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The Engineer II Insider Threat is a mid-level role within our Cyber Defense organization focused on detecting investigating and reducing risk from malicious negligent or compromised insiders. In this role you'll combine investigative rigor with strong Data Loss Prevention (DLP) engineering skills to protect sensitive data and improve our detection capabilities over time.
You'll work cross-functionally with Human Resources Legal Compliance and Corporate Security on sensitive matters and you'll help mature our insider threat program through better telemetry tuned controls repeatable playbooks and clear reporting.
What You'll Do (Key Responsibilities)
DLP Engineering & Operations (Core Focus)
- Administer and continuously tune DLP policies/rules to reduce risky data movement while minimizing false positives and business disruption.
- Investigate and respond to DLP alerts validate severity identify the data and pathway involved and drive incident handling to resolution.
- Partner with stakeholders to refine data classification detection logic and control coverage across common exfil paths (email web uploads endpoints/USB cloud sharing collaboration platforms).
- Build and improve DLP-related playbooks workflows and response standards (triage steps evidence collection escalation paths and post-incident improvements).
Insider Threat Monitoring & Investigation
- Monitor user activity signals (identity endpoint email collaboration tools cloud activity etc.) to identify suspicious behavior and potential insider risk.
- Lead low to moderate-complexity investigations involving data misuse/exfiltration policy violations fraud indicators or compromised accounts and escalate higher-risk cases with strong evidence and timelines.
- Produce high-quality documentation: investigation notes evidence packages root cause summaries and stakeholder-ready reports.
- What Success Looks Like (First 6-12 Months)
- DLP policies are measurably better tuned (lower false positives higher signal quality) with documented rationale and change control.
- Investigations are timely well-documented and defensible with clear outcomes and stakeholder communication.
- New or improved insider threat use cases/playbooks are implemented based on investigation learnings and emerging risk patterns.
Education and Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity Computer Science Information Systems Behavioral Science or equivalent practical experience.
- 3-5 years of progressive experience in cybersecurity investigations or risk management including 1+ year hands-on in DLP operations and/or insider threat monitoring.
- Practical experience administering or operating DLP controls: policy creation tuning alert triage incident response support and reporting.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills including the ability to brief stakeholders and document investigations clearly.
- Demonstrated discretion handling sensitive/confidential investigations.
Knowledge & Domain Familiarity
- Insider threat concepts: behavioral indicators user activity monitoring investigative methods and evidence handling.
- Privacy/compliance/employment standards relevant to investigations (e.g. GDPR HIPAA SOX CCPA) and the need-to-know principle.
Preferred Certifications (Nice to Have)
- GIAC GCIH
- CompTIA Security+ or CySA+
- CEH
- SSCP
What Cencora offers
We provide compensation benefits and resources that enable a highly inclusive culture and support our team members' ability to live with purpose every day. In addition to traditional offerings like medical dental and vision care we also provide a comprehensive suite of benefits that focus on the physical emotional financial and social aspects of wellness. This encompasses support for working families which may include backup dependent care adoption assistance infertility coverage family building support behavioral health solutions paid parental leave and paid caregiver leave. To encourage your personal growth we also offer a variety of training programs professional development resources and opportunities to participate in mentorship programs employee resource groups volunteer activities and much more. For details visit https://www.virtualfairhub.com/cencora
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Equal Employment Opportunity
Cencora is committed to providing equal employment opportunity without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity genetic information national origin age disability veteran status or membership in any other class protected by federal state or local law.
The company's continued success depends on the full and effective utilization of qualified individuals. Therefore harassment is prohibited and all matters related to recruiting training compensation benefits promotions and transfers comply with equal opportunity principles and are non-discriminatory.
Cencora is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the employment process which are consistent with legal requirements. If you wish to request an accommodation while seeking employment please call 888.692.2272 or email [email protected]. We will make accommodation determinations on a request-by-request basis. Messages and emails regarding anything other than accommodations requests will not be returned
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Affiliated Companies: AmerisourceBergen Services Corporation
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Cencora is a leading pharmaceutical solutions organization centered on improving the lives of people and animals everywhere. With 46000+ global team members we have the opportunity to make a positive impact on healthcare in communities everywhere. Our team members are empowered to activate their careers through a collective of tools and resources designed to support individual career interests and aspirations. We value our listening culture that actions real outcomes and our team members appreciate and recognize one another for contributions that are making a meaningful global impact. No matter what your role is here the work we do together has meaning. When you join our team you become a crucial part of a greater purpose. We’re committed to supporting you personally and professionally so we can achieve more together at the center of health.Protect yourself from job scams: Recruitment scams are on the rise. To protect yourself we urge you to be vigilant and follow these guidelines > https://careers.cencora.com/us/en/job-scams
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