SDM- Security

Introduction
Information and Data are some of the most important organizational assets in today’s businesses. As a Security Consultant, you will be a key advisor for IBM’s clients, analyzing business requirements to design and implement the best security solutions for their needs. You will apply your technical skills to find the balance between enabling and securing the client’s organization with the cognitive solutions that are making IBM the fastest growing enterprise security business in the world.

Your Role and Responsibilities
Information and Data are some of the most important organizational assets in today’s businesses. As a Security Consultant, you will be a key advisor for IBM’s clients, analyzing business requirements to design and implement the best security solutions for their needs. You will apply your technical skills to find the balance between enabling and securing the client’s organization with the cognitive solutions that are making IBM the fastest growing enterprise security business in the world.
Responsibilities :

• This is the executive-level manager who directs strategy, operations and the budget for the protection of the enterprise information assets and manages that program.
• The scope of responsibility will encompass communications, client relationship and large-scale delivery/operations of complex security portfolio of projects. This requires demonstrating thought leadership, sales leadership and delivery leadership in of the core domains: Security Strategy Risk and Compliance, IAM, SOC Operations, Application and Data, Infrastructure Endpoint and Mobile Security) Become a role model for global practitioners in the core domain

Delivery

• Establish strong client relationships in key accounts to help progress the Security Services portfolio
• Become trusted advisor for customer
• Working with global and local teams, help organize project approaches and teams for client delivery
• Participate in project delivery, to varying degrees depending on project complexity and geography needs
• Help resolve project issues as they arise
• Direct and approve the design of security systems.
• Drive strategic initiative with client on security systems.
• Review and approve security policies, controls and cyber incident response planning;
• Approve identity and access policies.
• Drive security initiatives with all the business lines;
• Review and drive organization risk management;
• Review investigations after breaches or incidents, including impact analysis and recommendations for avoiding similar vulnerabilities;
• Maintain a current understanding the IT threat landscape for the industry;
• Ensure compliance with the changing laws and applicable regulations;
• Translate that knowledge to identification of risks and actionable plans to protect the business;
• Schedule periodic security audits;
• Lead delivery of captive SOC / Security Command Center & Security Tools like IPS, Anti-Malware, AV, Anti-APT, VA Tools, etc
• Oversee identity and access management with regards to privilege access;
• Make sure that cyber security policies and procedures are communicated to all personnel and that compliance is enforced;
• Manage all teams, employees, contractors and vendors involved in IT security, which may include hiring;
• Provide training and mentoring to security team members;
• Constantly update the cyber security strategy to leverage new technology and threat information;
• Ensure that disaster recovery and business continuity plans are in place and tested;
• Brief the executive team on status and risks, including taking the role of champion for the overall strategy and necessary budget; and
• Communicate best practices and risks to all parts of the business, outside IT.

Practice

• Provide global practice leadership by facilitating a community of likeminded practitioners to share and exchange ideas for practice growth and improvement
• Contribute content and advice to the offering development process
• Help shape the emerging model of the global Security practice

People

• Help establish capability and skills models for the core domain

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• Overall experience of at least 12+ years of which at least 5 years’ experience in management consulting and systems integration in a top tier professional services firm
• At least 7 years’ experience working in projects related to the security domain
• Experience working across diverse teams to facilitate solutions
• Experience working with Security practitioners

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• You love collaborative environments that use agile methodologies to encourage creative design thinking and find innovative ways to develop with cutting edge technologies
• Ambitious individual who can work under their own direction towards agreed targets/goals and with creative approach to work
• Intuitive individual with an ability to manage change and proven time management
• Proven interpersonal skills while contributing to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed
• Up-to-date technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing publications

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