IBM

IT Security Specialist

IBM$100K — $120K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in a related field.
  • Experience with Firewalls, SASE, WAF/DDOS, and Micro Segmentation.
  • Experience in designing and executing implementation, testing, and deployment plans for security solutions.
  • Skilled in providing technical guidance in multi-vendor, multi-protocol environments.
  • Proficiency in collaborating with cross-functional teams for incident resolution.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement security solutions to meet client requirements.
  • Provide technical guidance and assistance to clients in complex environments.
  • Collaborate with development, services, and network teams on technical solutions.
  • Support client needs with assets and reference architectures for cloud security.
  • Ensure effectiveness of incident resolution strategies through cross-team collaboration.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work in a cutting-edge security field.
  • Exposure to various advanced security technologies and trends.
  • Collaboration with diverse teams across multiple platforms and tools.
  • Flexibility to work with different cloud environments like AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
  • Support for continuous learning and development in emerging security solutions.
Full Job Description
Your role and responsibilities

As a Security Specialist in Infrastructure Security, you will apply your technical expertise to implement and deploy Cloud & Infrastructure Security services for client billable services. You will work closely with development, services, and network teams to ensure the relevance and effectiveness of technical solutions provided for incident resolution.

Your primary responsibilities will include:
Implement Security Solutions: Design and execute implementation plans, testing plans, and deployment plans using security technology and solutions to meet client requirements. This involves creating proof-of-concepts and ensuring the integrity and resilience of critical networks/systems.
Provide Technical Guidance: Offer technical guidance and assistance to clients and IBM personnel in multi-vendor, multi-protocol environments, leveraging expert knowledge in infrastructure security elements such as Firewalls, SASE, WAF/DDOS, and Micro Segmentation.
Collaborate with Teams: Work closely with development, services, and network teams to ensure the relevance and effectiveness of technical solutions provided for incident resolution.
Support Client Requirements: Apply technical expertise to support service products using assets and reference architectures, meeting client requirements for Cloud & Infrastructure Security services.

Required education

Bachelor's Degree

Preferred education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise
Exposure to Infrastructure Security: Experience working with infrastructure security elements such as Firewalls, SASE, WAF/DDOS, and Micro Segmentation to secure cloud and infrastructure environments.
Implementation Planning: Exposure to designing and executing implementation plans, testing plans, and deployment plans using security technology and solutions to meet client requirements.
Multi-Vendor Environment: Experience working in multi-vendor, multi-protocol environments, providing technical guidance and assistance to clients and personnel.
Cloud & Infrastructure Security: Exposure to applying technical expertise to support service products using assets and reference architectures for Cloud & Infrastructure Security services.
Incident Resolution: Experience working with development, services, and network teams to ensure the relevance and effectiveness of technical solutions provided for incident resolution.

Preferred technical and professional experience
Advanced Security Technologies: Exposure to emerging security technologies and trends in Cloud & Infrastructure Security, including threat intelligence, advanced threat protection, and security orchestration.
Multi-Cloud Environments: Experience working with multiple cloud providers, such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud, and securing infrastructure in these environments.
Scripting and Automation: Exposure to scripting languages, such as Python or PowerShell, and automation tools, such as Ansible or Terraform, to automate security tasks and workflows.

OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

Must have the ability to work in Canada without sponsorship. For additional information about location requirements, please discuss with the recruiter following submission of your application.

The salary range for the position is based on a full-time schedule. Your ultimate salary within this range may vary depending on your job-related skills and experience for this position.

About IBM

Sequent Computer Systems designs and manufactures multiprocessing computer systems based on Cache Coherent Non-Uniform Memory Access architecture, which are used primarily as application and database servers for commercial applications. Through a partnership with Oracle Corporation, Sequent became a dominant high-end UNIX platform in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Later it introduced a next-generation high-end platform for UNIX and Windows NT based on non-uniform memory access architecture, NUMA-Q. Sequent Computer Systems, Inc. was incorporated in 1983 and is based in Beaverton, Oregon. In July 1999 Sequent Computer Systems, Inc. was acquired by International Business Machines Corp.

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