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Introduction

A career in IBM Consulting is rooted by long-term relationships and close collaboration with clients across the globe. You'll work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio

Your role and responsibilities

The Application Consultant assesses, defines, executes and supports the implementation of traditional Application Security capabilities as well as modern application, cloud and security solutions for IBM or our clients.  Engagements range from short term assessments to large-scale, enterprise transformations. Solutions may involve program development, governance, enablement, security (advisory) services, cloud (advisory) services, application containers, container orchestration services and serverless cloud functions.   The Consultant will collaborate with teams and assist the development of consultative solutions that help clients implement application and cloud security capabilities that accelerate digital transformation in both on-premise and cloud environments. The Consultant will also participate in methodology and architecture security assessments and define solutions to produce tailored solutions and operating models inclusive of target state people, processes, tools and technologies.  


Job Description

 A professional at this position level within IBM has the following responsibilities:

  • Support the successful delivery of client engagements
  • Support the successful relationship biuld up partnership with solution vendors
  • Help clients achieve the benefits that Application/Cloud Security and a Shift Security Left methodology can offer
  • Contribute to, and participate in the design, development and rollout of Cloud/Application Security programs, capabilities and practices that typically involve the integration of security into build automation, deployment automation, test automation, SDLC orchestration, environment management, monitoring, metrics, dashboards and production release procedures
  • Participate in the assessment, architecture, design and implementation of Cloud/Application Security practices and solutions needed to build and operate applications securely on premises and in the cloud
  • Participate in the professional development of team members
  • Promote a Secure Cloud/Application Development culture in our clients and within IBM
  • Help drive the adoption of relevant Secure Cloud/Application Development principles, tools and practices to help clients achieve higher levels of maturity
Required education
Bachelor's Degree
Preferred education
Master's Degree
Required technical and professional expertise
  • Minimum of 5 years of experience working in Cloud/Cybersecurity domain
  • Minimum of 3 years of experience working in cloud related security solution echosystem relationship
  • A strong desire to learn - pursue training, education, experience and certifications that support professional growth as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in Security domain
  • Degree/experience requirements:   A Bachelor or Master degree related to cybersecurity or equivelance is preferred.
  • Ability to travel up to 80%, but more typically Monday through Friday at client locations
Preferred technical and professional experience

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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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