What are the responsibilities and job description for the Data Security Solutions Engineer III position at Edward Jones?
This job posting is anticipated to remain open for 30 days, from 09-Apr-2026. The posting may close early due to the volume of applicants.
Join a financial services firm where your contributions are valued. Edward Jones is a Fortune 500¹ company where people come first. With over 9 million clients and 20,000 financial advisors across the U.S. and Canada, we’re proud to be privately-owned, placing the focus on our clients rather than shareholder returns.
Behind everything we do is our purpose: We partner for positive impact to improve the lives of our clients and colleagues, and together, better our communities and society. We are an innovative, flexible, and inclusive organization that attracts, develops, and inspires performance excellence and a sense of belonging.
People are at the center of our partnership. Edward Jones associates are seen, heard, respected, and supported. This is what we believe makes us the best place to start or build your career.
View our Purpose, Inclusion and Citizenship Report.
¹Fortune 500, published June 2024, data as of December 2023. Compensation provided for using, not obtaining, the rating.
Behind everything we do is our purpose: We partner for positive impact to improve the lives of our clients and colleagues, and together, better our communities and society. We are an innovative, flexible, and inclusive organization that attracts, develops, and inspires performance excellence and a sense of belonging.
People are at the center of our partnership. Edward Jones associates are seen, heard, respected, and supported. This is what we believe makes us the best place to start or build your career.
View our Purpose, Inclusion and Citizenship Report.
¹Fortune 500, published June 2024, data as of December 2023. Compensation provided for using, not obtaining, the rating.
Team Overview:
At Edward Jones, our Data Security team is developing controls, requirements and patterns that empowers the firm to innovate securely by embedding resilient, regulation-aligned security practices across all data environments, and fostering a culture where confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data are foundational to business success. In a Security Engineering role you will be expected to design detections, support capability testing and implementation as well as build deployment patterns. This is an exceptional challenge and opportunity for someone who is excited for rapid change and continuous learning.
What you'll do
At Edward Jones, our Data Security team is developing controls, requirements and patterns that empowers the firm to innovate securely by embedding resilient, regulation-aligned security practices across all data environments, and fostering a culture where confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data are foundational to business success. In a Security Engineering role you will be expected to design detections, support capability testing and implementation as well as build deployment patterns. This is an exceptional challenge and opportunity for someone who is excited for rapid change and continuous learning.
What you'll do
- Align business requirements with appropriate security controls and develop and maintain security configuration baselines and integration documentation.
- Design and implement detections across multiple security platforms.
- Reviewing technical solutions, identifying gaps and compensating controls and escalating high‑risk designs as needed.
- Assess and validate the effectiveness of data security solutions through testing and evaluation.
- Support remediation efforts to resolve internal and external data‑security issues and address compliance gaps.
- Translate enterprise data security controls and classification frameworks, developed for unstructured data environments, into equivalent, enforceable controls for structured data sources including databases, data warehouses, and analytical platforms, ensuring consistent protection posture across all data domains.
- Support proof‑of‑concepts or pilots efforts and support for remediation of security and compliance gaps.
What Experience You'll Need:
- Bachelor's degree (preferred) in Computer Science, Management Information
- 5 years of experience in data security, cybersecurity engineering, or cloud security roles.
- Experience supporting audits, risk assessments, and regulatory examinations.
- Hands‑on experience in data security engineering within a financial services environment (preferred).
- Understanding of identity‑centric and behavior‑based security models, including Zero Trust principles, identity‑aware data access, privileged‑user monitoring, insider‑threat detection, UEBA, anomaly detection, and SIEM/SOAR integrations.
- Hands‑on experience with one or more data security technologies across structured data environments, including Database Activity Monitoring (DBAM), data discovery and inventory, data access governance, CASB, DLP, and DSPM.
- Designing and implementing high-fidelity detections across Cloud, SIEM and DLP platforms.
- Experience reducing false positives without creating blind spots.
- Experience extending data security controls and governance to advanced workloads, including Machine Learning and Large Language Model (AI) systems (preferred).
- Knowledge of NIST SP 800‑53 and the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF)
- Familiarity with GLBA, SOX, FFIEC, and NYDFS 500 regulatory requirements. (preferred)
- Ability to communicate complex technical concepts and risks to non‑technical stakeholders, translating technical issues into clear business impacts.
- Ability to partner with adjacent security domains (e.g., unstructured data security, DLP, DSPM) to ensure consistent policy application and to translate control requirements across data types and environments.
Current INTERNAL home-based associates: While this role is posted as hybrid, if selected and accepted, you may retain your home-based status. Edward Jones intends in good faith to continue offering the role as home-based, though future business or regulatory needs may require on-site work.
**Candidates that live within a commutable distance from our Tempe, AZ and St. Louis, MO home office locations are expected to work in the office four days per week effective June 1, 2026. Before June 1, 2026, candidates that live within a commutable distance from our Tempe, AZ and St. Louis, MO home office locations are expected to work in the office three days per week, with preference for Tuesday through Thursday.**
**Candidates that live within a commutable distance from our Tempe, AZ and St. Louis, MO home office locations are expected to work in the office four days per week effective June 1, 2026. Before June 1, 2026, candidates that live within a commutable distance from our Tempe, AZ and St. Louis, MO home office locations are expected to work in the office three days per week, with preference for Tuesday through Thursday.**
At Edward Jones, we are building a place where everyone feels like they belong. We're proud of our associates' contributions to the firm and the recognitions we have received.
Check out our U.S. awards and accolades: Insights & Information Blog Postings about Edward Jones
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Check out our U.S. awards and accolades: Insights & Information Blog Postings about Edward Jones
Check out our Canadian awards and accolades: Insights & Information Blog Postings about Edward Jones
Edward Jones does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, religion, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, pregnancy, veteran status, genetic information or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.
Edward Jones' compensation and benefits package includes medical and prescription drug, dental, vision, voluntary benefits (such as accident, hospital indemnity, and critical illness), short- and long-term disability, basic life, and basic AD&D coverage. Short- and long-term disability, basic life, and basic AD&D coverage are provided at no cost to associates. Edward Jones offers a 401k retirement plan, and tax-advantaged accounts: health savings account, and flexible spending account. Edward Jones observes ten paid holidays and provides 15 days of vacation for new associates beginning on January 1 of each year, as well as sick time, personal days, and a paid day for volunteerism. Associates may be eligible for bonuses and profit sharing. All associates are eligible for the firm's Employee Assistance Program. For more information on the Benefits available to Edward Jones associates, please visit our benefits page.