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Your role and responsibilities

We are seeking an experienced and proactive SIEM & SOAR Consultant to design, implement, and optimize Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) and Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR) solutions. The ideal candidate will work closely with our Security Operations Center (SOC), IT, and other business units to enhance security visibility, automate responses, and streamline incident detection and response processes.x

  • Deploy, configure, and maintain SIEM platforms

  • Develop log ingestion pipelines and custom parsers.

  • Correlate and normalize data to detect threats and anomalies.

  • Create custom dashboards, alerts, and reports to enhance threat visibility.

  • Design and implement automated playbooks using SOAR platforms 

  • Integrate SOAR tools with SIEM, ticketing systems, threat intelligence feeds, and EDR tools.

  • Build workflows for automated incident triage, enrichment, containment, and response.

  • Collaborate with SOC analysts to refine detection rules and improve alert fidelity.

  • Perform threat hunting and root cause analysis using SIEM data.

  • Recommend enhancements based on evolving threat landscapes and attack vectors.

Required education
Bachelor's Degree
Preferred education
Master's Degree
Required technical and professional expertise
  • 2+ years of experience in information security or SOC environment.
  • Hands-on experience with at least one enterprise-grade SIEM and one SOAR platform.
  • Proficient in scripting languages like Python or PowerShell.
  • Understanding of MITRE ATT&CK framework and use-case development.
  • Familiarity with cloud security monitoring (AWS, Azure, GCP).
  • Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
  • Excellent communication and documentation abilities.
Preferred technical and professional experience
  • SIEM/SOAR specific: Splunk Certified Admin/Architect, Cortex XSOAR Certified Engineer
  • Security: CISSP, CISM, CEH, CompTIA Security+
  • Cloud: AWS/Azure Security Specialty

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Consulting is IBM’s consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients’ businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.

YOUR LIFE @ IBM

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.

 

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ABOUT IBM

IBM’s greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.

 

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.

IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.


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