Security Consultant-Risk & Compliance

Job description

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
In this role, you'll work in one of our IBM Consulting Client Innovation Centers (Delivery 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.

A career in IBM Consulting embraces long-term relationships and close collaboration with clients across the globe.
You’ll work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio; including IBM Software and Red Hat.

Curiosity and a constant quest for knowledge serve as the foundation to success in IBM Consulting. In your role, you’ll be encouraged to challenge the norm, investigate ideas outside of your role, and come up with creative solutions resulting in ground breaking impact for a wide network of clients. Our culture of evolution and empathy centers on long-term career growth and development opportunities in an environment that embraces your unique skills and experience.

As a Security Consultant, you'll unleash your exceptional technical prowess to gather and analyze business and technical requirements, skillfully crafting and implementing resilient Enterprise-wide Access Management processes and procedures.

As an esteemed member of our collaborative advisory team, your pivotal contribution will be crucial in establishing comprehensive security measures, ensuring the safeguarding of our clients' invaluable intellectual property and assets. Your responsibilities may encompass:
·  Execute consulting engagements in the areas of Security Strategy Risk and Compliance.
·  Conduct a continuous assessment of current IT security practices and systems and identify areas for improvement.
·  Design and development of security policies, standards and procedures in accordance with Organisation goals.
·  Evaluate and advise on the implementation and effectiveness of the cybersecurity safeguards to ensure that they provide the intended level of protection.
·  Perform risk assessments to identify gaps in compliance to information security standards and policies and devise strategies and implement controls to minimize the risk
·  Proactively identify risks and escalate to project stakeholders.
·  Data security governance, data classification, data security design, security management, personal information compliance and protection consulting.
·  Ensure quality delivery as per IBM/client requirements.
·  Perform third party risk assessments
·  Actively establish & strengthen relationships with external and internal customers.
·  Assist in developing knowledge assets such as methodologies, templates, white papers etc.
·  Be a team player and develop junior members in the team.
·  Identify potential business opportunities on existing consulting engagements.
·  Suggest ideas on improving engagement productivity and identify opportunities for improving client service.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

·  In-depth knowledge and experience in various Information security standards / regulations / best practices (ISO-27001, COBIT, PCI-DSS, GDPR, HIPAA, SOC2, etc.)
·  In depth knowledge and proven experience on security framework and architecture design, development and implementation of security policies, standards, procedures and guidelines, in accordance with organizational goals.
·  Experience in conducting risk assessments to identify gaps in compliance to information security standards and policies. Ability to devise strategies and implement controls to minimize the risk.
·  Good technical knowledge & relevant experience in security domains /technologies related to Infrastructure/Network security, IAM, Application Security, DLP, End-point security web filtering, vulnerability assessments, privacy and regulatory compliance.
·  Good understanding of cloud security requirements.
·  Ability to use business knowledge, sound judgment, and resourcefulness to adapt existing policies to specific situations and select among varied courses of action.

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

·  Candidates with prior information security consulting background preferred.
·  Internal Control, General Computer and Application Control Audit background.
·  Familiarity with one or more project management methodologies.
·  Experience in implementation of IT Security Risk Management Framework for the organization.
·  Good analytical and problem solving skills.