Data Security Engineer - Contract

HAYS; Saudi Arabia; On-site; SAR 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Data Security Engineer to enhance their data protection measures. In this pivotal role, you will design, implement, and maintain robust data security infrastructures while collaborating with IT teams to deploy effective solutions. Your expertise in DLP, endpoint encryption, and database monitoring will be crucial in safeguarding sensitive information against threats. Join a dynamic environment where your skills will directly impact data security and contribute to the organization's overall safety. If you are passionate about cybersecurity and eager to make a difference, this opportunity is for you.

Qualifications

• 4 years of relevant experience in data security.
• Hands-on experience with encryption, DLP, and data masking.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain data security infrastructure.
• Support incident investigation and DLP policy modifications.
• Monitor alarms and events from the DAM system.

Skills

DLP

Endpoint Encryption

Azure IRM

Database Activity Monitoring

Microsoft PKI

Watermarking Solutions

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

DLP Tools

Encryption Technologies

Data Masking Tools

Job description

Job Title: Data Security Engineer

Contract Duration: One year

Location: Al Jubail, KSA

Job Purpose:

The Data Security Engineer is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining the organization's data security infrastructure. They ensure the protection of sensitive data against unauthorized access, breaches, and other security threats. They will work closely with other IT and security teams to deploy data security solutions and monitor data activities.

Core Responsibilities:

• Support incident investigation & alerting, document DLP incidents, provide recommendations for DLP, IRM, and encryption, and policy/rules modifications to detect new threats and optimize alerts.
• Conduct periodic review of activities on the endpoint encryption server.
• Support incident logging and review root cause.
• Coordinate with IT functions for disk encryption for users as and when requests are raised.
• Support the administration and maintenance of DLP and endpoint encryption platforms and their components.
• Support, maintain, and troubleshoot the DLP, encryption agent management on endpoint devices.
• Maintain documentation of processes in repositories and knowledge links.
• Perform decryption of encrypted documents using a super user account.
• Maintain and manage the PKI infrastructure.
• Support the administration of internal PKI certificates to issue, revoke, recover, and maintain the client's PKI certificates.
• Maintain and manage the watermarking solution. Support its administration to push/remove/modify watermarks on workstations and Citrix VDI.
• Support all policy management related database activities.
• Monitor alarms and events from the DAM system.
• Enable DAM protection profiles based on various databases.
• Support DAM endpoint agent management.

Technical Expertise:

• Knowledge and experience in: DLP, endpoint encryption, Azure IRM, Azure Information Protection, database activity monitoring, Microsoft PKI, and watermarking solutions.

Qualifications:

• Educational: Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field.
• Years of Experience: 4 years of relevant experience.

• Nature of Experience:
• Hands-on experience with data security tools and technologies such as encryption, DLP, and data masking.
• Strong understanding of endpoint security principles.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Good understanding of cybersecurity principles and best practices.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Certifications such as CISSP, CISM, or CISA are a plus