Technical Consultant

About the Role

A career in IBM Consulting involves long-term client relationships and close collaboration worldwide. You'll work with leading companies across industries, helping them shape their hybrid cloud and AI journeys. Curiosity fuels success at IBM Consulting. You'll be encouraged to challenge the norm, explore new ideas, and create innovative solutions that deliver real results.

Your Role And Responsibilities

As a Technical Consultant: Threat Detection Response & Intelligence, you play a vital role in safeguarding an organization's digital infrastructure by identifying, analyzing, and mitigating cyber threats. This position involves using a variety of cybersecurity tools to monitor, prioritize, investigate, and respond to security incidents.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct Event Investigations: Investigate security incidents using SIEM, SOAR, EDR, and XDR platforms to identify and analyze potential threats. Apply industry frameworks like MITRE ATT&CK and the Cyber Kill Chain to understand and counter adversary tactics effectively.
• Manage Incident Reports: Prioritize and manage incident reports, providing actionable recommendations and responses to strengthen the client's security posture.
• Analyze Network and Endpoint Events: Interpret security tools and logs from Windows, MAC, and Linux systems to identify potential security threats.
• Engage in Vulnerability Management: Participate in vulnerability management and cyber threat intelligence activities to identify and anticipate potential threats.
• Provide Actionable Recommendations: Deliver recommendations and responses to clients to enhance their security posture and mitigate potential threats.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Exposure to Cybersecurity Tools: Experience with a variety of cybersecurity tools, including SIEM, SOAR, EDR, and XDR platforms, to monitor, prioritize, investigate, and respond to security incidents.
• Industry Frameworks Application: Experience with industry frameworks like MITRE ATT&CK and the Cyber Kill Chain to understand and counter adversary tactics effectively.
• Network and Endpoint Analysis: Experience with interpreting security tools and logs from Windows, MAC, and Linux systems to identify potential security threats.
• Vulnerability Management: Experience with vulnerability management and cyber threat intelligence activities to identify and anticipate potential threats.
• Security Incident Response: Experience with conducting event investigations, managing incident reports, and providing actionable recommendations and responses to strengthen security posture.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's Degree
• Deep Understanding of Network Fundamentals: Experience with network protocols, devices, and architectures is beneficial for identifying potential security threats and analyzing network events.
• Familiarity with Cloud Security: Exposure to cloud security platforms and technologies can enhance the ability to monitor, prioritize, investigate, and respond to security incidents in cloud-based environments.
• Knowledge of Scripting Languages: Familiarity with scripting languages such as Python, PowerShell, or Bash can aid in automating tasks, analyzing data, and creating custom tools for threat detection and response.