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About the Role

Datamatics Technologies is seeking a Data Security & Privacy Engineer to join our team in Riyadh. This full-time role involves designing, implementing, and managing enterprise data security and privacy solutions. The ideal candidate will possess strong expertise in identity and access management, data protection technologies, encryption, security monitoring, and privacy controls across cloud environments, ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of enterprise data while supporting regulatory compliance and security best practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement data security and privacy controls across enterprise environments.
• Manage identity and access management (IAM) solutions across cloud platforms.
• Implement data protection strategies, including encryption, masking, and data loss prevention.
• Configure and manage security monitoring and threat detection solutions.
• Support security assessments, audits, and compliance initiatives.
• Define and enforce data security policies, standards, and best practices.
• Collaborate with cloud, infrastructure, application, and data teams to secure enterprise data assets.
• Monitor security events, investigate incidents, and support remediation activities.
• Implement secure data handling practices throughout the data lifecycle.
• Support privacy initiatives, including sensitive data discovery, classification, and protection.
• Continuously evaluate emerging security threats and recommend improvements.

Required Technical Skills

• Identity & Access Management (IAM): Hands-on experience with GCP IAM, Azure IAM, or AWS IAM; strong understanding of identity governance, authentication, authorization, roles, permissions, and access controls; experience implementing least privilege access models and access management best practices.
• Data Protection & Privacy: Experience with Data Loss Prevention (DLP) solutions; strong understanding of data classification, sensitive data protection, privacy controls, and implementing data security policies and compliance requirements.
• Encryption & Key Management: Strong experience with Encryption and Key Management Services (KMS); knowledge of encryption standards, key lifecycle management, certificate management, and cryptographic best practices; experience securing data at rest, in transit, and during processing.
• Data Masking & Protection: Experience implementing Data Masking techniques for protecting sensitive information; understanding of tokenization, anonymization, and privacy-enhancing technologies.
• Security Monitoring & SIEM: Hands-on experience with Splunk or Microsoft Sentinel for security monitoring and incident detection; experience analyzing security events, alerts, logs, and threat intelligence data; knowledge of SIEM use cases, dashboards, and security investigations.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 3–11+ years of experience in Data Security, Cloud Security, Information Security, or Privacy Engineering.
• Strong understanding of cloud security principles and enterprise security architecture.
• Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills.
• Experience working with cross-functional security and technology teams.

Preferred Skills and Certifications

• Experience with cloud security frameworks and compliance standards.
• Knowledge of privacy regulations and data protection requirements.
• Familiarity with security automation and incident response processes.
• Experience securing data platforms, analytics environments, and cloud-native applications.
• Security certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, Security+, or cloud security certifications are a plus.

Work Environment

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh, offering an opportunity to contribute to critical data security and privacy initiatives within a dynamic technology environment.