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Introduction

A career in IBM Software means you’ll be part of a team that transforms our customer’s 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. 

This role is an opportunity to join an expanding team based across multiple geographies, to lead the effort to ensure continued security compliance and certification for On-Prem and CloudPak, products within IBM Data Core Products.  The specific products that the successful applicant will be responsible for are IBM Enterprise Content Manager, IBM Content Navigator and IBM Daeja ViewONE 

Your role and responsibilities

As the Software Security Architect, you will be responsible for ensuring security compliance and certification for On-Prem and CloudPak for 3 products: IBM Enterprise Content Manager, IBM Content Navigator and IBM Daeja ViewONE. 

You will collaborate with the SaaS Security Focal on areas of overlap to maximise efficiency. 

Work with relevant development teams/leads to ensure that all requirement of the Secure Release Tool are met and that SPbD review and approval process is completed annually. 

Work with development teams/leads to ensure that Residual Finding Analysis (RFA) is completed and approved by BISO prior to product release. 

Ensure that required scanning (Static, Dynamic and Container) is being executed on time and built into release schedules. 

Understand vulnerabilities and advise on remediations and mitigations. 

Respond appropriately and promptly to customer queries/questionnaires and collaborate with SMEs as required 

Participate and contribute to Security Focal Interlock calls to receive training, share best practices, and receive feedback. 

Keep abreast of changes in the wider security landscape – Security bulletins, new vulnerabilities, new hardening techniques etc 

Look for opportunities to streamline and automate processes 

Required education
None
Preferred education
None
Required technical and professional expertise

The job will be located in Dublin and will entail collaboration across global teams. It will also require collaboration with customers (internal and external) so strong verbal and written communication skills are important. 

A deep understanding of the SDLC with at least 7 years experience of working in a Software Development/SaaS/Security agile environment  

Subject matter expertise in all aspects of IT and Software Security. 

Knowledge and understanding of IBMs Security Standard (ITSS) or a similar standard based on ISO27K or NIST 800-53. 

Understanding of Secure Release Tool (SRT) and Security and Privacy by Design (SPbD) 

Be familiar with Static (Mend, Sonarqube), Dynamic (OWASP Zap) and Container (Twistlock, Aqua) scanning and management of vulnerabilities  

Be familiar with Industry Specific Security Standards eg HIPPA, PCI, FBA, GDPR etc 

Be familiar with the PSIRT Framework 

Be familiar with the following SaaS Security Management tools: Qradar, Tenable, EDR  

Have an understanding of DevOps, DevSecOps, Build Processes, Automation (CI/CD) and SRE 

Have an understanding of Cloud Infrastructure, Virtual Machines, Containerisation, Networking and Network Segmentation. 

Expertise across Operating Systems (Linux, Windows, AIX) and MiddleWare (Database, LDAP etc) 

Be familiar with tools related to Software development eg JIRA, GitHub, Jenkins, SPS etc 

Have  a track record as Development Manager, QA lead, Development lead, Scrum Master or Security Architect 

Preferred technical and professional experience

Expertise in programming Java, Python or other 

Expertise in SSO and High Availablity/Disaster Recovery environments 

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.

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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