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Introduction

A career in IBM Software means you'll be part of a team that transforms our customers challenges into solutions. 

Seeking new possibilities and always staying curious, we are a team dedicated to creating the world's leading AI-powered, cloud-native software solutions for our customers. Our renowned legacy creates endless global opportunities for our IBMers, so the door is always open for those who want to grow their career. 

IBM's product and technology landscape includes Research, Software, and Infrastructure. Entering this domain positions you at the heart of IBM, where growth and innovation thrive. 

Your role and responsibilities

Job Summary:

We are seeking a passionate and experienced Security & Compliance Engineer to join our team. This role is pivotal in ensuring our cloud services meet the highest standards of security and compliance. You will work cross-functionally with engineering teams, project managers, and compliance stakeholders to identify, implement, and monitor security controls and processes. Your work will directly contribute to the protection of our infrastructure, data, and services. The service you will be joining is Key Protect, IBM’s key management system https://www.ibm.com/products/key-protect. 

Key Responsibilities:

  • Support security and compliance initiatives across Key Protect & Security Services.
  • Collaborate with development and operations teams to mitigate security risks.
  • Implement, and monitor security controls and compliance processes.
  • Contribute to risk assessments, gap analyses, and remediation planning.
  • Support internal and external audits by providing evidence and documentation.
  • Support adherence to regulatory standards such as FedRAMP, HIPAA, GDPR, SOC 2, PCI, ISO27K, NIST, ISMAP, ENS, HITRUST, etc.
  • Drive improvements in patch management, vulnerability management, and access control.
  • Maintain accurate asset inventories and ensure configuration management best practices.
  • Monitor logs and systems for anomalies and respond to incidents.
  • Participate in penetration testing and threat modeling exercises.
  • Communicate security requirements and findings to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Ideal Candidate Traits:

  • Growth mindset and eagerness to learn.
  • Strong problem-solving and critical thinking abilities.
  • Self-starter, ability to work independently.
  • Ability to translate complex security concepts into actionable guidance.
Required education
Bachelor's Degree
Preferred education
Master's Degree
Required technical and professional expertise

Required Experience:

  • 4+ years in security engineering, compliance, DevOps or related roles.
  • Experience with cloud technologies and infrastructure.
  • Hands-on experience with compliance frameworks (e.g., FedRAMP, HIPAA, GDPR, SOC 2, PCI, ISO, NIST).
  • Knowledge of end-to-end Security and Compliance activities such as Threat Models, Security Privacy by Design. 
  • Knowledge of Security scanning tools such as Nessus scanner, SonarQube, NMap. 
  • Knowledge of Security concepts (includes understanding of identity mgmt./authentication, authorization, firewall, auditing, secure communication, managing certificates, password management) 
  • Understanding of cryptographic key management and its lifecycle.
  • Strong understanding of access management, data protection, and secure system configuration.
  • Experience on Kubernetes/ OpenShift deployments, Container Tools such as Docker, Podman, Rancher
  • Excellent communication and documentation skills.
  • Ability to work independently and collaboratively across teams.
Preferred technical and professional experience
  • Experience with tools such as GitHub and ServiceNow.
  • Experience with microservice architectures and Restful API development 
  • Familiarity using Container Security tools such as Prisma Cloud & AquaSec
  • Experience in DevSecOps pipelines - Jenkins, Tekton Toolchains 
  • Scripting and automation skills (Python, Bash, Terraform, etc.)

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Systems helps IT leaders think differently about their infrastructure. IBM servers and storage are no longer inanimate - they can understand, reason, and learn so our clients can innovate while avoiding IT issues. Our systems power the world’s most important industries and our clients are the architects of the future. Join us to help build our leading-edge technology portfolio  designed for cognitive business and optimized for cloud computing.

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.

 

Are you ready to be an IBMer?

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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