Your role and responsibilities

As a Security Consultant with expertise in Intelligence & Operations, you play a crucial role in helping Client IT understand and address key security issues, exposures, and vulnerabilities. You possess deep knowledge of security intelligence and operations, enabling you to articulate effective security strategies and mitigation measures.

Your primary responsibilities will include:
• Develop Security Strategies: Develop and recommend effective security strategies, programs, plans, and mitigation measures by applying security principles, counter-threat intelligence, and your understanding of security intelligence and operations.
• Enhance Security Posture: Enhance Client IT's security posture through proactive threat hunting and intelligence-driven defense strategies, leveraging your expertise in security intelligence and operations.
• Articulate IBM's SIOC and SIEM: Articulate IBM's SIOC and SIEM points of view, including financial implications, to help clients understand the value of security intelligence and operations.
• Analyze Cyber Threats: Analyze various cyber threats and develop effective mitigation measures, utilizing your hands-on experience with tools like QRadar.
• Drive Threat Intelligence: Drive threat intelligence and operations to identify and address key security issues, exposures, and vulnerabilities.

Required education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise
• Deep Knowledge of Security Intelligence and Operations: Possess in-depth understanding of security intelligence and operations, including security principles, counter-threat intelligence, and their application in developing effective security strategies and mitigation measures.
• Hands-on Experience with Security Tools: Have hands-on experience with security tools like QRadar, with the ability to analyze various cyber threats and develop effective mitigation measures.
• Expertise in Threat Hunting and Defense: Possess expertise in proactive threat hunting and intelligence-driven defense strategies, with the ability to enhance an organization's security posture.
• Understanding of Financial Implications: Have a deep understanding of the financial implications of security intelligence and operations, including the ability to articulate the value of security investments.
• Experience with Threat Intelligence and Operations: Have experience driving threat intelligence and operations to identify and address key security issues, exposures, and vulnerabilities.

An active Top Secret clearance is required.

Preferred technical and professional experience
• Advanced Threat Analysis: Experience with analyzing complex cyber threats and developing effective mitigation measures, utilizing expertise in security intelligence and operations.
• Financial Acumen: Deep understanding of the financial implications of security intelligence and operations, including the ability to articulate the value of security investments and drive business outcomes.

OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

IBM offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits program. Eligible employees may have access to:

- Healthcare benefits including medical & prescription drug coverage, dental, vision, and mental health & well being

- Financial programs such as 401(k), cash balance pension plan, the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan, financial counseling, life insurance, short & long- term disability coverage, and opportunities for performance based salary incentive programs

- Generous paid time off including 12 holidays, minimum 56 hours sick time, 120 hours vacation, 12 weeks parental bonding leave in accordance with IBM Policy, and other Paid Care Leave programs. IBM also offers paid family leave benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law

- Training and educational resources on our personalized, AI-driven learning platform where IBMers can grow skills and obtain industry-recognized certifications to achieve their career goals

- Diverse and inclusive employee resource groups, giving & volunteer opportunities, and discounts on retail products, services & experiences

We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.

This position was posted on the date cited in the key job details section and is anticipated to remain posted for 21 days from this date or less if not needed to fill the role.

US Citizenship Required.

The compensation range and benefits for this position are based on a full-time schedule for a full calendar year. The salary will vary depending on your job-related skills, experience and location. Pay increment and frequency of pay will be in accordance with employment classification and applicable laws. For part time roles, your compensation and benefits will be adjusted to reflect your hours. Benefits may be pro-rated for those who start working during the calendar year.