Senior Engineer - Data Security

Description and Requirements
The Team You Will Join
As part of MetLife's Global Security team, you'll work alongside world-class experts to protect MetLife, our customers and our colleagues. The team is responsible for managing cybersecurity, IT risks and vulnerabilities, physical security, and more. In this fast-paced, mission-driven environment, you'll join outstanding teammates to expand your skills, collaborate across the organization and implement innovative approaches to safeguard MetLife when it matters most. Ready to make an impact? Join us if you want to embrace the rapidly evolving environment and use transformative technology to integrate and build security into the foundation of key initiatives across MetLife.
The Opportunity
This role serves as a key member of the Data Security team within Global Security, driving and governing Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) "at-rest" controls. The role is responsible for strengthening visibility into sensitive data, reducing data exposure risk, improving monitoring and protection capabilities, and helping scale the program through modern automation and AI-enabled workflows. This role must have a strong understanding of DSPM, data discovery and classification, and DLP technologies and processes, along with the ability to leverage AI tools such as Copilot to drive the next level of efficiency and data exfiltration risk reductions in the emerging insider risk & AI threat landscape.
Key Responsibilities

• Lead DSPM capabilities across endpoint, cloud, SaaS and collaboration environments to improve visibility into structured & unstructured sensitive data, exposure, access, and risk
• Partner with architecture, engineering, application and operational teams to identify, prioritize, and remediate data discovery, classification and security risks across MetLife's global environments
• Develop requirements, workflows, and operating procedures for DSPM and DLP capabilities, including monitoring, triage, and response processes
• Evaluate and recommend controls related to encryption, network security, AI-enabled data protection, and exfiltration risk reduction
• Leverage AI tools such as Copilot to improve program efficiency, accelerate analysis and operations, and strengthen protections related to AI usage and data exfiltration risks

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years in information security domains
• 1-3 years' experience with enterprise Data Security Posture Management (DSPM), data discovery and classification
• Communicate complex data security (DSPM/DLP) concepts clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Accomplished change management leader, able to operate effectively in a highly matrix environment
• Experience using AI tools such as Copilot to improve operational efficiency, accelerate analysis, and enhance protection against AI-related data exfiltration risks

Preferred Qualifications

• Global regulatory experience
• Industry recognized information security certification are preferred (CISSP)
• Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) or cloud data security experience
• Strong ability to communicate verbally and written to stakeholders with various levels of expertise
• Strong record of success in supporting large scale global data security programs, transformation and operational maturity initiatives.

Location Expectation: This is a hybrid role requiring a minimum of 3 days per week in office.
The expected salary range for this position is $90,000 - $130,000 . This role may also be eligible for annual short-term incentive compensation and stock-based long-term incentives. All incentives and benefits are subject to the applicable plan terms.
Benefits We Offer
Our U.S. benefits address holistic well-being with programs for physical and mental health, financial wellness, and support for families. We offer a comprehensive health plan that includes medical/prescription drug and vision, dental insurance, and no-cost short- and long-term disability. We also provide company-paid life insurance and legal services, a retirement pension funded entirely by MetLife and 401(k) with employer matching, group discounts on voluntary insurance products including auto and home, pet, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and accident insurance, as well as Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and digital mental health programs, parental leave, paid time off, paid holidays, volunteer time off, tuition assistance and much more!
About MetLife
Recognized on Fortune magazine's list of the "World's Most Admired Companies", Fortune World's 25 Best Workplaces™, as well as the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For®, MetLife, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world's leading financial services companies; providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutional customers. With operations in more than 40 markets, we hold leading positions in the United States, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
Our purpose is simple - to help our colleagues, customers, communities, and the world at large create a more confident future. United by purpose and guided by our core values - Win Together, Do the Right Thing, Deliver Impact Over Activity, and Think Ahead - we're inspired to transform the next century in financial services. At MetLife, it's #AllTogetherPossible . Join us!
MetLife is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All employment decisions are made without regards to race, color, national origin, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, genetic information, citizenship status (although applicants and employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States), uniformed service member or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law ("protected characteristics").
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