DLP Lead

About the Role

E-Solutions is seeking a DLP Lead to join our team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This is a full-time position for a professional with 5-10 years of experience, responsible for overseeing Data Loss Prevention (DLP) service delivery and ensuring the integrity and security of information assets.

Role Overview

The DLP Lead serves as the primary point of accountability for all aspects of DLP service delivery, including work allocation and quality assurance. This role involves leading critical incident response, managing policy governance, and driving continuous improvement in DLP operations within the organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the single point of accountability for DLP service delivery, work allocation, and quality review.
• Lead critical DLP incident handling and escalation processes.
• Oversee DLP policy governance, exception management, system upgrades, expansion, and capacity planning.
• Ensure endpoint-agent compliance, scheduled scans, policy tuning, and periodic rule-effectiveness reviews.
• Monitor Service Level Agreement (SLA) adherence, identify recurring issues, and propose process or technical improvements.
• Oversee reporting, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), knowledge articles, issue registers, training, and audit support.
• Supervise and mentor DLP Consultants and coordinate effectively with Bank stakeholders.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's degree with expert knowledge of information security domains.
• 7-10 years of experience with substantial hands-on DLP administration and operations experience.
• Experience leading DLP teams, policy governance, and DLP infrastructure upgrade or expansion projects.
• CISA, CISSP, CISM, or another relevant security certification is preferred.
• Experience within the banking or a regulated industry is preferred.

Required Skills

• Advanced hands-on expertise in Symantec DLP and enterprise DLP controls across endpoint, email, network, and data-at-rest.
• Strong project management, team leadership, governance, and stakeholder-management capabilities.
• Familiarity with ISO 27001, PCI DSS, SOC 1, and SOC 2 is preferred.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving capabilities.
• Clear written and verbal communication, documentation, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to comply with customer security, confidentiality, access-management, and change-management requirements.

Work Environment

This full-time position is based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and involves working within a dedicated team focused on maintaining robust data loss prevention measures for E-Solutions.