Data Security Analyst jobs in Irving, TX

What You Need To Know

Open the door to a groundbreaking tech career with an industry leader. Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits is North America’s preeminent wine and spirits distributor, as well as a family-owned, privately held company with a 50 year legacy of success. To create a new era in alcohol beverage sales and service, we’re heavily invested in the most transformative new technologies – and the most brilliant tech professionals. Southern Glazer’s was named by Newsweek as a Most Loved Workplace and is included on the Forbes lists for Largest Private Companies and Best Employers for Diversity.

As a full-time employee, you can choose from a full menu of our Top Shelf Benefits, including comprehensive medical and prescription drug coverage, dental and vision plans, tax-saving Flexible Spending Accounts, disability coverage, life insurance plans, and a 401(k) plan. We also offer tuition reimbursement, a wellness program, parental leave, vacation accrual, paid sick leave, and more.

We offer continuous learning and career growth in a fast-paced environment where you are respected, your voice is heard, and technology is part of our strategy for success. If you’re looking to fill your glass with opportunity, come join our FAMILY.

Overview

The Principal Data Security Analyst, job focuses on gathering and interpreting data, gathering, and documenting business requirements, defining and documenting processes (process flows/swim lanes), and standardization of data and processes.  Can resolve transaction / data/ process discrepancies. Helps to determine opportunities to automate, streamline, and standardize data and or processes.  Creates business requirements documents and knows enough about a platform/technology to create a functional specs for use in building a technical solution through configuration or coding as the individual progresses through the job levels.

Specialized Skills and Technologies

• Hands on experience with various Data Protection technologies (Encryption, Cloud Security, Insider Threat, Data Loss Prevention, Database Activity Monitoring, etc.)
• Strong hands-on knowledge of technology environments, including telecommunications, networks, security, server administration, and change management

Primary Responsibilities

• Gather and analyze data
• Interpret gathered data
• Experience with CASB type solutions 
• Submit reports to the relevant department heads and management
• Find patterns and trends in the analyzed data
• Help management and other teams achieve business goals and needs
• Establish new data gathering and analysis techniques within the organization
• Formulate procedural manuals for all departments
• Track and reconcile data 
• Supports the execution of a specific IT process (i.e. Vendor Management, Asset Management, Telecommunications, Business Applications, etc.) in response to business needs and requests.
• Define, track and monitor KPIs 
• Gather requirements 
• Document requirements as governed by the SGWS PMO
• Create business requirements document based on requirements gathering
• Create functional spec based on platform technology that can be effectively used by solution analyst to configure
• Identify and mitigate risks
• Work with developers in transferring functional specs to technical specs
• Develop QA scripts in support of business functionality testing
• Track and report on output of QA business functionality scripts
• Collaborates with business and IT stakeholders to identify, analyze, understand and prioritize activities by business value and urgency.
• Develops consultative partnerships with internal teams and leaders to understand their strategic objectives, key performance indicators and reporting requirements.
• Supports communications, meetings, and other collaborations as appropriate to effectively perform work and to understand, resolve, and/or mitigate risks, obstacles, and conflicts in the performance of functional activities.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to enhance overall delivery of reporting across the business units and within the department.
• Establish and collect KPI to measure business value delivered by projects and solutions.
• Implement process to build budgets from the bottom up (annual and ongoing).
• Analyze and interpret information for planning and control purposes. 
• Present to leadership recommendations on opportunities 
• Acts as a resource for business and ETP unit segments relative to planning, analysis and budgeting, new product/services development and implementation, workflow analysis and costing information to evaluate and ensure competitiveness.
• Lead the education and training of end users, working to increase end user proficiency and adoption of implemented solutions
• Understand, communicate, and reinforce standard process concepts and methodology within the ETP organization
• Serve as liaison across teams
• Develop opportunities to automate ETP processes and functions
• Communicate systems and procedural changes to end users through excellent written and oral communications

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 5 years leading medium to complex multi-million-dollar systems development programs
• Critical thinker
• Influencer
• Results-oriented
• Analytical/ID key interdependencies
• Facilitator
• Problem solver
• Budget and risk management
• Excellent communicator
• Highly collaborative
• Excellent communications
• Process-oriented
• Coaching/Mentoring
• Excellent presentation skills 
• Executive presence
• Thought Leader
• Strategic Thinker
• Influencer
• Strong business acumen
• Responsible for mentorship of junior team members
• Proficient change management skills
• Capability to understand SGWS’ application portfolio as well as how the different systems contribute to daily business operations
• Ability to build, coach and lead teams with Agile delivery values
• Demonstrated ability to lead teams and influence across organizations
• Excellent analytical, problem solving, decision-making and quantitative analysis skills to provide insights into performance and efficiency opportunities
• Must be self-directed, autonomous, and yet be able to work well with multiple individuals at all levels of the organization on a regular basis, also demonstrate leadership skills and abilities
• Strong planning and organizational skills to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple priorities
• Excellent customer service skills in all interactions with internal and external customers, including but not limited to personnel from other divisions, vendors, suppliers, and other departments
• Excellent communication, leadership, and interpersonal skills to build relationship and collaboration across different departments, sometimes virtually
• Proficiency using high mathematical concepts such as fractions, algebra, statistics, mathematical modeling and, to some extent, calculus
• Understanding of IT processes and ability to translate and communicate technical concepts into business language
• Process oriented mindset including but not limited to building and enforcing process flows
• Ability to build consensus and buy-in with key stakeholders
• Strong team player with willingness to collaborate
• Strong analytical and problem solving/decision making skills
• Expertise in setting and managing customer expectations
• Good time management skills (i.e. setting priorities)

Agile Delivery Values

• Openness – Team and stakeholders agree to be open about all work and challenges 
• Commitment – Personally commit to achieving the goals of the team 
• Respect – Respect your team members to be capable and independent 
• Courage – You have courage to do the right thing and work on tough problems 
• Focus – Everyone focus on the work in the sprint and the goal of the scrum team.  Rise and fall as a team 

Physical Demands

• Physical demands include a considerable amount of time sitting and typing/keyboarding, using a computer (e.g., keyboard, mouse, and monitor), or mobile device
• Physical demands with activity or condition may occasionally include walking, bending, reaching, standing, squatting, and stooping
• May require occasional lifting/lowering, pushing, carrying, or pulling up to 20lbs

EEO Statement

Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits, an Affirmative Action/EEO employer, prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.  Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits provides competitive compensation based on estimated performance level consistent with the past relevant experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and education of employees.  Unless otherwise expressly stated, any pay ranges posted here are estimates from outside of Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits and do not reflect Southern Glazer's pay bands or ranges.