Principal Data Security Consultant

Founded in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 2016, Quorum Cyber is one of the fastest-growing cyber security companies in the UK and North America, protecting over 300 customers on four continents. Our mission is to help good people win by defending organisations around the world against the rising threat of cyber-attacks, enabling them to thrive in an increasingly hostile, unpredictable, and rapidly changing digital landscape.

Quorum Cyber is a Microsoft Solutions Partner for Security and a member of the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association (MISA). In September 2024, Quorum Cyber acquired Difenda, a cyber security company headquartered in Canada, with offices in the US, further strengthening its position as a global leader in Microsoft Security services.

We’re proud of our culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. Our team is passionate about cyber security and committed to creating a supportive and inclusive environment where our people and customers can develop, grow, and win.

**Position**:
Lead and deliver data security and regulatory compliance-focused consultancy engagements.
- Partner with Quorum Cyber clients across a variety of industry verticals.
- Managing and participating end-to-end in client projects, including POCs, requirements gathering, design, implementation planning and guidance, environment optimisation, and operationalising Purview Security & Compliance capabilities.
- Use active listening and probing skills to understand business operations, challenges, and risks effectively.
- Communicate with technical and business stakeholders to assess current-state and future-state requirements.
- Translate business needs into technical architectures, visions, and roadmaps.

Subject matter expert for data security, governance and processing.
- Coach and mentor peers to build team knowledge, expertise and experience with key elements of people, processes and technology within the discipline.
- Research industry best practices and maintain extensive technical knowledge in the security and compliance field.
- Collaborate and share expertise across strategic channel partnerships, such as with Microsoft.

Support pre-sales activities to help build the Data Security Practice revenue pipeline.
- Work closely with the sales teams to identify new business opportunities and expand the client base.
- Prepare SOWs, proposals, RFP responses, and presentations to potential clients where required.

Support the continuous improvement of our Professional and Managed Data Security services catalogue.
- Contribute to the creation and improvement of our key Data Security service catalogue offerings within Professional Services.
- Contribute to the standardisation, development, and improvement of the Managed Data Security ser

**Requirements**:

- Ability to explain contemporary ideas of information classification, data leakage, and risk management in relation to Microsoft Security and Compliance products.
- Proven experience curating technical and architectural documentation such as Designs, Operating Models and Solution Specifications.
- Expert-level knowledge across the Microsoft Purview suite of services; Information Classification, Data Loss Prevention, Insider Risk Management, Data Lifecycle Management and Records Management.
- Working knowledge of the extended Microsoft Purview suite of services; Data Catalog, Data Mapping, Syntex, eDiscovery, Information Barriers.
- Proven practical experience deploying Microsoft Purview solutions and associated services in production environments across a variety of enterprise-level organisations.
- Comprehensive understanding of the wider Microsoft 365 productivity ecosystem (i.e., Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, Microsoft Teams), including logical operations and standard deployment scenarios.
- Familiarity and working knowledge of key regulatory compliance requirements for organisations using cloud services or general data processing (e.g. EU GDPR, UK DPA, NIST, ISO).
- Practical experience providing consulting and/or engineering services across multiple industry verticals (e.g. Retail, Manufacturing, Finance, Public Sector services).
- Initiative-taking and client-oriented individual with a strong passion for solving problems. Comfortable leading projects, tasks and deliverables in an agile and dynamic environment.
- Microsoft Certifications, “SC400 - Microsoft Information Protection Administrator” and “SC900 - Microsoft Security, Compliance and Identity Fundamentals” are preferable.

**I know I have done a great job if**:

- I demonstrate unparalleled knowledge of the Microsoft Security & Compliance ecosystem across all domains including Purview, Syntex, Copilot(s), Defender, Entra, Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, etc.
- I plan, schedule, and manage workload effectively. Plans are communicated to stakeholders and work is delivered to the plan.
- I have designed or implemented solutions that meet my client’s requirements and expectations.
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