Security Consultant-Data Security

Introduction

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.

Your role and responsibilities

As a Security Consultant specializing in Data Security, you will help client IT and business executives understand Data Security issues, risks, exposures, and vulnerabilities. You will provide consulting services to analyze and resolve security incidents and support clients in achieving a superior security posture. Your primary responsibilities will include: Analyze Security Issues: Conduct interviews, workshops, and assessments to identify Data Security issues, risks, exposures, and vulnerabilities, and provide recommendations for improvement. Develop Security Strategies: Apply security principles and knowledge of Data security technologies, maturity models, and best practices to define business drivers and develop associated data security strategy, programs, incident response plans, and remediation recommendations and roadmaps. Resolve Security Incidents: Provide consulting services to analyze and resolve security incidents, and support clients in achieving a superior security posture. Deliver Security Solutions: Collaborate with clients to implement data security solutions, and ensure alignment with industry best practices and standards. Provide Expert Guidance: Offer expert guidance and support to clients on data security matters, and help them make informed decisions about their security posture.

Required education

Bachelor's Degree

Preferred education

Master's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

• Exposure to Data Security Technologies: Familiarity with data security technologies, including their application and implementation in various environments. Knowledge of Maturity Models: Understanding of data security maturity models and best practices, with the ability to apply this knowledge in assessing and improving client security postures. Experience with Security Assessments: Exposure to conducting interviews, workshops, and assessments to identify data security issues, risks, exposures, and vulnerabilities. Understanding of Incident Response: Familiarity with incident response plans and remediation recommendations, with the ability to analyze and resolve security incidents. Application of Security Principles: Ability to apply security principles in defining business drivers and developing associated data security strategies and programs.

Preferred technical and professional experience

• Data Security Governance: Exposure to data security governance frameworks and standards, with the ability to apply this knowledge in assessing and improving client security postures. Cloud Security Knowledge: Familiarity with cloud security technologies and best practices, with the ability to analyze and resolve security incidents in cloud environments. IT Service Management: Understanding of IT service management frameworks, with the ability to apply this knowledge in developing and implementing data security strategies and programs.

Years of Experience:

7 - 9

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