Senior DSPM Engineer Cybersecurity Information Security

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My name is Sam and I am a Staffing Specialist at Venstar Technology Inc. I have an open opportunity that you may be a good fit for. If this sounds like something you would be interested in please get in touch with me as soon as possible at with your most recent resume your ideal time and number for communication and the expected pay rate for C2C/1099/W2.

Job Description:

Role: Senior DSPM Engineer (Individual Contributor)

Function: Cybersecurity / Information Security

Reports To: Leader Data Security Posture Management (DSPM)

Location: Hybrid (Phoenix AZ)

Employment Type: Long-term Independent Contractor who can work on W2/1099

Role Overview

We are hiring a hands-on Senior DSPM Engineer to deliver the technical execution of our Data Security Posture Management program. Reporting to the DSPM Leader this is an individual contributor role focused on deploying configuring integrating tuning and operating the DSPM toolchain primarily Palo Alto Networks Cortex (Cortex XSIAM Cortex Cloud and Dig Security DSPM) and to discover sensitive data classify it detect risk and drive remediation across cloud SaaS and on-premises environments. You will live in the consoles every day: writing classifiers and policies building integrations triaging findings automating workflows and partnering with cloud data and SecOps teams to close issues at the source.

Key Responsibilities

• Deploy configure and operate Palo Alto Networks Cortex (Cortex XSIAM Cortex XDR and Cortex Cloud) end-to-end connectors data ingestion parsers content packs correlation rules and dashboards.
• Implement and run Dig Security (Palo Alto Cortex DSPM) for cloud data discovery classification Data Detection & Response (DDR) and posture remediation across AWS Azure and GCP.
• Implement and operate for sensitive data discovery classification lineage and identity-to-data mapping across structured unstructured semi-structured and mainframe data sources.
• Build and tune custom classifiers policies and detection rules to identify PII PHI PCI financial data secrets and regulated content with low false-positive rates.
• Onboard new cloud accounts data stores (S3 RDS Redshift Blob SQL Cosmos BigQuery Snowflake Databricks etc.) SaaS apps and on-prem sources into the DSPM platforms.
• Triage DSPM findings (shadow data public exposure over-permissive access sensitive-data movement anomalies) and drive remediation with cloud data and application owners.
• Build integrations and automations between Cortex Dig SIEM/SOAR ticketing (Jira/ServiceNow) and chat (Slack/Teams) using APIs webhooks and scripting (Python).
• Author and maintain Cortex XSIAM XQL queries XSOAR/XSIAM playbooks and detection content tied to data-centric use cases (insider risk ransomware exfiltration and misconfiguration).
• Perform routine health checks version upgrades agent/sensor management and capacity tuning of all DSPM platforms.
• Document architectures runbooks standard operating procedures and onboarding guides; act as the technical SME during audits customer reviews and incident response.
• Partner with the DSPM Leader to translate the program roadmap into shippable technical deliverables and measurable risk reduction.

Required Qualifications & Skills

Must-Have Technical Experience

• 5 years in cybersecurity / cloud security / data security engineering with the majority of recent time spent in hands-on technical delivery (not pure advisory or management).
• Strong hands-on production experience with Palo Alto Networks Cortex at minimum two of: Cortex XSIAM Cortex XDR Cortex XSOAR Cortex Cloud including content development and integration work.
• Hands-on experience implementing and operating Dig Security (Palo Alto Cortex DSPM) for cloud data discovery classification and DDR.
• Hands-on experience implementing and operating for sensitive data discovery classification and data lineage / identity mapping.
• Solid working knowledge of cloud data services across AWS Azure and GCP plus IAM concepts (roles policies and identity federation) as they relate to data access.
• Strong understanding of data classification DLP concepts and applicable regulations (GDPR CCPA/CPRA HIPAA PCI DSS).

Education & General Requirements:

• Bachelor s degree in Computer Science Cybersecurity Information Systems or equivalent practical experience.
• Strong written and verbal communication; able to explain technical findings to engineers and to non-technical stakeholders.
• Self-directed detail-oriented and comfortable owning technical workstreams from design through operations.

Core Competencies:

• Practitioner mindset happiest in the console in the API and in the data.
• Bias for automation; you d rather codify a fix than repeat a click.
• Strong ownership: you see findings through to closure not just detection.
• Comfortable working closely with a leader and translating program goals into hands-on engineering work.

Thanks for your valuable time!!!

Sam Taylor

Venstar Technology Inc. Talent Acquisition Manager

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