**Introduction**
At IBM, work is more than a job - it's a calling: To build.
To design.
To code.
To consult.
To think along with clients and sell.
To make markets.
To invent.
To collaborate.
Not just to do something better, but to attempt things you've never thought possible.
Are you ready to lead in this new era of technology and solve some of the world's most challenging problems?
If so, lets talk.
**Your Role and Responsibilities**
**Required Technical and Professional Expertise**:
- Perform architecture security reviews and provide defense in depth controls and consulting on securing SaaS, PaaS, or IaaS cloud services.
- Collaborate with other Security Architects on design, develop, research, and implement security architectures and process enhancements.
- Lead security initiatives and principles toward adoption within the organization.
- Experience performing threat modeling and design reviews to assess security implications and requirements for introduction of new technologies, services, solutions, and knowledge of security industry best-practices.
- Working knowledge of information security controls, guidelines, and standards (e.g., ISO27000 series, OWASP, CSA CCM, CIS 20 Critical Security Controls, SOC 2, and NIST).
- Professional experience with modern technologies such as public and hybrid cloud (IBM, AWS, GCP, Azure, etc.
), containerization and orchestration (Kubernetes), & microservice architectures.
**Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise**:
- Experience on patching and benchmarking (CIS L1 for example) automation via in-house scripting or enterprise tooling.
- Experience with provisioning & provision automation in AWS, Azure, IBM Cloud, Oracle, or Google Cloud (experience can be with compute nodes, storage, database, any of the "as a Service" offerings, integration with on-prem systems for Hybrid cloud, or bare metal systems).
- Red Team (White hat) pen tester team experience (Kali, Cobalt Strike, Nmap, BurpSuite, etc.).
- Proficient in software design and at least one or more programming languages (Python preferred with 2-4 years of experience).
- Technical expertise throughout the software development lifecycle including design, implementation, and delivery (DevOps processes in a Cloud environment).
- Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, information security or a related field; professional certification (e.g., CISSP, CCSP).
- FedRAMP experience or knowledge.
- Soft skills - excellent written and verbal communication, explaining vulnerabilities, writing internal guidance documents, coordinating with other teams.
- 10 years' experience with Security Architecture and/or Engineering required.
**About Business Unit**
Digitization is accelerating the ongoing evolution of business, and clouds - public, private, and hybrid - enable companies to extend their existing infrastructure and integrate across systems.
IBM Cloud provides the security, control, and visibility that our clients have come to expect.
We are working to provide the right tools and environment to combine all of our client's data, no matter where it resides, to respond to changing market dynamics.
In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.
Being an IBMer means you'll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you'll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.
Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company.
They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers.
The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.
Are you ready to be an IBMer?
**About IBM**
Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we're also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 50 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.
At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain.
Now it's time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.
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