Security Consultant-Infrastructure Security

A career in IBM Consulting is built on 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. With support from our strategic partners, robust IBM technology, and Red Hat, you'll have the tools to drive meaningful change and accelerate client impact. At IBM Consulting, curiosity fuels success. You'll be encouraged to challenge the norm, explore new ideas, and create innovative solutions that deliver real results. Our culture of growth and empathy focuses on your long-term career development while valuing your unique skills and experiences.

In this role, you'll work in one of our IBM Consulting FutureNow Centers, where we deliver deep technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients around the world. Our delivery centers offer our clients locally based skills and technical expertise to drive innovation and adoption of new technology.

As a Security Consultant specializing in Infrastructure Security, you play a crucial role in helping client IT and business executives comprehend Cloud & Infrastructure Security challenges, risks, and vulnerabilities. You apply security and zero trust principles and in-depth knowledge of secure infrastructure and applications of hybrid cloud to develop tailored solutions for clients.

Your primary responsibilities will include:

• 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: Develop infrastructure security strategy, programs, incident response plans, and remediation recommendations and roadmaps tailored to the client's business needs.

• Analyze Security Incidents: Apply security and zero trust principles to analyze security incidents and provide recommendations for improvement.

• Provide Consulting Services: Deliver consulting services to help clients achieve a superior security posture and effectively manage security incidents.

• Design Remediation Plans: Create remediation recommendations and roadmaps to address identified security vulnerabilities and incidents.

• 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 zero trust architecture and its applications in hybrid cloud environments.

• Incident Response Experience: Exposure to analyzing and resolving security incidents, including developing incident response plans and remediation recommendations.

• Security Consulting Skills: Experience providing consulting services to help clients improve their security posture and manage security incidents.

• Infrastructure Security Strategy Development: Familiarity with developing infrastructure security strategies, programs, and roadmaps tailored to business needs.

• Hybrid Cloud Applications: Exposure to secure infrastructure and applications of hybrid cloud, including understanding of zero trust architecture and its applications in hybrid cloud environments.

• Advanced Threat Analysis: Familiarity with analyzing and resolving complex security incidents, including experience with threat modeling and risk assessment.

• Security Frameworks Knowledge: Understanding of industry-recognized security frameworks and standards, including experience with compliance and regulatory requirements.

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