Data & Cyber Specialist
Secure the data, identity and infrastructure behind enterprise AI
The Opportunity
Dawgen Global is seeking a Data & Cyber Specialist to give AI deployments strong foundations in data, privacy, identity and cybersecurity.
You will sit on the Group's specialist bench and deploy into engagements according to their risk and complexity. Experienced specialists who prefer an associate or fractional arrangement are welcome to apply.
What You Will Do
Data readiness
- Assess data availability, quality and governance for AI implementations.
- Review confidentiality and privacy risk, and develop sensitive-data restrictions.
Identity and access
- Design identity and access requirements, including privileged access and AI-agent and service identities.
- Support least-privilege access models and review API and integration security.
Cyber risk
- Assess AI-specific exposures such as prompt injection, data leakage and supply-chain risk.
- Assess cloud-security requirements, vulnerabilities and configuration risk; conduct third-party technology risk assessments.
- Support cyber incident-readiness planning.
Evidence and remediation
- Review logging, monitoring and security evidence.
- Validate cyber remediation, including in the Group's Cyber Remediation Sprints.
Your First 90 Days
- Complete the data and access review for the client-zero workflows.
- Define the sensitive-data rules and controls for the approved tool register.
- Build the Group's standard security review template.
What You Bring
Essential
- 5+ years in cybersecurity, cloud security, data security, identity and access management, privacy, data governance or technology risk.
- Understanding of modern AI security risks and enterprise data architecture.
- Hands-on identity and access management and cloud-environment experience.
- Experience assessing third-party technology risk.
- Strong technical and analytical skills, and the ability to work closely with engineers and governance professionals.
Advantageous
- CISSP, CISM, CISA, CRISC, CCSP or cloud-security certifications; privacy certifications; knowledge of the Jamaica Data Protection Act, 2020 and comparable regional legislation.
What Success Looks Like
Improved data readiness; secure identities and permissions; reduction in material cyber exposures; validated remediation; and strong evidence supporting controlled AI deployment.
Why Dawgen Global
- Build something new. Join as a founding member of a Group built to set the standard for AI transformation in the Caribbean.
- Work where you work best. We welcome both in-office team members at our Kingston headquarters and remote team members, with travel to client sites as engagements require.
- Real problems, real support. Work inside client operations across the region's major industries, alongside specialists in audit, tax, risk, cyber, HR and advisory in 15+ territories.
- Competitive remuneration and a clear path to grow as the Group scales.
About Dawgen Global
Dawgen Global is an independent, integrated multidisciplinary professional services firm with over 24 years serving Caribbean business. Managed centrally from its Caribbean headquarters in Kingston, Jamaica, the firm serves clients across 15+ Caribbean territories in audit and assurance, tax, risk, cybersecurity, IT and digital transformation, HR, M&A, corporate recovery and business advisory. The Forward-Deployed AI Transformation Group works inside client organizations to move artificial intelligence from experimentation to measurable business results.
How to Apply
To speed up the process, please email the following three items together:
Email: opportunities2026@dawgen.com Subject: FDAI-05 — Data & Cyber Specialist — [Your Name]
Please indicate whether you would prefer to work from our Kingston office or remotely. Applications that do not include the completed application form will not be considered. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis; only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Dawgen Global is an equal-opportunity employer and appoints on merit; personal information is used only for recruitment, in line with the Jamaica Data Protection Act, 2020.