Description:
The Senior Data Protection Analyst will help drive proactive information protection and ensure compliance across the full data lifecycle—from creation to retirement. You’ll partner with both technical and business stakeholders to ensure that KLA’s data is governed, protected, and used responsibly.
Key responsibilities include:
- Executing requests from Cybersecurity leadership and Intellectual Property councils that support KLA’s strategic vision for scalable and rigorous data protection controls.
- Driving data protection initiatives from inception through delivery and maintenance, with a focus on global data protection controls and intellectual property protection
- Aligning data protection policies, standards, and procedures with enterprise governance frameworks and risk tolerance
- Collaborating closely with security leadership, teammates, and cross-functional partners on a weekly basis to assess, recommend, and implement data protection measures consistent with KLA’s risk posture and compliance obligations
- Documenting data protection policies, exceptions, and workflows, and coordinating periodic reviews with appropriate stakeholders
- Partnering with KLA's product divisions to understand objectives, risk tolerance, and shared accountability for secure data practices
- Identifying and driving improvements that strengthen least‑privilege access and security controls while preserving a positive end‑user experience
- Preparing comprehensive progress reports and presenting strategic recommendations to senior leadership regarding initiative status and task completion
- Identifying and monitoring for risks in the regulatory landscape, considering business impact and providing mitigation recommendations
- Conducting reviews and validation of data security controls across the environment
Preferred Qualifications
- Professional certifications such as CISSP, CISA, or CIPP
- Experience in project management or a related credential
- Ability to read, write, or speak a foreign language relevant to KLA’s global footprint
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Assurance, Cybersecurity, IT Security, Information Technology, or a related discipline
- Experience in security systems administration and data protection management technologies, such as DLP, data classification, GRC solutions, and/or CASB
- Working knowledge of current and emerging regulatory frameworks, standards, laws and experience in driving compliance to existing frameworks
- Exceptional ability to distill complex information into clear, concise updates and effectively communicate outcomes and risks to executive leadership
- Demonstrated ability to leverage a range of security tools
- Strong critical-thinking skills
- Proficiency with the Microsoft Office suite for data analysis, collaboration, and communication.