Proofpoint DLP Engineer – Email Security & DMARC in London
Posted by TEAM
£600 – £700 a day
London · Contract · Remote working
You'll work with an enterprise customer to improve data loss prevention, strengthen email protection and develop security policies that deliver measurable results. This is a hands-on contract where your technical expertise will directly influence how sensitive information is protected and how effectively security threats are managed.
What's in it for you
- £600–£700 per day, outside IR35.
- Six-month contract supporting a complex enterprise security environment.
- Mainly remote working, with occasional visits to London.
- Opportunity to take ownership of improving and maturing an expanding security platform.
- Work across data protection, phishing prevention and email authentication.
- Collaborate with Microsoft 365, security operations and information governance specialists.
- Configure, deploy and optimise data loss prevention policies, improving enforcement and reducing false positives.
- Manage email protection controls, investigate security alerts and strengthen defences against phishing, spoofing and impersonation.
- Review email relay, mail flow, exceptions and SPF/DKIM/DMARC alignment, progressing appropriate enforcement measures.
- Support onboarding, policy deployment and ongoing improvements across the existing security environment.
- Integrate security monitoring with Microsoft Sentinel and SIEM platforms, accounting for approximately 20% of the role.
- Produce technical documentation, operating procedures and automation recommendations, transferring knowledge to permanent engineers.
- Current, active SC security clearance is essential.
- Proven hands-on experience operating and managing Proofpoint Enterprise DLP within a complex enterprise environment.
- Practical expertise in Proofpoint Email Security, DMARC, SPF, DKIM and email authentication controls.
- Experience configuring security policies, investigating alerts, managing exceptions and following structured change control processes.
- Knowledge of Microsoft 365 environments, Sentinel/SIEM integration and producing technical documentation.
If you have current SC clearance and the hands-on technical experience to strengthen enterprise data protection, we want to hear from you. Apply today for this Proofpoint DLP Engineer contract and put your expertise to work on a project with clear, lasting outcomes.
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