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SoFi is seeking a Staff Enterprise Security Engineer to serve as the subject matter expert for Data Loss Prevention (DLP) while driving engineering across broader enterprise security domains including email security, endpoint protection, network defense, and phishing simulation. This role sits within the Enterprise Security team and balances technical focus on data protection with hands-on architecture, operation, and automation of foundational IT and corporate security controls.
You will lead end-to-end delivery and architecture for enterprise security capabilities including enterprise zero-trust networks, endpoint security, and SaaS posture management. You will frame complex security challenges by clarifying security requirements, threat models, failure modes, and success metrics while proposing clear architectural options and tradeoffs. Design for scale and resilience by establishing secure baseline configurations, automating security guardrails, and reducing systemic attack surfaces with minimal enterprise friction.
You will collaborate with internal security teams to establish and maintain threat signaling to ensure proper visibility and alerting across tooling. You will raise cybersecurity standards through design reviews, active mentorship of team members, and establishing enterprise security patterns and best practices. Cross-functional collaboration with IT, Infrastructure, Risk/Compliance, and Engineering teams is essential to deliver secure member outcomes.
This role combines technical mastery in tool administration (Zscaler, Proofpoint, Sentra, CrowdStrike) with systems thinking to mitigate risk across diverse threat vectors. You will define risk mitigation strategies and build clear technical roadmaps to accelerate security delivery while maintaining safety, correctness, and data protection.
**Requirements:**
- Bachelor's Degree + 3–4 Years of Experience OR Master's Degree + 2–3 Years of Experience in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field
- 3+ years of experience in cybersecurity with focus on Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
- Hands-on experience with cloud-based DLP solutions (Zscaler, Proofpoint, Sentra)
- Experience administering and operating core enterprise security tools (EDR, email security gateways, web proxies)
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions such as Terraform, along with scripting languages (Python, Go, or PowerShell) for tooling and automation
- Experience with incident response, log analysis, threat detection, and digital forensics
- Experience collaborating with multiple lines of defense for issue analysis, evidence gathering, and remediation
- Proven problem-solving skills with ability to work independently and collaboratively in fast-paced environment
- Solid written and verbal communication skills for technical documentation, cross-functional collaboration, and threat modeling
**Nice to have:**
- Professional security certifications (CISSP, CCSP, CISM, AWS Certified Security Specialty)
- Experience with CI/CD security pipeline automation, SIEM detections, and SOAR playbooks
- Knowledge of financial compliance frameworks and regulatory environments (PCI-DSS, SOC1/SOC2, SOX, GLBA, NIST CSF, ISO 27001)
