that visualize KPIs and KRIs, providing actionable insights into data protection performance.

Required Skills/Knowledge:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems with 4 years of experience or related field OR in lieu of a degree, a High School Diploma/GED and minimum 6 years DLP experience.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in data protection and data management.
• Accountable for designing and building effective DLP policies and rules to protect and safeguard the organization's data.
• Support the Data Protection product owner defining the intent, roadmap, and strategy to ensure execution and delivery of the data loss prevention roadmap.
• Support development and management of Data Loss Prevention metrics.
• Stays current with emerging threat landscape and develops/enhances capabilities and strategies to safeguard the business from data exfiltration.
• Acting as a subject matter expert to assist with solving data loss prevention problems, especially as it relates to the Data Protection security service.  
• Partners closely with key stakeholders to ensure alignment of sensitive data to protect for data loss prevention capabilities.
• Serves as a data loss prevention expert, trusted advisor, and central point of contact for IT and business stakeholders.
• Assists with the development of standards, best practices, and guidelines for the organization's policies, standards, and procedures.
• Ensures that as part of designing and building efficient cyber security capabilities these capabilities are achieving industry best practices, compliance and regulatory requirements such as PCI-DSS, HIPAA, etc.
• Perform other duties and/or special projects as assigned

Desired Skills/Knowledge:

• Demonstrate an understanding of business needs and commitment to delivering high-quality, prompt, and efficient service to the business
• Fundamental knowledge of Data Loss Prevention and Data Discovery tools
• Partners closely with key stakeholders to ensure alignment of sensitive data to protect for data discovery capabilities.
• Proven ability to define, track, and manage KPIs and KRIs related to data protection and risk management.
• Familiarity with data visualization tools such as Tableau to develop dashboards that effectively communicate data protection metrics to stakeholders.

Eligibility Criteria:

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems with 4 years of experience or related field OR in lieu of a degree, a High School Diploma/GED and minimum 6 years DLP experience.

Work Timings: 1:00 PM - 10:00 PM IST

This role qualifies for Enhanced Flexibility offered in Synchrony India and will require the incumbent to be available between 06:00 AM Eastern Time – 11:30 AM Eastern Time (timings are anchored to US Eastern hours and will adjust twice a year locally). This window is for meetings with India and US teams. The remaining hours will be flexible for the employee to choose. Exceptions may apply periodically due to business needs)
We are proud to offer flexibility at Synchrony. Our way of working allows you the option to work from home or workspaces in our Regional Engagement Hubs—Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Pune, Kolkata, or Delhi/NCR.
Occasionally you may be required to commute or travel to Hyderabad or one of the Regional Engagement Hubs for in person engagement activities such as business or team meetings, trainings, and culture events.

For Internal Applicants:

• Understand the criteria or mandatory skills required for the role, before applying
• Inform your manager and HRM before applying for any role on Workday
• Ensure that your professional profile is updated (fields such as education, prior experience, other skills) and it is mandatory to upload your updated resume (Word or PDF format)
• Must not be on any corrective action plan (First Formal/Final Formal, LPP)
• L8+ Employees who have completed 18 months in the organization and 12 months in current role and level are only eligible.
• L8+ Employees can apply.

Grade/Level: 10

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