Project Deputy Director

IBM; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

IBM Consulting in the United States seeks a Security Consultant with expertise in Intelligence & Operations to help Client IT address security exposures and vulnerabilities, articulating effective security strategies and mitigation measures.

This role emphasizes threat hunting, security posture enhancement, and experience with QRadar and SIEM, plus understanding financial implications of security investments; active Top Secret clearance is required.

Qualifications

• In-depth knowledge of security intelligence and operations.
• Experience applying security principles to mitigate threats.
• Ability to articulate security strategies and business value.

Responsibilities

• Develop Security Strategies: develop and recommend effective security strategies, programs, plans, and mitigation measures.
• Enhance Security Posture: enhance clients' security posture through proactive threat hunting and intelligence-driven defense.
• Articulate IBM's SIOC and SIEM: explain security viewpoints including financial implications to clients.
• Analyze Cyber Threats: analyze cyber threats and develop mitigation measures using tools like QRadar.
• Drive Threat Intelligence: lead threat intelligence and operations to address security issues.

Skills

Security intelligence

Threat hunting

Security operations

Financial impact

Defensive security

Education

Top Secret clearance

Tools

QRadar

Job description

Introduction

A career in IBM Consulting is built on long-term client relationships and close collaboration worldwide. You’ll work with leading companies across industries, helping them shape their hybrid cloud and AI journeys. With support from our strategic partners, robust IBM technology, and Red Hat, you’ll have the tools to drive meaningful change and accelerate client impact. At IBM Consulting, curiosity fuels success. You’ll be encouraged to challenge the norm, explore new ideas, and create innovative solutions that deliver real results. Our culture of growth and empathy focuses on your long-term career development while valuing your unique skills and experiences.

Introduction

A career in IBM Consulting is built on long-term client relationships and close collaboration worldwide. You’ll work with leading companies across industries, helping them shape their hybrid cloud and AI journeys. With support from our strategic partners, robust IBM technology, and Red Hat, you’ll have the tools to drive meaningful change and accelerate client impact. At IBM Consulting, curiosity fuels success. You’ll be encouraged to challenge the norm, explore new ideas, and create innovative solutions that deliver real results. Our culture of growth and empathy focuses on your long-term career development while valuing your unique skills and experiences.

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 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.