Data Security Expert

Data Security Expert / Specialist (Freelance) – Banking Client – Brussels

Duration: 1 year freelance contractor

Rate: €800 – €900 per day

****The role will start off remote however you must be happy to be based and work in Brussels when travel is allowed******

Data Security Specialist

• Our technical teams deliver new IT solutions and improve existing applications for both our internal and external clients.
• We deploy changes into the production environment in a controlled and structured way that does not compromise production stability and we ensure applicative production support.
• Our non-technical people maintain the maturity of the IT project delivery with appropriate controls in line with the group’s risk appetite and reducing development and running costs.
• Within the GDC Division, the Data Services team supports the needs on data science from all the entities of the Group.
• As a competency centre for analytics, the team helps to transform data into insight using techniques such as text mining, process mining, network analytics or predictive modelling.
• In the context of a Data & Analytics Platform, a data security specialist is required for the implementation of security policies.
• He/she will fulfil an operational role to ensure a wide range of data security topics are being addressed.

Required skillset

DATA PROTECTION
* Understanding of distributed data technologies and computational model
* Knowledge of the data governance tools used at the bank (Collibra, Atlas)
* Encryption technologies (e.g., data at rest, data in transit)
* Practical knowledge of data masking and anonymization techniques
* Understanding of personal data management (GDPR)
* Ability to coordinate data security activities linked to data transfers like ingestion

ACCESS CONTROL & SECURITY INCIDENT MANAGEMENT
* Ranger for authorization
* Active Directory, Kerberos for authentication
* Understanding of key risks of data leakage, loss of integrity, cyber-attacks, etc.

SECURE DEVELOPMENT LIFECYCLE
* Knowledge of information asset security policies
* Basic programming skills and knowledge of proper coding practices
* Familiar with service level agreement frameworks

Key activities
DATA PROTECTION
* Perform, in coordination with Group Digital Capabilities (GDC) division, the CIA analyses for a new use case (e.g., new datasets, new analytical applications) including assessment of fine-grained confidentiality level (e.g., per data subset); be responsible for guaranteeing that the confidentiality level are consistent (derivation) and inherited; evaluate and monitor data replication strategies (e.g., back-ups, replication from development to production environments)
* Make classification information easily accessible (e.g., Atlas and Collibra metadata)
* Ensure proper documented lineage is existing
* Assess and supervise the implementation of encryption for certain datasets when required; ensure management of encryption keys, participate in the development of data masking and anonymization practices
* Ensure that personal data in applications are dealt with the relevant controls (GDPR)
* Assess and monitor the security of data transfers from operational to analytics systems as well as transfer of processed data outside the Analytics Platform and ensure proper implementation of reverse-proxy and firewalls to ensure boundary defense

Please do send across to me the most up to date copy of your CV to eobiechefu@welovesalt.com