Why You’ll Actually Care
Your work will directly shape how an organization protects its sensitive information, secures access, and responds to cyber threats.
District Partners is working closely with the hiring team at a nationally recognized, mission-driven organization seeking a security engineer who can turn technical expertise into stronger, practical protections.
Data loss prevention is a primary focus, alongside identity security and incident response. You’ll have meaningful ownership of the controls that protect information across Microsoft 365, cloud services, and connected applications.
The Basics
This is a hands-on cybersecurity role spanning data loss prevention (DLP), Microsoft Entra ID/Azure AD, identity and access management (IAM), incident response, and SIEM monitoring. You’ll investigate issues, implement improvements, and help teams work securely across an interconnected technology environment.
What You’ll Be Owning
- Lead data loss prevention efforts, implementing, managing, and refining policies that protect sensitive information and reduce unauthorized sharing or exposure.
- Investigate DLP alerts and potential data loss incidents, coordinate remediation, and tune controls to support legitimate business needs.
- Strengthen identity and access management through Microsoft Entra ID/Azure AD, including single sign-on, multifactor authentication, and access policies.
- Monitor and investigate security events using SIEM tools, connecting activity across identities, applications, and cloud services.
- Support incident response through triage, containment, remediation, and documentation of findings.
- Secure Microsoft 365 and cloud environments by addressing configuration risks and improving access and data protection controls.
- Review application integrations, APIs, credentials, and secrets to protect information moving between systems.
- Use PowerShell and other scripting tools to automate security tasks and improve consistency.
- Assess security risks associated with SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, and emerging AI tools.
- Carry security initiatives through implementation, documentation, and ongoing improvement.
The Environment
You’ll work across technical and business teams, translating security risks into clear actions and helping employees adopt secure practices. Success requires independent ownership, sound judgment, and the ability to strengthen protections while understanding how people use the systems you’re securing.
What You Bring to the Table
- 7+ years of hands-on cybersecurity and IT engineering experience, spanning data protection, identity security, and security operations.
- Practical DLP experience, including policy configuration, alert investigation, tuning, and remediation.
- Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Entra ID/Azure AD, IAM, and Microsoft 365 administration and security.
- Experience investigating security incidents and using SIEM tools to analyze alerts and logs.
- Familiarity with cloud security controls and cloud access security broker (CASB) capabilities.
- An understanding of secure application integrations, APIs, authentication, and secrets management.
- PowerShell or comparable scripting skills to automate security workflows.
- A bachelor’s degree.
- Clear communication skills and the ability to independently move security initiatives forward.
A Few Things Worth Knowing
- Location: Washington, DC metro
- Work model: Hybrid, 2–3 days onsite per week
- Engagement: Full-time, direct hire
- Base compensation: $132,000–$165,000, varies by experience
- Sponsorship: Not available for this position