Security Consultant-Infrastructure Security

About the Role

A career in IBM Consulting involves building long-term client relationships and worldwide collaboration. You will work with leading companies across industries, assisting them in shaping their hybrid cloud and AI journeys. With support from strategic partners, IBM technology, and Red Hat, you will have the tools to drive meaningful change and accelerate client impact. IBM Consulting fosters a culture of curiosity, encouraging challenging the norm, exploring new ideas, and creating innovative solutions that deliver real results. The culture of growth and empathy focuses on long-term career development while valuing unique skills and experiences.

As a Security Consultant specializing in Infrastructure Security, you will play a crucial role in helping client IT and business executives comprehend Cloud & Infrastructure Security challenges, risks, and vulnerabilities. You will apply security and zero trust principles to develop infrastructure security strategies tailored to the client's business needs.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct Client Assessments: Conduct interviews, workshops, and assessments to identify potential security issues and provide consulting services to analyze and resolve security incidents.
• Develop Security Strategies: Apply in-depth knowledge of secure infrastructure and applications of hybrid cloud to develop infrastructure security programs, incident response plans, and remediation recommendations and roadmaps.
• Analyze Security Incidents: Provide consulting services to analyze and resolve security incidents, enabling clients to achieve a superior security posture and effectively manage security incidents.
• Deliver Tailored Solutions: Develop infrastructure security solutions tailored to the client's business needs, applying security and zero trust principles.
• Implement Incident Response Plans: Develop and implement incident response plans to help clients manage security incidents effectively.

Requirements & Tech Stack

Preferred Education

• Master's Degree

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• Exposure to Cloud Security: Familiarity with cloud security challenges, risks, and vulnerabilities, including experience working with hybrid cloud infrastructure and applications.
• Secure Infrastructure Knowledge: Understanding of secure infrastructure principles, including hands-on experience with security and zero trust principles in an infrastructure security context.
• Incident Response Experience: Exposure to analyzing and resolving security incidents, including experience developing and implementing incident response plans.
• Security Consulting Skills: Experience providing consulting services to clients, including conducting interviews, workshops, and assessments to identify potential security issues.
• Hybrid Cloud Applications: Familiarity with secure applications of hybrid cloud, including experience developing infrastructure security strategies and programs tailored to business needs.

Preferred Technical and Professional Experience

• Cloud Security Frameworks: Exposure to industry-recognized cloud security frameworks and standards, including knowledge of compliance requirements and regulatory mandates.
• Advanced Threat Analysis: Familiarity with advanced threat analysis and incident response methodologies, including experience with threat intelligence and security analytics tools.
• Zero Trust Architecture: Understanding of zero trust architecture principles and implementation strategies, including experience designing and deploying secure infrastructure solutions.