Insider Risk & Data Loss Prevention Analyst

What You'll Do

• Monitor and investigate insider threat indicators, behavioral anomalies, and identity‑related suspicious activity.
• This aligns with common investigative practices for insider‑related misuse scenarios and anomalous behavior patterns.
• Support Data Loss Prevention operations, evaluating events that could indicate data exfiltration, accidental exposure, or misuse of sensitive information—consistent with DLP frameworks designed to protect sensitive data from being lost, stolen, or accessed improperly.
• Analyze user behavior and contextual risk signals sourced from various systems to identify potential insider threats, in line with approaches where insider risk management tools combine analytics and multiple data sources to build user risk profiles.
• Assist in investigations involving potential insider misuse, including evaluating whether behavior resembles common risk patterns such as malicious or uninformed insider actions, which many organizations monitor for during DLP reviews.
• Respond to UEBA and SIEM alerts, collaborating with security teams to validate, escalate, or close events.
• Support the creation, tuning, and documentation of alerting rules and processes associated with insider risk and DLP.
• Participate in cross‑team collaboration to communicate findings and recommend mitigation actions.
• Maintain clear records of investigative steps, risk assessments, and remediation actions.
• Skills & Competencies Strong understanding of cybersecurity concepts, including data protection, threat indicators, identity security, and user behavior analytics.
• Ability to analyze moderately complex security events and provide well‑reasoned recommendations.
• Comfortable working within established procedures while contributing ideas for improvements.
• Effective communication and documentation skills.
• Ability to collaborate with colleagues across multiple teams on routine security matters.
• Professional behavior, strong attention to detail, and willingness to develop deeper expertise in insider risk and DLP.
• Education & Experience Typically requires 2+ years of experience in cybersecurity, IT security, or related operational security roles.
• Experience with SIEM/UEBA tools, DLP technologies, or insider threat concepts is beneficial.
• For positions requiring access to technical data, Analog Devices, Inc. may have to obtain export licensing approval from the U.S.
• Department of Commerce - Bureau of Industry and Security and/or the U.S.
• Department of State - Directorate of Defense Trade Controls.
• As such, applicants for this position – except US Citizens, US Permanent Residents, and protected individuals as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3) – may have to go through an export licensing review process.
• We foster a culture where everyone has an opportunity to succeed regardless of their race, color, religion, age, ancestry, national origin, social or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, pregnancy, parental status, disability, medical condition, genetic information, military or veteran status, union membership, and political affiliation, or any other legally protected group.
• Job Req Type: Experienced Required Travel: Yes, 10% of the time Shift Type: Variable