About The Role
We are actively building diverse teams and welcome applications from everyone.
Role: Data Security Engineer - Cyber
Location: Birmingham (SCC operates hybrid working, which comprises a mix of office and home working)
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary Package: £45,000 - £60,000 plus large company benefits, a broad flexible benefits scheme, and 2 paid‑for volunteering days a year
Hours: 9.00 am – 5.30 pm, Monday – Friday
Interview Process: 2-stage process
Why SCC?
- An inclusive workplace
- Excellent package: solid basic and company benefits
- Hybrid working & core hours in line with role requirements
- Career development and life‑long learning opportunities
- Opportunity to join Europe's largest privately‑owned IT Company
Role purpose
The role of Data Security Engineer is to safeguard sensitive data by engineering and maintaining effective data protection, classification, and governance controls, reducing data loss risk and enabling secure business and customer operations at scale.
This role will offer subject matter expertise to assist delivery and consulting teams in data security, helping achieve successful results for our customers. It will also play a key part in evolving the SCC offering in response to industry developments, including advancements in technology and changes in regulation.
Security clearance or the willingness to apply will be required for this role.
Key responsibilities
Delivery
- Work with our Cyber Solution Architects to respond to RFI, RFP, and Tenders in areas for Data Security;
- Support customers in contribution of solution design, helping define the scope, identify successful outcomes and conform to required prerequisites;
- Implement and maintain data classification, labelling, and governance controls aligned to customer requirements and regulatory obligations.
Subject Matter Expert
- Deliver Data Security Proof of Concepts with Customers and SCC Pathfinders covering Microsoft Purview, Varonis, Pulse, and Vision;
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of evolving best practices in the field of data security;
- Apply industry best practice frameworks and regulatory considerations when designing and implementing data security controls;
- Participate in one or more of our Subject Matter Expert (SME) groups within the Cyber team.
Operational Support
- Knowledge transfer when a customer moves from technical delivery, and on into service operation;
- Ensuring design documentation is accurate and in place for the use by delivery and operational teams, including the High‑Level Design (HLD) and Low‑Level Design (LLD).
Solution Enhancements
- Work with our Product Architecture teams to identify areas of technical development of our services;
- Work with our Product Management team to identify opportunities for service enhancements based on customer feedback.
Skills and experience
Hard Skills
- Deep understanding of Data Security solutions, specifically based on Microsoft and Varonis;
- Understanding of regulations and Frameworks impacting data;
- Understanding of data;
- Ability to translate customer needs into relevant solutions.
Soft Skills
- Excellent stakeholder communication;
- Consultative and Customer Facing skills;
- Collaboration and Team work;
- Documentation and Attention to Detail;
- Analytical and persuasive abilities;
- Teamwork & cross‑functional collaboration.
Language
- Fluent English required;
- Spanish or French would be an advantage but not essential.
Technical skills required
- Experience with Microsoft Purview or alternative data solutions (essential).
- Experience with Varonis (desirable).
- Experience with Microsoft Fabric (desirable).
- Experience with Azure and AWS solutions (desirable).
- Experience with Data Warehouse Technologies (desirable).
Equal Opportunities Employer
SCC is committed to providing equal opportunities and a proactive and inclusive approach to equality and diversity in employment. No applicant or employee will be treated less favourably than another on the grounds of a protected characteristic which is defined as sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, gender reassignments, trade union membership or non‑membership, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race and religion or belief.
If you are selected for interview, and need any reasonable adjustments made for your interview, please let the SCC Talent Acquisition team know, at the point of scheduling.
Diversity & Inclusion at SCC: https://www.scc.com/diversity-and-inclusion/
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