Security Architect

IBM; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working pattern

Job summary

IBM Consulting in Boston is seeking an Enterprise Security Architect to translate security requirements into resilient blueprints across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. You will oversee the design and implementation of cybersecurity solutions, ensuring alignment with industry best practices and client needs.

Your role includes driving security governance, risk management, and compliance for complex client programs, while developing threat management strategies and embedding security by

Qualifications

• Security Architecture design for hybrid/multi-cloud
• Cybersecurity solution development aligned with client needs
• Governance and compliance policy development and implementation
• Threat management strategy development and execution

Responsibilities

• Translate security requirements into architecture and design across hybrid/multi-cloud environments.
• Oversee security governance, risk management, and compliance activities.
• Review security profiles and ensure compliance with security baselines.
• Define risk mitigation strategies and ensure secure operational delivery.

Skills

Security Architecture

Cybersecurity Solutions

Security Governance

Threat Management

Industry Best Practices

Security Domains

Emerging Trends

Multi-Cloud

Education

Master's Degree

Master's Degree (preferred)

Job description

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.

In this role, you'll work in one of our IBM Consulting Client Innovation Centers (Delivery Centers), where we deliver deep technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients around the world. Our delivery centers offer our clients locally based skills and technical expertise to drive innovation and adoption of new technology.

Your role and responsibilities

As a Security Architect, you will be responsible for translating security requirements into an architecture that protects the client's mission and business processes across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. You will oversee the design and implementation of cybersecurity solutions, ensuring they align with industry best practices and the client's unique needs.

Your primary responsibilities will include:

• . IT Security & IT Risk Governance
  - Carry out IT and security risk analyses in strict compliance with the IT Risk Management policy to identify and quantify vulnerabilities.
  - Optimise and maintain the frameworks and tools used for the identification, assessment, treatment and communication of IT security risks.
  - Deploy and enforce BNP Paribas Group security practices and standards across the organisation.
• 2. Project Support & Advisory
  - Define risk mitigation strategies for BNPP AM projects and enforce ‘IT Risk & Cybersecurity’ policy requirements to ensure secure operational delivery.
  - Integrate security requirements directly into projects to ensure “Security by Design”.
  - Review the security profiles of applications within your scope to ensure compliance with the application security baseline.
• 3. Operational Risk Monitoring & Compliance
  - Carry out periodic risk reviews and update the IT risk register for assigned areas as part of daily operational monitoring.
  - Conduct security audits and due diligence reviews for third-party suppliers, service providers and partners to mitigate supply chain risks.
• 3. Reporting & Performance Management
  - Manage and update team KPIs, operational dashboards and activity reports to provide management with precise visibility into the risk landscape and remediation status.

Design Cybersecurity Solutions: Oversee the design and implementation of cybersecurity solutions that meet industry best practices and the client's unique needs, ensuring alignment with security requirements and business processes.

Integrate Security into Infrastructure: Play a crucial role in integrating security into the organization's overall infrastructure, ensuring compliance with relevant regulations and standards.

Ensure Security Governance: Develop and implement security governance policies and procedures to ensure effective security management across various security domains, including network security, application security, data security, identity management, and threat management.

Align with Industry Best Practices: Ensure cybersecurity solutions align with industry best practices, staying up-to-date with emerging trends and technologies to provide effective security solutions.

Implement Threat Management: Develop and implement threat management strategies to identify, detect, and respond to potential security threats, protecting the client's mission and business processes.

Required education

Master's Degree

Preferred education

Master's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

• Security Architecture Design: Experience with designing and implementing comprehensive security architectures that protect business processes across hybrid and multi-cloud environments, incorporating various security domains such as network security, application security, data security, identity management, and threat management.
• Cybersecurity Solution Development: Experience in developing and implementing cybersecurity solutions that meet industry best practices and unique client needs, ensuring alignment with security requirements and business processes.
• Security Governance and Compliance: Experience with developing and implementing security governance policies and procedures to ensure effective security management and compliance with relevant regulations and standards.
• Threat Management Strategy: Experience in developing and implementing threat management strategies to identify, detect, and respond to potential security threats, protecting the client's mission and business processes.
• Industry Best Practices Alignment: Experience with ensuring cybersecurity solutions align with industry best practices, staying up-to-date with emerging trends and technologies to provide effective security solutions.

Preferred technical and professional experience

• Deep Understanding of Security Domains: Experience with various security domains, including network security, application security, data security, identity management, threat management, and security governance, to develop comprehensive security architectures.
• Knowledge of Emerging Trends: Exposure to emerging trends and technologies in cybersecurity to stay up-to-date with industry best practices and provide effective security solutions.
• Multi-Cloud Environment Expertise: Experience working with hybrid and multi-cloud environments to design and implement comprehensive security architectures that protect business processes.

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Consulting is IBM’s consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients’ businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.

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OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

IBM wants you to bring your whole self to work and for you this might mean the ability to work flexibly. If you are interested in a flexible working pattern, please talk to our recruitment team to find out if this is possible in the current working environment.

Job Title

Enterprise Security Architect

Job ID

133052

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Work arrangement

Hybrid

Area of work

Security

Employment type

Regular

Position type

Professional

No Travel

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General (daytime)

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