Data Security Consultant
Company Description
At Quorum Cyber we help good people win. Founded in Edinburgh in 2016, our expert team of security analysts, incident responders, forensic specialists, and threat hunters leverage the best Microsoft security technologies to defend organisations worldwide against cyber security breaches and attacks. As a Microsoft-only house we provide a unified security ecosystem, offering a collection of simple, innovative Professional and Managed Security Services, delivered through our own platform Clarity. Our key Managed Security Services include: - Azure Sentinel Security Operations Centre (SOC) and Managed Detection and Response (MDR) - Managed Microsoft Defender - CREST Vulnerability Management - Phishing Protection & Simulation Our Professional Security Services provide a wide range of advisory, risk assessment and compliance solutions, with the aim to help our clients manage exposure to cyber risk over time, increase resilience to business disruption, and achieve measurable returns on investment. We take the weight and pressure of managing security posture, internal IT security skillset and challenges faced with the increase in sophisticated cyber threats.
Our commitment to quality can be evidenced by the growing collection of certifications and accreditations we’ve secured over the years, including Microsoft Gold Partner status, Microsoft Intelligent Security Association (MISA) and CREST Accreditation: Vulnerability Assessments, Penetration Testing and Cyber Security Incident Response. We are proud winners of the Scottish Cyber Awards and Digital Technology Awards for our innovate, in-house built services
Position
what i do is:
- Lead and deliver data security and regulatory compliance focussed consultancy engagements.
- Partner with Quorum Cyber clients across a variety of industry verticals.
- Active listening and probing to learn understand business operations and challenges.
- Communicate with technical and business stakeholders to determine current-state and future-state needs.
- Translate business needs into technical architectures, visions, and roadmaps.
- Hands-on configuration and deployment of data security solutions.
- Subject matter expert for Data Security and Information Governance.
- Research industry best practices and maintain deep technical knowledge in the security and compliance space.
- Coach and mentor peers to build team knowledge and expertise.
- Collaborate and share knowledge across strategic channel partnerships (e.g., Microsoft).
- Support pre-sales activities where necessary to help build the Compliance Practice revenue pipeline.
Requirements
The skills I need are
- Ability to articulate modern concepts of information classification, data leakage, and risk management relating to Microsoft Security and Compliance offerings. Subject matter expert for the Microsoft Purview suite of services; specifically, Insider Risk Management, Information Protection and Data Loss Prevention.
- Deep understanding of the broader Microsoft 365 productivity ecosystem (i.e., Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, Microsoft Teams), how the service operates at a logical level and typical deployment scenarios.
- Awareness of major regulatory compliance requirements for organisations using cloud services and/or general data processing.
- ·nitiative-taking and client focussed thinker with a passion for problem solving.
- Microsoft Certifications, “SC400 – Microsoft Information Protection Administrator” and “SC900 – Microsoft Security, Compliance and Identity Fundamentals” are preferable.
