Data Protection, Classification Specialist

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

⏰ Full Time

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DecisionPoint Corporation

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2011

🎖️ Defense

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

Defense • Consulting • Logistics

DecisionPoint Corporation is a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business specializing in IT modernization and digital transformation for government agencies. They provide comprehensive services including cybersecurity, health IT, and intelligent automation solutions, aimed at improving operational efficiency and effectiveness while ensuring secure cloud migration. Their Centers of Excellence approach drives mission success by addressing the most pressing challenges faced by government entities through innovative technology and expert support.

📋 Description

• Develop and maintain enterprise data classification models, taxonomies, and tagging rules • Support policy-driven data protection requirements aligned with the Zero Trust data pillar • Implement and validate data encryption standards, data-at-rest protections, and secure data transit • Support data loss prevention (DLP) controls, rule tuning, and enforcement logic • Develop and refine data access decision rules based on mission needs, sensitivity levels, and Zero Trust principles • Identify sensitive data flows and design secure data movement patterns across systems and environments • Collaborate with cybersecurity, cloud, network, and application teams to enforce secure data handling controls • Conduct periodic data access audits and ensure proper tagging, classification, and control application • Support detection and remediation of improper data sharing, tagging anomalies, or policy violations • Document data protection standards, workflows, classification maps, and technical configurations • Support continuous monitoring by contributing to data-related risk assessments, compliance checks, and reporting cycles • Participate in modernization planning to align data protection with evolving Zero Trust capabilities

🎯 Requirements

• Must hold an active Top Secret clearance, supported by a Tier 5 background investigation • Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Data Management, Information Science, or a related discipline • Minimum 5 years of experience in data protection, data governance, information security, or Zero Trust–aligned data operations • Experience developing or managing data classification, tagging schemas, or metadata models • Experience supporting encryption, DLP, or data access enforcement controls • Experience analyzing data flows, identifying sensitive data, or enforcing secure data movement requirements • Experience collaborating with cybersecurity and IT teams on data protection policy implementation • Strong understanding of data protection principles, classification models, metadata tagging, and DLP enforcement • Knowledge of encryption methods, secure storage patterns, and data-at-rest/data-in-transit protections • Familiarity with Zero Trust data pillar principles and policy-driven data security • Understanding of DoD data protection requirements and federal information security standards • Required Security+ certification • Strong analytical skills for evaluating data flows, protection gaps, and classification requirements • Excellent communication skills for coordinating across cybersecurity, engineering, and mission teams • High attention to detail for managing tagging schemas, classification rules, and access constraints • Ability to document data protection processes and maintain clear governance artifacts • Ability to manage multiple data protection initiatives in a fast-paced mission environment

🏖️ Benefits

• Regular full-time employment • Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer • Consideration for other available positions requiring comparable skills, education and experience