Job Description
Job Title: Data Loss Prevention Specialist
Contract Type: Permanent
Location: Glasgow / Alderley Edge
Working style: Hybrid 50% home/office based
Our Security Operations team is growing and have opportunities for Data Loss Prevention Specialists in Edinburgh / Glasgow / Alderley Edge. We monitor and manage potential and real data loss events in key business areas. These are exciting opportunities to join a growing organisation and work on a variety of new security tooling and technologies
The successful candidates will be responsible for managing and improving Data handling, Data Loss Prevention systems, investigate alerts, and work with teams across Cyber Security, IT, Legal, and Compliance to reduce data security risks and ensure regulatory compliance. Developing the posture of the detections and collaborating with key stakeholders.
About the role
Monitor and respond to DLP alerts and security events.
Lead the Investigation with alerts to identify genuine risks or false positives.
Identify potential data leaks or unauthorised data transfers.
Incident Response & Reporting relating to Data Loss
Support investigations into data loss incidents.
Document findings and recommend remediation actions.
Produce reports for security teams, management, and compliance stakeholders.
Policy & System Management
Maintain and improve DLP policies and rules.
Work with business teams to ensure data protection policies are effective and practical.
Identify trends in data handling and security risks.
Recommend improvements to security processes, tools, and automation.
Stay up to date with emerging threats and data protection practices.
About you
Experience in Data Loss Prevention, Security Operations, or Cyber Security monitoring.
Show leadership skills and manage complex investigations
Exposure to fraud or whistleblowing investigations
Experience refining detection use cases or improving alert quality
Understanding of privacy laws in employee monitoring contexts
Experience delivering awareness or prevention initiatives
Strong communication skills
Hands-on experience with Microsoft Purview or similar tooling.
Experience with Microsoft 365 security tools or cloud security.
Knowledge of insider risk, digital forensics, or behavioural analytics.
Relevant certifications (e.g. Security+, CCSP, CISSP, Microsoft SC-400.
Experience working in a SOC or operational security environment.
About Royal London
We’re the UK’s largest mutual life, pensions and investment company, offering protection, long-term savings and asset management products and services.
Our People Promise to our colleagues is that we will all work somewhere inclusive, responsible, enjoyable and fulfilling. This is underpinned by our Spirit of Royal London values; Empowered, Trustworthy, Collaborate, Achieve.
We've always been proud to reward employees by offering great workplace benefits such as 28 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays, an up to 14% employer matching pension scheme and private medical insurance. You can see all our benefits here - Our Benefits
Inclusion, diversity and belonging
We’re an Inclusive employer. We celebrate and value different backgrounds and cultures across Royal London. Our diverse people and perspectives give us a range of skills which are recognised and respected – whatever their background.
We’re the UK’s largest mutual life, pensions and investment company, offering protection, long-term savings and asset management products and services.
Royal London is a purpose-driven mutual. Our Purpose, ‘Protecting today, investing in tomorrow. Together we are mutually responsible’, defines the impact we want to have. It shapes what we do on behalf of our members and customers, financial advisers, our colleagues and the communities in which we operate. Our People Promise is our collective commitment that our workplace will be inclusive, responsible, enjoyable and fulfilling where all colleagues can thrive and experience a sense of belonging. This is underpinned by our Spirit of Royal London values; Empowered, Trustworthy, Collaborate, Achieve.
Our inclusive values and people promise are core to who we are and how we work. It’s good for our people, and good for our customers too, because with an inclusive workplace and a diverse workforce we will reflect our members, customers and communities to deliver the best outcomes.
We celebrate and value different backgrounds and cultures across our organisation. Our diverse people and perspectives give us a range of skills which are recognised and respected– whatever their background.
Workplace Initiatives
Program for parents returning to work after Parental Leave? |
No |
Leadership development programmes? |
Yes |
Mentoring programmes? |
Yes |
Coaching programmes? |
Yes |
Employee-led diversity networks? |
Yes |
Internal women’s networking groups? |
Yes |
Open to discussing flexible work arrangements at interview stage? |
Yes |
No. of weeks paid maternity leave at full salary: |
26 weeks (followed by 13 weeks half pay) |
Minimum weeks tenure required to be eligible for paid maternity leave: |
Open to all regardless of length of service |
No. of weeks paid paternity leave at full salary: |
4 weeks |
Minimum tenure required to be eligible for paid paternity leave: |
Open to all regardless of length of service |
Gender pay gap reporting information 2022: |
|
Mean pay gap: |
35.3% |
Median pay gap: |
33.9% |
Mean bonus gap: |
70.4% |
Median bonus gap: |
48.5% |
Signatory of the UK Women in Finance Charter? |
Yes |
Targets to raise the number of women in leadership? |
Yes |
Targets to raise the number of BAME individuals in leadership? |
No |
Listed in the Bloomberg Diversity & Inclusion Index? |
No |
Graduate Programmes
We have a number of graduate programmes designed to deliver technical experts and future leaders.
Royal London Career Confidence programme
Our hybrid programme focuses on equipping you to feel empowered in your career and supported to explore new opportunities as they arise.
Apprenticeships
We offer a wide range of Apprenticeships that are targeted at both new joiners and existing colleagues.
Inclusion
We promote an inclusive culture at Royal London and have a range of inclusion networks for our colleagues to get involved with.
Our Women's Network is a community that celebrates and supports its members, helps everyone to learn more and inspires all of us to aim higher. Confidence and development are strong themes here and our events focus on three key areas of team working, finance, and wellbeing. There are two sub-groups to the Women’s Network – Women in Technology and our Periods and Menopause Group – focused on actions such as supporting over 20 new Periods and Menopause champions and launching guidance and training for leaders.