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Summary: Location: Houston, TX Duration: 6 months Work Model: Hybrid – 4 days onsite and 1 day remote per week Start date: ASAP Responsibilities: • Lead end-to-end implementation and deployment of Cyera Data Security Platform / DSPM capabilities across enterprise data environments. • Work closely with Cyera technical teams, Security Architecture, Data Security, Cloud, Infrastructure, Application, and Data Engineering teams to plan and execute implementation activities. • Coordinate onboarding and integration of enterprise data sources, including databases, cloud data stores, SaaS platforms, data lakes, and other sensitive-data repositories. • Manage data discovery, classification, data inventory, and sensitive-data identification activities to establish enterprise-wide data visibility. • Coordinate configuration and tuning of data security policies, risk rules, classifications, access controls, and remediation workflows based on business and security requirements. • Manage implementation schedules, milestones, dependencies, risks, issues, resources, and technical deliverables across multiple workstreams. • Coordinate integrations between Cyera and enterprise security/data platforms such as SIEM, DLP, IAM, CMDB, cloud security, and data governance platforms where applicable. • Work with data owners, application teams, security teams, and business stakeholders to validate findings, prioritize data risks, and drive remediation activities. • Lead testing, validation, UAT, production readiness, deployment, and post-implementation stabilization activities for Cyera capabilities. • Establish implementation governance, technical documentation, SOPs, runbooks, configuration standards, and operational handoff processes. • Develop project dashboards, implementation metrics, risk reports, and executive-level status updates covering deployment progress, data-source onboarding, findings, remediation, and platform adoption. • Manage vendor coordination and provide technical leadership throughout implementation, issue resolution, platform optimization, and transition to steady-state operations. Requirements: • 8–10 years of experience in cybersecurity, data security, cloud security, data governance, security engineering, or technical program/project management. • Hands-on experience managing or leading Cyera implementations is strongly preferred, including data-source onboarding, discovery/classification, risk analysis, integrations, testing, and production rollout. • Strong understanding of DSPM, data discovery, data classification, sensitive-data protection, data access/risk analysis, and data security governance. • Experience managing enterprise security platform implementations involving cross-functional teams across Cybersecurity, Data, Cloud, Infrastructure, Applications, IAM, and Compliance. • Strong project/technical management skills, including implementation planning, dependency and risk management, vendor coordination, stakeholder management, executive reporting, and production readiness. Required Skills: • Experience with Cyera DSPM in an enterprise environment. • Experience with comparable DSPM/data-security platforms such as BigID, Securiti, Microsoft Purview, Varonis, Wiz, Sentra, or similar. • Experience integrating data security platforms with SIEM/SOAR, DLP, IAM, CMDB, cloud platforms, and data governance solutions. • Experience working with Azure/AWS/GCP, Oracle, SQL Server, DB2, Snowflake, Databricks, data lakes, SaaS applications, and enterprise data repositories. Preferred Skills: • PMP, Scrum/Agile, cybersecurity, cloud, or data-security certification is a plus. Benefits: Information on benefits will be provided during the interview process.

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Location: Houston, TX
Duration: 6 months
Work Model: Hybrid – 4 days onsite and 1 day remote per week
Start date: ASAP
Lead end-to-end implementation and deployment of Cyera Data Security Platform / DSPM capabilities across enterprise data environments.
Work closely with Cyera technical teams, Security Architecture, Data Security, Cloud, Infrastructure, Application, and Data Engineering teams to plan and execute implementation activities.
Coordinate onboarding and integration of enterprise data sources, including databases, cloud data stores, SaaS platforms, data lakes, and other sensitive-data repositories.
Manage data discovery, classification, data inventory, and sensitive-data identification activities to establish enterprise-wide data visibility.
Coordinate configuration and tuning of data security policies, risk rules, classifications, access controls, and remediation workflows based on business and security requirements.
Manage implementation schedules, milestones, dependencies, risks, issues, resources, and technical deliverables across multiple workstreams.
Coordinate integrations between Cyera and enterprise security/data platforms such as SIEM, DLP, IAM, CMDB, cloud security, and data governance platforms where applicable.
Work with data owners, application teams, security teams, and business stakeholders to validate findings, prioritize data risks, and drive remediation activities.
Lead testing, validation, UAT, production readiness, deployment, and post-implementation stabilization activities for Cyera capabilities.
Establish implementation governance, technical documentation, SOPs, runbooks, configuration standards, and operational handoff processes.
Develop project dashboards, implementation metrics, risk reports, and executive-level status updates covering deployment progress, data-source onboarding, findings, remediation, and platform adoption.
Manage vendor coordination and provide technical leadership throughout implementation, issue resolution, platform optimization, and transition to steady-state operations.
8–10 years of experience in cybersecurity, data security, cloud security, data governance, security engineering, or technical program/project management.
Strong understanding of DSPM, data discovery, data classification, sensitive-data protection, data access/risk analysis, and data security governance.
Experience managing enterprise security platform implementations involving cross-functional teams across Cybersecurity, Data, Cloud, Infrastructure, Applications, IAM, and Compliance.
Strong project/technical management skills, including implementation planning, dependency and risk management, vendor coordination, stakeholder management, executive reporting, and production readiness.
Experience with Cyera DSPM in an enterprise environment.
Experience with comparable DSPM/data-security platforms such as BigID, Securiti, Microsoft Purview, Varonis, Wiz, Sentra, or similar.

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Hands-on experience managing or leading Cyera implementations is strongly preferred, including data-source onboarding, discovery/classification, risk analysis, integrations, testing, and production rollout.
PMP, Scrum/Agile, cybersecurity, cloud, or data-security certification is a plus.

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