Designation:

Data Protection – Consultant/ Senior Consultant

Years of Experience:

• 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.
• Adhere to the firm’s Risk Management guidelines.