IT Security Specialist

We, at the IBM Chief Information Office (CIO) are a dynamic group of business, strategy and technology professionals, who provide top-of-the-line industry consulting, application and business process delivery, and follow agile values and principles. CIO is at the forefront of the digital reinvention of key applications used across IBM globally, providing value-led and asset-powered end-to-end solutions.

Team is a cross-functional organization that provides IT applications and infrastructure services to IBM Business Units and to IBMers worldwide. Our mission is to provide a productive environment for everyone at IBM. We do this by leading with Design to drive simplicity and ease of use, Engineering the systems that own the business, and Innovating to transform the business. We continually Deepen our Agile practices while ensuring we Secure the Enterprise.

Your Role And Responsibilities
• You will be responsible for maintaining satisfactory security and compliance posture for Managed IT Infrastructure.
• You will be responsible to act as security focal for the team and preform as liaison to drive collaboration initiatives
• You are expected to take lead initiatives in driving security enhancement projects
• You are expected to take lead initiatives to drive automation around security and compliance areas
• You will be responsible for timely preparations and reporting weekly/monthly and quarterly security assessment and operational metric reports and submissions.
• You will be demonstrating effective verbal and written communication

Preferred Education

Master's Degree

Required Technical And Professional Expertise
• In-depth knowledge of IT Security, Compliance and governance, Industry Security practices and benchmarks
• Must have working experience with VMware, Linux and Windows
• Should be familiar with IT middlware such as DB2, WAS, MQ
• Strong grasp on configuration management and automation tools
• Must have working knowledge of productivity tools
• Must demonstrate good verbal and written communication

Preferred Technical And Professional Experience
• Solid knowledge of Hypervisors such as KVM & VMware ESXi and Linux and windows Servers in virtualized environments
• Should have basic knowledge of Networking and corporate networks.
• Should demonstrate zeal to learn and grow and passion for IT Security.
• Must have an eye for early detection for non-compliances and potential risks and exposures.
• Familiarity with scientific threat modelling and risk assessments
• Preferably CISSP Certified