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Introducción

As a Senior Data Security Manager you will help enterprise clients design, implement, and optimize their encryption, quantum-safe security, and PKI strategies. This role also involves advisory and implementation support for data discovery and privacy initiatives, ensuring compliance with Canadian regulations such as PIPEDA, Law 25 (Québec), and sector-specific standards.

 As a trusted advisor, you will work with CISOs, security architects, and compliance teams to build robust cryptographic and data security solutions that align with business needs and regulatory requirements.

Su función y responsabilidades

Key Responsibilities

 Primary Focus: Encryption, Quantum-Safe Security, and PKI
* Design and implement enterprise encryption strategies, including data-at-rest, data-in-transit, and data-in-use protection.
 * Lead the transition to quantum-safe cryptography, assessing risks and adopting post-quantum algorithms.
 * Architect and deploy Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), including certificate lifecycle management, HSM integration, and key management solutions.
 * Develop cryptographic policies and advise on best practices for key rotation, algorithm selection, and quantum-safe readiness.
 * Evaluate and integrate hardware security modules (HSMs), cloud KMS, and crypto agility frameworks.
 * Ensure cryptographic compliance with Canadian federal and provincial regulations (e.g., PIPEDA, Law 25, PCI DSS, and Government of Canada IT Security Standards)

 Secondary Focus: Data Discovery & Privacy
 * Assist clients in deploying data discovery and classification tools to identify and protect sensitive information in compliance with Canadian privacy laws.
* Implement privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs), including tokenization, pseudonymization, and differential privacy.
 * Provide expertise on PIPEDA, Québec’s Law 25, FOIPPA (British Columbia and Alberta), and other data protection frameworks.
* Develop risk assessments for data sovereignty, cross-border data transfers (U.S. CLOUD Act risks), and encryption-based data controls.
 * Ensure cryptographic solutions align with Canadian government and financial sector compliance requirements.

Educación requerida
Licenciatura
Experiencia profesional y técnica requerida

* 10+ years in cybersecurity with a focus on cryptography, PKI, and encryption.
 * Hands-on experience with HSMs (Thales, Entrust, AWS CloudHSM), KMS (AWS KMS, Azure Key Vault, Google Cloud KMS), and PKI solutions.
 * Expertise in quantum-safe cryptography, including NIST PQC standards and migration strategies.
 * Knowledge of cryptographic libraries such as OpenSSL, Bouncy Castle, KMIP, and Microsoft CNG.
* Experience with data discovery tools (Qohash, BigID, Varonis, Spirion) and privacy-enhancing technologies.
 * Strong understanding of Canadian regulatory frameworks: 
 * PIPEDA (Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act)
 * Québec’s Law 25 (Modernized privacy law requiring encryption of sensitive data)
 * FOIPPA (British Columbia and Alberta’s Freedom of Information and Privacy Acts)
 * OSFI Guidelines (Canadian financial sector security and encryption compliance)
 * PCI DSS (For companies handling payment data)
 * Government of Canada IT Security Standards (for public sector clients)

Experiencia técnica y profesional preferida

* Certifications like CISSP, CCSP, CISM, CEH, or specific cryptographic certifications (CISSP-ISSAP, CCSP, etc.).
 * Hands-on experience with container security (Kubernetes, Istio) and cloud-native cryptographic controls.

Acerca de la Unidad de Negocios

IBM Consulting es la unidad de negocio encargada de la consultoría y servicios profesionales globales de IBM, con capacidades líderes en el mercado en transformación empresarial y tecnológica. Con una gran experiencia en diversas industrias, ofreciendo servicios de estrategia, experiencia, tecnología y operaciones a muchas de las empresas más innovadoras y valiosas del mundo. IBMers en Cosnulting se enfocan en acelerar los negocios de nuestros clientes a través del poder de la colaboración. Creemos en el poder de la tecnología utilizada de manera responsable para ayudar a las personas, los socios y el planeta.

SU VIDA @ 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?

Acerca de 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.

Otros detalles relevantes del empleo

Must have the ability to work in Canada without sponsorship.


This role will involve working with technology that is covered by Export Regulations sanctions. If you are a Foreign National from any of the following US sanctioned countries (Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, and the Crimea, Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson, and Zaporizhia regions of Ukraine) on a work permit, you are not eligible for employment in this position.