DLP & Incident Response Engineer Asia / UAE, Dubai

We’re looking for a security engineer with hands-on experience in Data Loss Prevention (DLP) and incident response, ideally within fintech, crypto, or high-security environments. The role goes beyond using commercial tools you’ll also design and build custom solutions, leverage automation, and adapt to emerging threats, including those driven by recent LLM/AI advancements. Responsibilities include designing, deploying, and optimizing DLP solutions across network, endpoint, and cloud. Build and refine data classification schemes for sensitive assets (wallets, trading algorithms, customer PII). Configure DLP policies to prevent data exfiltration while minimizing false positives, and monitor, analyze, and tune alerts and incidents for continuous improvement. The candidate will lead investigations of DLP incidents and insider threats, conduct threat hunting and forensic analysis of data exfiltration attempts. Integrate DLP monitoring into broader SOC workflows and incident response playbooks, and build custom DLP tools and integrations. The candidate will also ensure controls align with crypto and financial regulations (AML, KYC, GDPR, CCPA), and support audits and regulatory reviews related to data protection. Assess and mitigate data loss risks across trading platforms, onboarding systems, and blockchain infrastructure.