Senior Consultant : 3 – 6 years of experience in data security and protection
Consultant : 2 – 3 years of experience in data security and protection
Language:
English
Arabic (added advantage)
Certifications:
At least 1 of the below certifications:
CDPSE
CIPT
CISSP
CISM
Microsoft Certified: Information Protection Administrator Associate
Recognized technical certification such as Symantec CSP in Data Protection, Certified McAfee Security Specialist CMSS DLP Focus, Forcepoint Data Security Suite DSS Professional or similar certifications.
Skills:
Excellent team player/leader
Excellent communication and presentation skills
Excellent report writing skills
End-to-end Data Protection Programme Design and Implementation
Experience working for the Big 4 or Global Consulting Companies
Ability to coordinate and independently drive activities to an end
Ability to work in a distributed team across multiple time zones
Experience
Security architecture experience designing and implementing data security and cloud security solutions.
Experience assessing or building programs in data protection: data encryption (FPE), tokenization, masking, and key management.
Assist in the development of point of view, white papers, industry thought leadership, and produce knowledge capital.
Maintain relationships with technology vendors to develop offerings.
Lead Data Security and Protection strategy, roadmap, and vision definition.
Drive Data Security and Protection security opportunities, including solution planning, deal shaping, estimating, and pricing.
Manage large Data Security delivery programs consisting of multiple projects, workstreams, phases, or releases, including financials.
Data Protection - Provide immutable capabilities layered on top of data at rest or in motion to secure the contents from unauthorized access.
Secure Data Governance - Enabling the people & process of an organization to secure the flow of data through the organization.
Secure Data Strategy - Embedding security into the overall approach and vision for data in an organization.
Database Security – Implementation of technical capabilities to protect and secure structured and unstructured database assets.
Deep understanding of data encryption with extensive leadership contacts.
Experience leading the business development and sales capture process.
Proficient in following areas related data protection:
Data Discovery of structured/unstructured data
Data Classification and Labelling
Data Security cryptographic controls
Data Loss Prevention
Digital Rights Management
Proven track record of designing and implementing Data Protection technology or equivalent Cybersecurity technology such as Data Loss Prevention, Data Classification, Digital Rights Management, Masking or Tokenization Technology, Encryption etc.
Driven Data Security and Protection security opportunities, including solution planning, deal shaping, estimating, and pricing.
Assist in Data Security proposal development and sales/marketing collateral.
Assist in Data Security and Protection strategy, roadmap, and vision definition.
Developed new offerings and go to market strategies with data teams.
Maintained relationships with technology vendors to develop offerings.
Assisted in the development of point of view, white papers, industry thought leadership, and produce knowledge capital.
Knowledge of securing Office 365, leveraging Microsoft Secure Score.
Understanding of Microsoft Information Protection with data classification infrastructures and techniques to classify data both on-premises and in the cloud.
Relevant experience with Data Loss Prevention technologies across endpoints.
A deep understanding of the underlying Identity and Access management solutions required to operate Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Threat Protection capabilities is a plus.
Analytical mind with good troubleshooting skill.
Experience in Symantec, Forcepoint, McAfee, Microsoft or Digital Guardian as well as competitor products is a plus.
Development of workflows for incident and alert generation for protected data protection policy infringement.
Configuration and tuning of DLP systems (such as Symantec DLP, zScaler DLP product), policies and response rules (might be required in specific projects).
Responsibilities:
Assist and execute Data Protection projects related to the following:
Data protection gap assessments/ Audits
Data Protection Programme design, building strategies, frameworks, solution designs and implementation
Data Discovery
Data Classification
Cloud-centric data protection
Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) & monitoring
Data Protection strategy
Development of the Target Operating Model, policies, procedures and templates that align with data protection laws and regulations
Assist in project communications involving technology partners and member firms.
Ensure quality in project deliverables and documentation.
Lead client presentations.
Lead project management meetings including:
Status updates
Audit / technical assessment reports
Internal team meetings
Review and maintain the data protection management workflows that enables clients to identify, log, investigate and resolve data protection-related issues in accordance with industry best practices.
Assist in and respond to client Request for Proposals (RFP) and pitches.
Support Thought Leadership and Webinar initiatives for Data Protection.
Adhere to project management guidelines and financial budget management for engagements.
