GuidePoint Security provides trusted cybersecurity expertise, solutions and services that help organizations make better decisions and minimize risk. By taking a three-tiered, holistic approach for evaluating security posture and ecosystems, GuidePoint enables some of the nation’s top organizations, such as Fortune 500 companies and U.S. government agencies, to identify threats, optimize resources and integrate best-fit solutions that mitigate risk.
This role requires someone working onsite in DC/Reston/Quantic/College Park. A TS/SCI CI Poly is required.
Design, deploy, manage, and operationalize enterprise endpoint data protection controls as a Trellix Endpoint Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Engineer. Serve as the technical owner for Trellix EDR/DLP components, ensuring sensitive data is identified, monitored, and protected across the enterprise. Use analytical, engineering, and stakeholder engagement capabilities to assist with information protection strategy. Play a core role in safeguarding the organization's data. Build an enterprise-grade data protection program with visibility across security leadership, risk, and operational teams. Lead enterprise deployment, configuration, tuning, and maintenance of Trellix Endpoint DLP, including policy automation, agent health, and performance optimization. Assist with analyzing, testing, and operationalizing DLP policies, rulesets, classification logic, and incident workflows aligned to data governance requirements. Integrate the Trellix DLP platform with SIEM, SOAR, CASB, CMDB, and identity security tools for end-to-end visibility and automated response. Analyze DLP telemetry, alerts, and incidents to identify data exfiltration patterns, risk signals, and false positives. Partner with legal, compliance, data governance, and HR to define rulesets, thresholds, and exception workflows. Develop engineering playbooks, standard operating procedures, and runbooks for policy lifecycle management. Manage endpoint agent health, upgrades, change control, and enterprise-wide platform stability. Conduct root-cause analysis for user-impact, policy misfires, broken workflows, and endpoint inventory issues. Provide guidance to application and business teams on data classification, tagging, and secure data-handling practices. Align DLP implementations with Zero Trust, privacy, and enterprise data protection strategies.
Basic Qualifications:
- 4+ years of experience in cybersecurity engineering, data protection, or endpoint security
- 2+ years of experience with Trellix Endpoint DLP, Trellix ePO, associated modules, agent-based controls, and Windows and Linux endpoint management and troubleshooting
- 2+ years of experience developing and deploying solutions for highly regulated industries such as healthcare, finance, federal, defense, and energy
- Experience with integration patterns across SIEM, SOAR, and identity security platforms, and broader Trellix or McAfee security stack such as ENS, DLP Monitor, DLP Discover, and ePO
- Experience with scripting in PowerShell, Python, or Bash for automation and workflow optimization, creating classification taxonomies, and integrating DLP with enterprise data catalogs
- Ability to interpret data movement patterns and policy outcomes
- Active TS/SCI clearance; willingness to take a polygraph exam
- Associate’s degree and 5+ years of experience supporting IT projects and activities, Bachelor’s degree and 3+ years of experience supporting IT projects and activities, or Master’s degree and 1+ years of experience supporting IT projects and activities. Years of experience may be accepted in lieu of degree
- DoD 8570.01-M Information Assurance Technician (IAT) Level II Certification such as Security+ CE, CCNA-Security, GSEC, SSCP, CySA+, GICSP, or CND Certification
- Ability to obtain a DoD 8570.01-M Cybersecurity Service Provider - Infrastructure Support Certification such as CEH, CHFI, CFR, Cloud+, or CND Certification, within 30 days of start date
Additional Qualifications:
- Knowledge of data loss prevention concepts, endpoint security controls, and data classification models
- Possession of strong analytical skills
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Why GuidePoint?
GuidePoint Security is a rapidly growing, profitable, privately-held value added reseller that focuses exclusively on Information Security. Since its inception in 2011, GuidePoint has grown to over 1,200 employees, established strategic partnerships with leading security vendors, and serves as a trusted advisor to more than 6,200 customers.
Firmly-defined core values drive all aspects of the business, which have been paramount to the company’s success and establishment of an enjoyable workplace atmosphere. At GuidePoint, your colleagues are knowledgeable, skilled, and experienced and will seek to collaborate and provide mentorship and guidance at every opportunity.
This is a unique and rare opportunity to grow your career along with one of the fastest growing companies in the nation.
Some added perks….
- Remote workforce primarily (U.S. based only, some travel may be required for certain positions, working on-site may be required for Federal positions)
- Group Medical Insurance options: Zero Deductible PPO Plan (GuidePoint pays 90% of the premium for employees and 70% for family plans (spouse/children/family) or High Deductible Health Plan with HSA (GuidePoint pays 100% of the employees premiums and 75% for family plans (spouse/children/family). If you choose the High Deductible / HSA plan, GPS will contribute in 4 equal quarterly installments: ($850 per EE annually / $1750 per family annually (includes spouse/children/family options)
- Group Dental Insurance: GuidePoint pays 100% of the premium for employees and 75% of family plans
- 12 corporate holidays and a Flexible Time Off (FTO) program
- Healthy mobile phone and home internet allowance
- Eligibility for retirement plan after 2 months at open enrollment
- Pet Benefit Option
Top Skills
What We Do
GuidePoint Security is an elite team of highly trained, top certified experts who cut through cyber chaos and confusion to put control back in your hands. We help you make the smartest, most informed decisions, choose and integrate products and services that are the best fit, and build the most effective cybersecurity posture.
We provide organizations with holistic perspective on their cyber ecosystem to minimize gaps, vulnerabilities, and optimize resources, including:
1. Understanding the changing threat landscape, vulnerabilities, and gaps
2. New insights of how product decisions align with resource capacity
3. Insightful product comparisons and integration to save time, money, and mistakes
