Security Consultant-Data Security

Introduction

Build a rewarding IBM Consulting career grounded in long-term client relationships and close global collaboration. You’ll work with leading organizations across industries, supporting their hybrid cloud and AI transformation initiatives. Backed by strategic partners, proven IBM technology, and Red Hat, you’ll gain the capabilities to drive meaningful change and speed up client impact. At IBM Consulting, curiosity drives results—so you can question the norm, pursue new perspectives, and create innovative solutions that deliver measurable outcomes. Our growth- and empathy-focused culture supports your long-term development and recognizes the value of your individual skills and experiences.

Your Role And Responsibilities

As a Security Consultant specializing in Data Security, you will help client IT and business leaders understand Data Security challenges, risks, exposures, and vulnerabilities. You will deliver consulting services to analyze and address security incidents and assist clients in strengthening their overall security posture.

Your Primary Responsibilities Will Include

• Analyze Security Issues: Conduct interviews, workshops, and assessments to identify Data Security issues, risks, exposures, and vulnerabilities, and provide actionable recommendations for improvement.
• Develop Security Strategies: Use security principles and expertise in data security technologies, maturity models, and best practices to define business drivers and build data security strategy, programs, incident response plans, and remediation recommendations and roadmaps.
• Resolve Security Incidents: Provide consulting services to analyze and resolve security incidents and help clients achieve a stronger security posture.
• Deliver Security Solutions: Partner with clients to implement data security solutions while ensuring they align with industry best practices and standards.
• Provide Expert Guidance: Advise and support clients on data security topics and enable them to make informed decisions regarding their security posture.
  
  

Preferred Education

Master's Degree

Required Technical And Professional Expertise

• Exposure to Data Security Technologies: Familiarity with data security technologies, including how they are applied and implemented across different environments.
• Knowledge of Maturity Models: Understanding of data security maturity models and best practices, with the ability to use this knowledge to assess and improve client security postures.
• Experience with Security Assessments: Exposure to conducting interviews, workshops, and assessments to identify data security issues, risks, exposures, and vulnerabilities.
• Understanding of Incident Response: Familiarity with incident response plans and remediation recommendations, with the ability to analyze and resolve security incidents.
• Application of Security Principles: Ability to apply security principles when defining business drivers and developing related data security strategies and programs.
  
  

Preferred Technical And Professional Experience

• Data Security Governance: Exposure to data security governance frameworks and standards, with the ability to apply this knowledge in assessing and improving client security postures.
• Cloud Security Knowledge: Familiarity with cloud security technologies and best practices, with the ability to analyze and resolve security incidents in cloud environments.
• IT Service Management: Understanding of IT service management frameworks, with the ability to apply this knowledge in developing and implementing data security strategies and programs.