[Hiring] Data Protection Investigations Analyst @Humana

Role Description

The Data Protection Security Investigations Analyst 2 works with EIP stakeholders and Humana’s teams to identify high risk insider activity and ensure appropriate controls are in place to mitigate potential data loss or malicious activity. Understands department, segment, and organizational strategy and operating objectives, including their linkages to related areas. Makes decisions regarding own work methods, occasionally in ambiguous situations, and requires minimal direction and receives guidance where needed. Follows established guidelines/procedures.

The Data Protection Investigations Analyst (P2) supports enterprise Data Protection Operations through level two alert triage, investigation support, evidence review, and stakeholder coordination. The analyst evaluates alerts, logs, user activity, system indicators, and related evidence to identify potential data exposure, unauthorized movement, policy violations, and insider risk.

The analyst partners with Enterprise Information Protection, Humana Resources, Legal, Privacy, Compliance, and business teams on investigations, security reviews, control questions, and evidence requests. The role strengthens Data Protection Operations through accurate case documentation, disciplined queue management, evidence organization, process improvement, and consistent execution.

A key focus is providing enterprise-aligned support to subsidiaries and affiliated businesses while maintaining consistent investigation, evidence-handling, documentation, escalation, privacy, and compliance standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Two or more years of relevant technical experience, including at least one year in Data Security, Cyber Data Protection, DLP, security operations, insider risk, incident response support, or a related field.
• Experience triaging security alerts, reviewing logs, collecting evidence, documenting findings, and supporting investigations or incident response.
• Working knowledge of DLP, data classification, information protection, security monitoring, data handling, and common exposure scenarios.
• Ability to analyze routine to moderately complex issues, follow established procedures, and make sound, evidence-based recommendations.
• Experience supporting centralized intake, ticket handling, case management, or operational queues with consistent prioritization and follow-up.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills for explaining Data Security controls to technical and business stakeholders.
• Commitment to accurate documentation and continuous improvement of scalable, efficient workflows.
• Ability to responsibly use approved AI-enabled tools to improve investigation efficiency, documentation quality, process consistency, and decision support while protecting sensitive information and complying with security, privacy, legal, and regulatory requirements.

Requirements

• Experience with one or more enterprise Data Protection technology categories, such as DLP, data classification, CASB, SIEM, endpoint security, email security, or data-security posture management.
• Hands-on experience with representative platforms such as Microsoft Purview, Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps, Zscaler, CrowdStrike, Proofpoint, Symantec, Splunk, Google Security Operations, Microsoft Sentinel, Cyera, Netskope, or comparable tools.
• Experience in regulated environments such as healthcare, insurance, financial services, or other settings with heightened privacy, compliance, and data protection requirements.
• Familiarity with HIPAA/HITECH, PCI DSS, GLBA, NIST, SOC 2, HITRUST, or related security, privacy, and compliance frameworks.
• Security-related certification such as CompTIA Security+, CySA+, GSEC, or a relevant vendor certification, or progress toward certification; advanced certifications such as CISSP or CISM are beneficial.
• Experience supporting investigations involving insider risk, data exfiltration, cloud application use, web activity, unauthorized sharing, or inappropriate data movement.
• Experience reviewing security documentation, cloud service requests, data risk information, vendor or SaaS intake, or security control exceptions.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• 401(k) retirement savings plan.
• Time off (including paid time off, company and personal holidays, paid parental and caregiver leave).
• Short-term and long-term disability.
• Life insurance.
• Many other opportunities supporting whole-person well-being.

Potential Locations

• Louisville, KY
• Washington, D.C. / Arlington Metro
• Dallas / Frisco, TX
• Fort Lauderdale / Tampa, FL
• Nashville, TN

Work at Home Requirements

To ensure Home or Hybrid Home/Office employees’ ability to work effectively, the self-provided internet service of Home or Hybrid Home/Office employees must meet the following criteria: At minimum, a download speed of 25 Mbps and an upload speed of 10 Mbps is required; wireless, wired cable or DSL connection is suggested. In certain roles, the minimum recommended internet speed required by Humana may not be sufficient for business needs. Humana reserves the right to require associates to upgrade their internet service if necessary. Work from a dedicated space lacking ongoing interruptions to protect member PHI / HIPAA information.

Travel

While this is a remote position, occasional travel to Humana's offices for training or meetings may be required.

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Pay Range

The compensation range below reflects a good faith estimate of starting base pay for full time (40 hours per week) employment at the time of posting. The pay range may be higher or lower based on geographic location and individual pay will vary based on demonstrated job related skills, knowledge, experience, education, certifications, etc.

$89,000 - $121,400 per year

This job is eligible for a bonus incentive plan. This incentive opportunity is based upon company and/or individual performance.