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Platinum Technologies · 20 hours ago

Data Protection Engineer

Tampa, FL

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$140K/yr - $148K/yr

3+ years exp

Platinum Technologies is a Northern Virginia based integrated solutions firm specializing in Cybersecurity, Cloud and Digital Services to the Public Sector. They are seeking a hands-on Data Protection Engineer to implement data-centric security controls and manage encryption technologies to protect sensitive data across various environments.

IT InfrastructureIT ManagementSoftware

Culture & Values

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Microsoft Purview Implementation (NIPR): Configure and deploy Sensitivity Labels, Auto-labeling policies, and Data Loss Prevention (DLP) rules within the Microsoft 365 E5 suite to classify and protect CUI and PII in SharePoint, OneDrive, and Exchange

DRM & Encryption Configuration (SIPR/Top Secret): Implement and manage enterprise Digital Rights Management (DRM) solutions (specifically Virtru or Kiteworks) to enforce encryption-at-rest and attribute-based access control on classified networks

Policy Tuning & Enforcement: Oversee the phased transition of security policies from "Monitoring" mode to "Blocking" mode, analyzing false positives and tuning classifiers (Regex, Keyword Dictionaries, Trainable Classifiers) to minimize mission disruption

Endpoint Protection: Collaborate with the Trellix engineering team to ensure that data tags applied by Purview/DRM tools are correctly recognized and enforced by endpoint DLP agents on workstations

Cross-Domain Support: Assist in the manual "sneaker-net" transfer of policy updates and classification patterns to the air-gapped Top Secret environment, ensuring configuration consistency across all networks

Qualification

Microsoft Purview ExpertiseDRM/Encryption ExperienceData ClassificationTechnical TroubleshootingCompTIA Security+ CETrellix DLP ExperienceNetApp BlueXP KnowledgeDoD Data Strategy FamiliarityMicrosoft Information Protection AdministratorVirtru Certified ProfessionalKiteworks Administrator Certification

Required

Active Top-Secret clearance with SCI eligibility

Significant (3+ years) hands-on experience configuring Microsoft Information Protection (MIP), Sensitivity Labels, and DLP policies in a large enterprise or DoD environment

Proven experience implementing and managing enterprise encryption and Rights Management tools such as Virtru, Kiteworks, or Seclore, particularly in on-premise or hybrid configurations

Strong understanding of data classification methodologies, including the creation of custom sensitive info types (SITs) using Regex and Exact Data Match (EDM)

Ability to diagnose and resolve complex issues related to encryption key management, policy propagation, and agent conflicts

BA/BS or MA/MS degree

3-10 years of experience for Journeyman category

10+ years of experience for Senior category