Senior Security Consultant-Security Strategy, Risk & Compliance Services

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.

As a seasoned Security Consultant for Security, Regulatory, Risk & Compliance Services, you will provide leadership support to clients and account teams in identifying and resolving security, regulatory, risk, and compliance issues. You will leverage your expertise to assess technical exposure and vulnerabilities in IT environments and help clients develop effective security strategies.

Your primary responsibilities will include:

• Develop Security Strategies: Assess client security governance, including data privacy, third-party risk, and IT regulatory compliance needs and gaps, and develop tailored security strategies to address business challenges and objectives.

• Evaluate Technical Exposure: Identify and evaluate technical vulnerabilities in IT environments and provide recommendations for remediation and mitigation.

• Lead Security Program Development: Design and implement comprehensive security programs, including security education and training, to support client security, regulatory, and risk compliance needs.

• Collaborate with Clients: Work closely with clients to understand their security, regulatory, and risk compliance requirements and provide expert guidance and support to address their needs.

• Assess Regulatory Compliance: Evaluate client compliance with relevant regulations and standards, identifying areas for improvement and providing recommendations for remediation.

• Deep Expertise in Security Consulting: Proven experience in providing leadership support to clients and account teams in identifying and resolving security, regulatory, risk, and compliance issues, with a strong background in assessing technical exposure and vulnerabilities in IT environments.

• Experience with Security Strategy Development: A track record of developing effective security strategies, including evaluating existing security governance, data privacy, third-party risk, and IT regulatory compliance needs and gaps, and aligning them with business challenges and objectives.

• Comprehensive Knowledge of Security Program Development: Experience in designing and implementing comprehensive security programs, including security education and training, to support client security, regulatory, and risk compliance needs.

• Regulatory Compliance Expertise: In-depth knowledge of relevant regulations and standards, with experience in evaluating client compliance, identifying areas for improvement, and providing recommendations for remediation.

• Technical Vulnerability Assessment: Proven ability to identify and evaluate technical vulnerabilities in IT environments, providing recommendations for remediation and mitigation.

• Wide Range of Capabilities: Experience with security program development, regulatory and standards compliance, and security education and training, with the ability to adapt to diverse client needs and environments.

• IT Regulatory Compliance: Familiarity with IT regulatory compliance needs and gaps, including data privacy and third-party risk, with the ability to assess and address client compliance requirements.

• Security Governance: Exposure to evaluating existing security governance, including data privacy, third-party risk, and IT regulatory compliance needs and gaps, with the ability to develop tailored security strategies.

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