Data Security Engineer - InfoSec (Thane)

Job Purpose: The Data Security Engineer will be responsible for implementing and operating technical controls to protect sensitive, confidential and personal data across Aditya Birla Capital's technology environment. The role will focus on strengthening enterprise data security capabilities across DLP, data discovery, data classification, encryption, masking, tokenization, access monitoring and secure data handling. The jobholder will support the security control requirements emerging from regulatory, privacy and business expectations, including the DPDP Act, while ensuring that execution remains within the Information Security domain. The role will work closely with Information Technology, Cloud, Application, Infrastructure, SOC, Business and Privacy teams to identify where sensitive data resides, how it moves, who accesses it, and whether appropriate security controls are in place. The role will also drive user awareness and operational improvements to reduce accidental or intentional data leakage across users, applications, endpoints, cloud and thirdparty channels. Job Context & Major Challenges: Aditya Birla Capital operates in a highly regulated BFSI environment with multiple lines of business, digital platforms, customer journeys, partner integrations, cloud adoption, SaaS platforms and increasing use of AI/GenAI. This results in large volumes of sensitive and personal data being created, processed, shared and stored across a complex technology ecosystem. The role must ensure that data security controls are consistently implemented across diverse business environments without slowing down business agility or digital transformation. A key challenge is to establish visibility into sensitive data across endpoints, applications, databases, file shares, collaboration platforms, SaaS solutions, cloud workloads and thirdparty integrations. Another challenge is to operationalize DLP and data protection tools effectively by reducing false positives, improving detection accuracy, prioritizing highrisk events and ensuring timely remediation. The role must also help address risks from excessive data access, unmanaged data exports, shadow IT, insecure sharing, uncontrolled copies of production data and weak data handling practices. The jobholder will be expected to work with multiple stakeholders across business, technology, SOC, application, cloud, privacy and compliance teams. The role requires robust execution capability, technical depth, stakeholder management and the ability to translate data security risks into practical control actions. Key Result Areas Supporting Actions Data Loss Prevention Implementation & Operations: Ensure effective implementation, monitoring and continuous improvement of DLP controls across enterprise channels.
- Implement and maintain DLP policies across email, endpoint, web, removable media, cloud storage, SaaS and collaboration platforms.
- Configure DLP rules for customer data, personal data, ficial information, credentials, business confidential data and regulatorysensitive information.
- Monitor DLP alerts and support investigation, triage, escalation and closure of data leakage incidents.
- Finetune DLP policies to reduce false positives and improve detection accuracy.
- Identify repeat offenders, risky departments, highrisk channels and recurring leakage patterns.
- Support integration of DLP alerts with SOC/SIEM workflows.
- Maintain dashboards on DLP incidents, trends, open actions and control effectiveness. Data Discovery & Sensitive Data Visibility: Improve enterprise visibility into sensitive and confidential data across structured and unstructured environments. Shared KRA with privacy team:
- Supporting implementation of data discovery tools across databases, file shares, endpoints, cloud workloads, SaaS platforms and collaboration tools.
- Identify locations where personal data, customer data, ficial data, authentication data and confidential business data are stored.
- Support creation of sensitive data inventories from a security controls perspective. Disclaimer: This job posting has been aggregated from external source. Role details, content, and availability are subject to change. Applicants are advised to confirm the latest information directly on the company website before applying. Apply on Kit Job: kitjob.in/job/4m5g3f