Data Security SpecialistData Security Analyst
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Job Summary
Job-Specific Skills
The Data Security & Privacy Specialist is responsible for managing and protecting enterprise data across systems ensuring compliance with privacy policies and security standards. This role involves implementing technical controls conducting risk assessments and collaborating with stakeholders to maintain a robust data protection framework.
Key Responsibilities
Facilitate workshops with stakeholders to identify data domains critical data elements (CDEs) owners/stewards and associated business processes.
Build maintain and update the data inventory/catalog including systems datasets flows and lineage.
Define and operationalize data taxonomy (classification levels handling rules) and ensure labels propagate across systems.
Perform data discovery and gap assessments to locate sensitive data (e.g. PII SPI) and reconcile scan results with the catalog.
Translate privacy and policy requirements into technical and administrative controls (access models masking retention encryption) and maintain control mappings.
Design and enforce access control models (least privilege RBAC/ABAC purpose-based access) including periodic access reviews.
Establish data protection baselines for storage transfer and processing (encryption key hygiene segregation).
Configure and tune DLP and egress policies across endpoints email web/cloud and storage systems while reducing false positives.
Implement data masking/tokenization strategies for production analytics and non-production environments; manage detokenization approvals.
Define and monitor security telemetry (authentication data access key usage admin events) and create detections for anomalous activity.
Lead or assist in data-related incident response including scoping containment evidence handling root cause analysis corrective actions and lessons learned.
Implement retention and disposal controls align backups/archives with policy and verify secure deletion.
Assess third-party and SaaS data risks review contracts/DPAs and track remediation with vendors and owners.
Produce dashboards and KPIs/KRIs (coverage data classification completeness DLP precision access review closure incident MTTR).
Develop and maintain documentation training materials playbooks runbooks and provide regular briefings to stakeholders.
Requirements
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Security IT or equivalent hands-on experience.
Relevant certifications such as ISO/IEC 27701 Lead Implementer/Auditor CISSP CIPM or other applicable certifications.
Clear written and verbal communication skills.
Minimum Experience
4 years of experience in information security with at least 2 years focused on data security and privacy including:
Data discovery classification/taxonomy
Data Loss Prevention (DLP) masking/tokenization
Data retention/disposal
Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIA/PIA)
Records of Processing Activities (RoPA)
Submission date: Please submit CVs on or before 02nd December 2025.
Company Industry
IT Services and IT Consulting
Key Skills
- Data Analytics
- Microsoft Access
- SQL
- Power BI
- R
- Data Visualization
- Tableau
- Data Management
- Data Mining
- SAS
- Data Analysis Skills
- Analytics
