Lead Security Engineer

We are looking for a Lead Security Engineer to strengthen enterprise data protection capabilities for a motor freight forwarder in Johns Creek, Georgia. This contract opportunity is ideal for a security specialist who can shape and execute strategies for discovering, classifying, and safeguarding sensitive information across cloud and on-premises environments. The role will partner with technical and business stakeholders to improve governance, support compliance efforts, and elevate the organization's ability to detect and respond to data-related threats.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and lead enterprise data protection programs that improve how sensitive information is identified, categorized, and secured across multiple environments.
• Design and implement scalable controls for data governance, labeling, encryption, and key management to reduce risk and support business operations.
• Oversee investigations involving data security events, coordinate remediation activities, and help strengthen response processes based on findings.
• Integrate security telemetry from protection platforms into monitoring and detection solutions to improve visibility into potential data loss activity.
• Direct proactive threat hunting efforts focused on unauthorized data movement, exfiltration risks, and suspicious user behavior.
• Partner with compliance, infrastructure, cloud, and business teams to align protection strategies with regulatory and operational requirements.
• Assess security technologies and external vendors, providing recommendations on solutions that support data protection and governance objectives.
• Mentor security team members and provide technical leadership on enterprise initiatives, best practices, and program maturity improvements.