Sr. Insider & Data Risk Analyst

. About the role You own insider investigations and risk programs for Alpaca markets. You drive cases, controls, and compliance from detection to resolution. Key facts

Location: Remote (EMEA)

Engagement: Full-time

Compensation: $170,000 base; $225,000 total; 4 years experience required What you'll do Design intake workflows for insider risk signals and case initiation. Construct and tune Data Loss Prevention rules across endpoints, cloud, and source code platforms. Review data classification and DLP coverage aligned to sensitivity tiers. Ship detection playbooks and containment steps for exfiltration scenarios. Partner with People, Legal, Compliance, and IT on sensitive departures and violations. Assess unsanctioned AI and agent tools for data exposure and policy breaches. Investigate misuse across Slack, Google, AWS, Azure, and trading platforms. Guide audits, regulatory demands, and risk register documentation. Requirements You hold 4 years of experience in insider risk, security, or data protection. You understand financial services, regulated environments, and data privacy rules. You can own workflows, communicate risk clearly, and build lasting processes. Nice to have Experience with Agentic AI applied to security risk and investigations. Skills & tools Insider risk, Data Loss Prevention, data classification, SIEM, audit, cloud security, source code analysis, Slack, Google Workspace, AWS, Azure, trading systems. About Alpaca Alpaca is a US-headquartered, global leader in agent-first brokerage infrastructure for stocks, ETFs, options, crypto, fixed income, 24/5 trading, and more. Amongst our subsidiaries, Alpaca is a licensed financial services company, serving hundreds of financial institutions across 40 countries with our institutional-grade APIs. This includes broker-dealers, investment advisors, wealth managers, hedge funds, and crypto exchanges, totalling over 10 million brokerage accounts. Our global team is a diverse group of experienced engineers, traders, and brokerage professionals who are working to achieve our mission of opening financial services to everyone on the planet. We are deeply committed to open-source contributions and fostering a vibrant community, continuously enhancing our award-winning, developer-friendly API and the robust infrastructure behind it. Alpaca is proudly backed by $400 million in funding from top-tier global investors including Portage Ventures, Spark Capital, Tribe Capital, Social use, Horizons Ventures, Opera Tech Ventures, SBI Group, Derayah Financial, Unbound, Peak XV, Elefund, and Y Combinator. Your day-to-day You will own insider risk investigations and help mature Alpaca's Insider Risk Management Program and Data Loss Prevention capabilities. You will triage and investigate signals across people, devices, identity, and data movement, apply risk tiering and escalation standards, and partner with People/HR, Legal, Compliance, Engineering, and IT on sensitive cases involving departures, policy violations, and data misuse. This role sits at the intersection of insider risk, data protection, privacy, and financial services. Reporting to the Cyber GRC Lead, you will serve as Security's escalation point for insider and data loss cases affecting trading systems, customer data, and proprietary information. This is a practical senior individual contributor role for someone experienced, discreet, and highly organized who can own investigation workflows, translate risk into clear language for leadership, and build durable programs and processes. Prior experience in a regulated or financial services environment is a strong plus. You get to Own insider risk investigations from triage through closure, including case timelines, containment, escalation, and documented determinations and lessons learned. Mature Alpaca's Insider Risk Management Program, including case management processes, risk tiering, and repeatable workflows. Operate and tune Data Loss Prevention tooling across multiple environments and endpoints, refining rulesets to improve signal and reduce false positives. Mature data classification and align DLP controls to sensitivity levels. Investigate potential data exfiltration, misuse, and policy violations; build and tune detections and monitoring. Investigate misuse and exfiltration risk across source code, Google, AWS, Azure, third party apps, Slack, and trading and platform system access. Partner with People/HR, Legal, Compliance, and IT on sensitive cases (departures, policy violations, data mishandling) with discretion and care. Assess risk from unauthorized AI/agentic tooling and sensitive data exposure through approved and unsanctioned AI tooling. use Agentic AI to continue maturation of Insider risk program. Lead insider and data risk assessments and maintain risk registers. Support internal and external audits and regulatory requirements. Contribute insider risk and data handling content to the security awareness and training program. Serve as the insider risk escalation point for the Security team and mentor others on investigations and casework. Application notes Diversity at Alpaca Alpaca is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law. Equal Employment Opportunity Alpaca is an equal opportunity employer. Application process Please submit an updated resume and cover letter through our official apply page. Confirm details on that page, including the specific job ID, location, and compensation range, as these may vary by role and location. Compensation and location Base pay range for this role is $170,000. Target total compensation is $225,000. These figures are estimates based on current role parameters and may vary based on candidate experience, location, and other factors.

Location: EMEA. Experience Years of experience required: