Data Security Monitoring Analyst

Job Location Abu Dhabi (Work From Office)

Job Type Contract

• Strong expertise in Data Loss Prevention (DLP) monitoring, alert triage, incident analysis, investigation, validation, containment, remediation, governance, and control assurance.
• In-depth understanding of data leakage and exfiltration risks across endpoint, email, web, network, cloud, collaboration platforms, removable media, and emerging technologies, with knowledge of sensitive-data classifications including customer, personal, confidential, and payment-card information.
• Strong analytical and investigative capabilities with the ability to correlate security events, perform historical analysis, identify monitoring gaps, assess control weaknesses, and support security incident response and digital investigations.
• Sound knowledge of cybersecurity frameworks, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices, including UAE banking regulations, data protection, privacy, and information security standards.
• Hands-on knowledge of security technologies including DLP, SIEM, incident/case management, GRC platforms, and the ability to develop dashboards, metrics, trend analysis, and management reporting.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, documentation, and banking domain knowledge, with the ability to engage business and technical teams effectively and translate security risks into actionable outcomes.

• Preferred
  
  Certifications:
  
  
• CISSP, CISM, CISA, CRISC, or other relevant information security certifications.

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Computer Science or any related technical discipline .

• More than 5 years of experience in information security, cybersecurity, information technology, risk or compliance, preferably within the banking or financial-services industry.
• Relevant experience in Data Loss Prevention monitoring, data-security operations or information-security incident investigation.
• Experience performing L2 review, incident validation or quality assurance of security alerts/incidents.
• Experience in investigation, evidence review, incident escalation, containment coordination and corrective-action tracking.
• Experience with information-security governance, control assurance, compliance assessments and audit support.
• Experience preparing DLP/security dashboards and management reporting.
• Experience coordinating with multiple stakeholders including Security Operations/Incident Response, Privacy, Fraud Investigation, business and technology teams.
• Experience with DLP, SIEM, incident-management, case-management or GRC platforms.