Data Security Specialist

Position: Data Security Specialist

Location: Hyderabad, India (Hybrid)

Reports to: Director, Data Security Managed Services

Company Overview:

Epiq, a global technology-enabled services leader to the legal industry and corporations, takes on large-scale, increasingly complex tasks for corporate counsel, law firms, and business professionals with efficiency, clarity, and confidence. Clients rely on Epiq to streamline the administration of legal department and business operations, class action and mass tort, eDiscovery, regulatory, compliance, restructuring, and bankruptcy matters. Epiq subject-matter experts and technologies create efficiency through expertise and deliver confidence to high-performing clients around the world. Learn more at www.epiqglobal.com.

Position Overview:

We are seeking an experienced Data Security Specialist to join our growing Data Security Managed Services team. This role is critical in ensuring robust implementation and management of data security controls across our enterprise client environments, leveraging Microsoft Purview and its associated toolsets.

The ideal candidate will have deep technical expertise in Microsoft Purview (including MIP, DLP, IRM, eDLP, and MDCA) and a passion for proactive data protection. The individual will work closely with clients, internal security teams, and escalation stakeholders to enforce policies, mitigate risks, and investigate incidents related to data leakage and unauthorized access.

Key Responsibilities:

- Design, implement, and manage data security controls and policies using Microsoft Purview (MIP, DLP, IRM, MDCA, and eDLP).
- Configure and maintain sensitive information types, data classification labels, and protection rules in alignment with business and regulatory requirements.
- Monitor and tune data loss prevention (DLP) policies for effectiveness, coverage, and false positives.
- Act as a subject matter expert (SME) to support clients in data governance, regulatory compliance, and policy frameworks.
- Investigate policy violations, data breaches, and insider risks, escalating cases as per defined playbooks and incident response paths.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Legal, Compliance, Privacy, and SOC teams to manage risk.
- Provide client-facing advisory support during onboarding, audit reviews, and periodic control assessments.
- Generate and present regular reports on policy effectiveness, incident trends, and remediation actions.
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of the Microsoft Purview roadmap, evolving threats, and industry best practices.
- Provide guidance and training to team members and customer stakeholders on data security best practices and data security policies.
- Conduct training sessions for team members and stakeholders to enhance their Microsoft Purview and/or related technology skills.
- Stay updated with the latest data security technologies and industry best practices.

Qualifications:

- Professional experience of about 10+ years in compliance or data security (2+ yrs. in Microsoft IRM, 4+ yrs. in Microsoft DLP, 3+ yrs. in Microsoft Sentinel and 5+ yrs. in 3rd party DLP / SIEM technologies) and being well versed in all aspects of managed services operations, planning, and solutions.
- Experience monitoring in a multi-customer managed service environment.
- Robust knowledge of data security monitoring and protocols.
- Demonstrated ability to influence and lead successfully in a highly matrixed global environment.
- Ability to listen and think strategically and be innovative in problem solving.
- Capable of sound decision making; politically and financially astute with the ability to drive initiatives. Able to perform effectively in demanding situations.
- Flexibility for global customers, time zones and culture.
- Microsoft Certifications: SC-100, SC-400, SC-300, and MS-500 (a min. of 3 or more).

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