Technical Expert in Cybersecurity Compliance and Governance

Location: Geneva · Contract: Permanent · Assignment: long term · Rate: 100% · Start: January 2027

For one of our clients based in Geneva, we are looking for a confirmed Technical Expert in Cybersecurity Compliance and Governance.

Context

The IT department must address the cross-cutting challenges of cybersecurity and data protection for all entities of the organisation, while designing and delivering quality, scalable services that meet clients' expectations regarding confidentiality, integrity, availability, and continuity.

The Cybersecurity Compliance and Governance team, within the Cybersecurity service, is seeking a confirmed engineer to administer and develop cybersecurity and data protection applications, in line with existing governance and processes.

The position is subject to a security clearance procedure.

Your missions

• Administer the Microsoft Information Protection platforms (MIP, DLP, eDiscovery, IRM, Records Management, DSPM), Fortra Data Classification Suite (DCS), Digital Rights Management (DRM) and Data Loss Prevention (DLP)

• Define and maintain the classification taxonomy

• Create and optimise Sensitivity Labels and Label Policies

• Implement encryption, automatic protections, and markings

• Design and administer Data Loss Prevention policies

• Deploy, configure and maintain Endpoint DLP (USB control, exfiltration, browser, printing, etc.)

• Configure retention policies, monitor alerts, conduct investigations and propose corrective actions

• Monitor and analyse incidents, adjust policies and reduce false positives

• Investigate and resolve level 2-3 incident tickets

• Manage the lifecycle of tools

• Develop, maintain and enhance PowerShell scripts for supervision and automation

• Write and update technical documentation and user guides

• Maintain and evolve standard site templates according to the needs expressed by information security managers

• Participate in defining and drafting production, administration and operational procedures

• Ensure the handling of complex problems (software, hardware and security) related to systems, software and packages

Education

• HES degree, Bachelor in Computer Science or equivalent diploma

Essential skills

• 3 to 5 years or more experience with governance and compliance solutions in cybersecurity, ideally in an environment with several thousand users

• Functional administration and advanced configuration of these tools

• Integration with Entra ID, Intune, Defender XDR and third-party solutions

• Design, proposal and improvement of solution architecture in a hybrid and multi-tool environment

• Development of reports and indicators, publication of dashboards and monitoring cockpits

• Documentation writing (FAQ, guides, procedures, etc.)

• Deployment and industrialisation of solutions

• Support, continuous improvement and incident resolution (level 2-3)

• Facilitation of workshops, training of internal teams (information security managers) and business awareness

Appreciated skills

• Protection solutions such as Microsoft Information Protection and Microsoft Purview, classification like Fortra Data Classification Suite, Digital Rights Management and Data Loss Prevention

• Microsoft 365 environment, notably Microsoft 365 Security & Compliance

• Strong knowledge of Microsoft 365: SharePoint, Teams, Exchange Online

• Solid cloud security skills: Entra ID, Defender XDR, Intune

• Knowledge of BI tools: Power BI, Splunk

• Network and security knowledge (proxy, reverse proxy, firewall, DNS, AD, OpenAM, antivirus, CASB)

• Appreciated certifications: SC-400, SC-300, ISO 27001

• Knowledge of data protection regulatory framework (LPD, GDPR)

• Good cybersecurity practices

Languages

• Fluency in French

• English: ability to follow up incidents with vendors by phone and good understanding of technical written English (manuals, alerts, etc.)

Personal qualities

• High integrity and personal ethics, ability to maintain absolute confidentiality and discretion on processed information

• Ability to adapt to a complex and multi-entity environment

• Autonomy, sense of responsibility and dynamism

• Rigor

• Initiative

• Ability to work under stress

• Ability to self-train

• Team spirit and knowledge sharing

• Openness to change

• Good communication skills, client orientation and flexibility

• Writing skills and ease of expression