Introduction
Information and Data are some of the most important organizational assets in
today 's businesses. As a Security Consultant, you will be a key advisor for
IBM's clients, analyzing business requirements to design and implement the
best security solutions for their needs. You will apply your technical skills
to find the balance between enabling and securing the client's organization
with the cognitive solutions that are making IBM the fastest growing
enterprise security business in the world.
Your Role and Responsibilities
The IAM Consultant will assist clients in developing an overall Identity and
Access Management strategy, roadmap and vision based on business, technology
and security objectives, with the ability to conduct maturity assessments,
make domain specific recommendations, the consultant will be focused on
delivering a business outcome and may need to include systems, applications
and process components at the strategic and operational level.
You 'll engage clients and work to understand their business needs, works in
levels of abstraction, apply industry knowledge, and leverage the appropriate
business elements and information technology to address those needs. In
addition, advise clients in understanding the desired future IAM landscape and
work collaboratively with them to develop a roadmap to achieve this goal and
become a trusted advisor.
This includes working as a team member with client personnel to identify
functional and non-functional requirements and subsequently working on the
identification, justification and design of the client's IAM solution. Acting
as lead Consultant where necessary to guide project teams in the delivery of
the clients requirements.
Are you passionate about keeping current and open to new ideas? To develop
your knowledge, along with the cooperative nature of the team, you will be
encouraged to constantly learn and improve. You will also have access to the
global IBM education portal which you are also encouraged to explore as we
believe that education and development should not be exclusively Identity
based. Making time to think and explore leads us to develop new ideas and to
be better able to help our clients. We are focused on developing talent and
industry leading skills. IBM believes in career growth and flexibility. If
your desire is to help empower people with unmatched security while working in
a supportive and engaging environment, your career and your future will be
made with IBM.
General responsibilities
Responsible for managing all the activities related to delivering a security
led IAM solution for the duration of their engagement, including but not
limited to:
* Consulting - comfortable in facilitating workshops, giving presentations, producing high quality deliverables,
* Leadership - supporting all aspects of the solution, consulting colleagues, the technical team, managing client requirements and linking those requirements to IBM's solution,
* Creating & delivering the solution element of IAM proposals, this could be administrative, operational or technical,
* Supporting the definition and creation of a solution that meets the client's requirements,
* Understanding the IAM Posture of the client, including their drivers and appetite, risk, legal, regulatory and compliance drivers for the client
* Providing visibility and understanding the functional and non-functional requirements of the solution
* Assisting client facing colleagues with responding to requests for proposals
Required Technical and Professional Expertise
* Experience developing Solution Proposals for IAM solutions,
* Can perform Requirement gathering, definition and refinement whilst ensuring traceability throughout the lifecycle of delivery.
* Comfortable facilitating workshops, often as the lead presenter,
* Experience of conducting IAM Maturity assessments and making recommendations,
* Creating an IAM strategy based on client requirements, objectives and vision,
* Target Model assessment and definition,
* Able to clearly articulate the value and benefits of IAM through short, medium and long term roadmaps,
* Producing clear and professional documentation, including ability to document and visualize processes, define test cases, write operational end user guides,
* Presentation skills for C-Level clients,
* At least 5 years ' experience as IAM Consultant, defining and delivering IAM solutions in complex multi-technology environments,
* Experienced the entire lifecycle of an IAM deployment on at least 2 occasions, in large scale transformation engagements, from requirements gathering, design, testing through to production go live and end user release,
* Knowledge of top (analysts) quadrant IAM Technologies,
* Experience of at least two of the following IAM Domains:
* Identity Governance ; identity life-cycle, provisioning/provisioning, workflow automation, self-service, request and approval workflow, Role Based Access Control, Segregation of duties, application integration techniques, Related business and security standards, policies processes and procedures,
* Privileged Access Management ; Vaulting, Session Recording, Access Controls methods such as Sudo. Hard coded password approaches, Operating System, Database, Application integration and methods. Related business and security standards, policies processes and procedures
* Access Management ; Single-Sign-on, Access Federation, Desktop Single Sign-on, Advanced and Multi Factor Authorisation, RBAC/ABAC, Application Integration.
* Cloud Entitlement Management :
* Cloud Native IAM : Azure, AWS or others.
* Identity Analytics : User Behaviors, AI, Analytics
* Experience working with at least two of the following IAM Technologies: IBM IAM suite, CyberArk, Sailpoint, Oracle, BeyondTrust,
While not prerequisites, the following will be advantageous:
* Stakeholder and scope management
* Experience in the Consumer/Customer Identity Management domain
* A recognized certification in security appropriate to the role for example: CISSP, CISMP, CompTIA Security +, ITIL qualification etc.
* Experience working with following IAM Technologies: Thycotic, Okta, Microsoft, OneIdentity, RSA.
Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise
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About Business Unit
IBM 's Cloud and Cognitive software business is committed to bringing the
power of IBM's Cloud and Watson/AI technologies to life for our clients and
ecosystem partners around the world. IBM provides you with the most
comprehensive and consistent approach to development, security and operations
across hybrid environments--with complete software solutions for business and
IT operations, development, data science, security, and management. Our
experts and software capabilities help organizations develop applications once
and deploy them anywhere, integrate security across the breadth of their IT
estate, and automate operations with management visibility. With IBM, you also
have access to new skills and methods, governance and management approaches,
and a deep ecosystem of industry experts and partners.
Your Life @ IBM
Are you craving to learn more? Prepared to solve some of the world's most
unique challenges? And ready to shape the future for millions of people? If
so, then it's time to join us, express your individuality, unleash your
curiosity and discover new possibilities.
Every IBMer, and potential ones like yourself, has a voice, carves their own
path, and uses their expertise to help co-create and add to our story.
Together, we have the power to make meaningful change - to alter the fabric
of our clients, of society and IBM itself, to create a truly positive impact
and make the world work better for everyone.
It's time to define your career.
About IBM
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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.
Location Statement
For additional information about location requirements, please discuss with
the recruiter following submission of your application.
Being You @ IBM
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opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for
employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or
expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy,
disability, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also
committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding
citizenship and immigration status.