Introduction
Software Developers at IBM are the backbone of our strategic initiatives to design, code, test, and provide industry-leading solutions that make the world run today - planes and trains take off on time, bank transactions complete in the blink of an eye and the world remains safe because of the work our software developers do. Whether you are working on projects internally or for a client, software development is critical to the success of IBM and our clients worldwide. At IBM, you will use the latest software development tools, techniques and approaches and work with leading minds in the industry to build solutions you can be proud of.

Your Role and Responsibilities
We have a team of security compliance leaders overseeing solutions for this complex environment, collaborating with security architects and Cloud DevOps teams internally and around IBM. The security compliance leader’s role is to determine the secure operation of the all computer systems, servers, and network connections in accordance with our policies, procedures, and compliance requirements. A security compliance leader in our team will participate in some or all of the following:

• Providing subject matter expertise in the creation, implementation, and maintenance of appropriate enterprise programs, policies, and procedures to be compliant with all applicable regulations including ISO, SOC, HIPAA, PCI, FedRAMP/FISMA
• Having the ability to utilize working knowledge of information security best practices such as: NIST 800 series, ISO 27000 series, GDPR, etc
• Interpreting standards, requirements, and their application to the enterprise Cloud environment in the most reasonable and cost-effective manner
• Developing, implementing, maintaining, and overseeing enforcement of security policies
• Collaborating with security architects and technical security teams to define and implement security processes and procedures based on industry-standard best practices and compliance requirements. Defining the requirements and validating the procedures and audit testing methodology
• Conducting regularly scheduled audits on systems and hosting third-party audits as required in order to maintain certifications and compliance certificates.
• Working with the DevOps teams to prepare ongoing client reporting, information for prospective clients, and marketing materials
• Providing training to teams as needed
• Assisting team members and internal clients in addressing highly complex security issues applicable to enterprise environment

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• Minimum of 10 years of relevant compliance experience and cybersecurity knowledge
• Compliance leaders do not require dev experience, but it is an advantage. 10+ years of security compliance audit experience would be more appropriate
• Ability to utilize working knowledge of information security best practices such as: NIST 800 series, ISO 27000 series, GDPR, etc
• Experience with compliance programs such as FFIEC or FedRAMP/ FISMA, HIPAA, GDPR, SOC 2, or PCI
• Experience in risk assessment processes, policy development, proposals, work statements, product evaluations, and delivery of technology
• Ability to understand enterprise business computing operations/requirements, and in particular, Cloud
• Ability to stand firm on issues yet be flexible and creative when working with customers to find effective solutions
• Ability to understand and interpret laws and regulatory requirements related to information protection, and develop and implement appropriate processes to achieve and maintain compliance and reduce risk

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Working in a change-controlled production environment.
• Diagnosing the root cause of problems and propose solutions: Examples would be failed patches, tooling issues, false positives on system tests, authentication problems.
• Expertise in system configuration, especially privilege control (for example sudoer configuration), and system level firewall (iptables)
• An understanding of basic networking concepts: ipsec tunnels, firewalls, routers, public and private addressing.
• Project Management knowledge and experience a strong plus
• Experience with operations of data centres or Cloud, and networking security including security systems such as firewalls, intrusion detection, vulnerability scanning, OS patching, healthchecking
• Experience with container based architectures and implementations such as kubernetes, docker, etc.

Digitization is accelerating the ongoing evolution of business, and clouds - public, private, and hybrid - enable companies to extend their existing infrastructure and integrate across systems. IBM Cloud provides the security, control, and visibility that our clients have come to expect. We are working to provide the right tools and environment to combine all of our client’s data, no matter where it resides, to respond to changing market dynamics.

This job requires you to be fully COVID-19 vaccinated prior to your start date and proof of vaccination status will be required before your start date. During the Onboarding process you will be asked to confirm your vaccination status, in case you are unable to get vaccinated for any reason, you can let us know at that stage. Please let us know if you are unable to be vaccinated due to medical or religious reasons. IBM will consider such requests on a case by case basis subject to submission of required proof by the candidate before a stipulated date.

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