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Introduction

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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

The IBM Asset Life Cycle Software team is looking for a technical, talented, innovative and enthusiastic Security and Compliance Tech Lead to lead and drive compliance, security awareness, training, applying best practices for secured development. Security is something that every development team needs to incorporate into every phase of their product development life cycle and the Security and Compliance Focal is expected to ensure security is built into the design, planning, implementation, and execution of our products.

Required education
Bachelor's Degree
Preferred education
Master's Degree
Required technical and professional expertise

The Security Tech Lead should continuously consider the attack vectors and security weaknesses within the product offering and provide solutions to remediate those. Should be Technical with  understanding of Micro-services architecture, SaaS, Cloud Security and Infrastructure; Collaborate with all stakeholders to drive security solutions; Possess a growth mindset to keep up with the changing security landscape
Total working experience of 6+ yrs. 4+ yrs with designing/building SaaS offerings and 2+ yrs as a security tech lead
Domain expertise in cloud sw and infrastructure technologies.
Very good understanding in pen testing methodologies and exploits (web apps, containers, APIs, databases, operating systems, cloud technologies, etc).
Ability to communicate tech aspects to Executives, IT staffs, CISO team, auditors.
Experience with scripting languages (Shell, Python, Bash, etc.).
Familiarity with OWASP Top Ten, NIST, CIS and MITRE ATT&CK
Experience in successful driving & execution of compliance programs for common IT security stds/regulations.
Access Management – understand the concepts of need to know, least privilege, individual accountability, privilege access monitoring, access revalidation, etc.
Vulnerability Mgmt – be able to regularly scan your systems and remediate any vulnerabilities found within required time frames
Data Protection – understand the types of data services deal with and have measures in place to protect that data (e.g. encryption, file permissions, etc.)
Configuration Mgmt – understand how to securely harden a system or application upon deployment
Health Checking – know how to check that a system/application is configured correctly on an ongoing basis and remediate any issues
Logging & Monitoring – ensure there is a process in place to store key logs with data integrity in place to protect those logs and independently monitor the logs for any unusual activity
Change Management – understand & follow the discipline of change management to ensure that changes to systems, applications and environments are properly planned and vetted to avoid disruption to their service
Business Continuity – understand the business continuity requirements and actively participate in its planning
Risk Management – understand the gaps in compliance or areas of risk that need to be analyzed &  addressed either by remediation activities or formal Risk Evaluations to ensure mitigation, executive awareness, and approval
Audits –support audits by providing evidence or being interviewed as required
Common Attack Patterns – know what the common attack vectors facing the industry (e.g. CWE 25 or OWASP Top 10), be able to describe an attack with an example, describe what a successful exploitation/impact looks like, and what best practice remediation is.

Preferred technical and professional experience

Certifications / Credentials – CISSP (preferred), CCNP/CCIE (preferred), CCSP, CISA/CRISC/CISM.

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Software infuses core business operations with intelligence—from machine learning to generative AI—to help make organizations more responsive, productive, and resilient. IBM Software helps clients put AI into action now to create real value with trust, speed, and confidence across digital labor, IT automation, application modernization, security, and sustainability. Critical to this is the ability to make use of all data, because AI is only as good as the data that fuels it. In most organizations data is spread across multiple clouds, on premises, in private datacenters, and at the edge. IBM’s AI and data platform scales and accelerates the impact of AI with trusted data, and provides leading capabilities to train, tune and deploy AI across business. IBM’s hybrid cloud platform is one of the most comprehensive and consistent approach to development, security, and operations across hybrid environments—a flexible foundation for leveraging data, wherever it resides, to extend AI deep into a business.

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.

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