Data Security Analyst

PURVIEW; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 111,000 - 166,000; Part time

Job summary

PURVIEW is seeking a contract DSPM specialist to build and operate data security solutions across cloud and on-premise environments. The role focuses on discovering and classifying sensitive data, automating onboarding and remediation workflows, and integrating DSPM with IAM, data catalogs, SIEM/SOAR, and reporting systems.

The successful candidate will configure policies, dashboards, and alerts, while improving classification accuracy and remediation performance.

Qualifications

• Experience building DSPM solutions across structured and unstructured data environments.
• Proficiency in Python automation for data-source onboarding, scanning, and remediation workflows.
• Experience integrating DSPM platforms with IAM, data catalogs, CMDB, SIEM/SOAR, and incident response.
• Knowledge of risk analytics, dashboards, alerts, and policy configuration for data protection.

Responsibilities

• Build and operate DSPM solutions across structured and unstructured data environments.
• Discover, inventory, classify, and assess sensitive data across databases, data lakes, warehouses, object stores, and cloud services.
• Develop Python automation for data-source onboarding, scanning, metadata enrichment, risk scoring, and remediation workflows.
• Integrate DSPM platforms with IAM, data catalogs, CMDB, SIEM/SOAR, ticketing, incident response, and reporting systems.
• Correlate data sensitivity with ownership, permissions, identity, location, and activity.
• Configure classification policies, risk analytics, dashboards, alerts, and workflows.
• Troubleshoot integrations and distributed systems across APIs, networks, cloud services, and data platforms.
• Produce technical designs, operational documentation, control evidence, metrics, and risk communications.

Skills

DSPM

Python

IAM integration

Cloud security

Data governance

Tools

Microsoft Purview

BigID

Varonis

Cyera

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

Ansible

Kafka

Jenkins

Grafana

Splunk

Loki

Job description

Job Type: Contract (3 days a week Onsite)

Key Responsibilities:

• Build and operate DSPM solutions across structured and unstructured data environments.
• Discover, inventory, classify, and assess sensitive data across databases, data lakes, warehouses, object stores, file platforms, SaaS, and cloud services.
• Develop Python automation for data-source onboarding, scanning, metadata enrichment, risk scoring, evidence capture, and remediation workflows.
• Integrate DSPM platforms with IAM, data catalogs, CMDB, SIEM/SOAR, ticketing, incident response, and reporting systems.
• Correlate data sensitivity with ownership, permissions, identity, location, lineage, configuration, exposure, and activity.
• Configure classification policies, risk analytics, dashboards, alerts, and workflows.
• Improve classification accuracy, coverage, data freshness, connector health, and remediation performance.
• Support controls including least privilege, Zero Trust, encryption, masking, tokenisation, retention, and secure deletion.
• Troubleshoot integrations and distributed systems across APIs, networks, identities, cloud services, and data platforms.
• Produce technical designs, operational documentation, control evidence, metrics, and risk communications.
• Microsoft Purview, BigID, Varonis, Cyera, Security, or similar DSPM platforms.
• Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud data and security services.
• Databases, data warehouses, data lakes, lake houses, MongoDB, or object storage.
• Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Ansible, Kafka, Jenkins, Grafana, Loki, or Splunk.
• SIEM/SOAR, data catalogs, CMDB, data lineage, DLP, cryptography, masking, and retention.
• NIST, Zero Trust, cloud security frameworks, or regulated environments.