IT Security Specialist

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.

Working with a team of security professionals from our SOC in Markham, you will be involved in deployment and integration activities, device management, policy management, event analysis and triage, service-level reporting and other security services related tasks.

Your role and responsibilities

As a Security Specialist with the IBM Canada SOC team, you will apply your technical expertise to support, implement and deploy Cloud & Infrastructure Security services for our clients. You will utilize your expert knowledge in infrastructure security elements to secure cloud and infrastructure environments.

Your primary responsibilities will include:

• Perform implementation and support of various cloud and infrastructure security solutions such as Next-gen firewalls, SASE, WAF, DDOS, Micro Segmentation, NAC, Cloud Workload Protection and Posture Management, etc.
• Create proof-of-concepts, design and execute implementation plans, testing plans, and deployment plans using security technology and solutions to meet client requirements.
• Offer technical guidance and assistance to clients and IBM personnel in multi-vendor, multi-protocol environments, ensuring the integrity and resilience of critical networks/systems.
• Work closely with development, services, and network teams to ensure the relevance and effectiveness of technical solutions provided for incident resolution.
• Test and validate the effectiveness of implemented security solutions to meet client requirements.
• Participate in on-call rotations and perform change and incident management outside of normal shift hours, as required.

Required education

Bachelor's Degree

Preferred education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

• Minimum 2-3 years experience in a Security Operations role
• Eligible to obtain Canadian federal government security clearance Level 2 - Secret
• Expert Knowledge in Infrastructure Security: Experience with infrastructure security elements such as Next-gen firewalls, SASE, WAF, DDOS, Micro Segmentation, NAC, Cloud Workload Protection and Posture Management, to secure cloud and infrastructure environments.
• Security Technology and Solutions: Experience in designing and executing implementation plans, testing plans, and deployment plans using security technology and solutions to meet client requirements.
• Multi-Vendor Environment Expertise: Experience working in multi-vendor, multi-protocol environments, ensuring the integrity and resilience of critical networks/systems.
• Technical Solution Development: Experience in creating proof-of-concepts and collaborating with development, services, and network teams to ensure the relevance and effectiveness of technical solutions.
• Cloud and Infrastructure Security: Experience in implementing and deploying Cloud & Infrastructure Security services for clients, utilizing expert knowledge to secure cloud and infrastructure environments.

Preferred technical and professional experience

• Advanced Security Certifications: Holding one or more security certifications. (Eg. CISSP, CCSP, CISM, CEH, Security+, etc.).

• Technical certifications: Deep expertise and certifications from multiple leading vendors in Cloud and Infrastructure Security, such as Palo Alto, Fortinet, Cisco, etc.

• Cloud Security Architecture: Experience in designing and implementing cloud security architectures, securing cloud and infrastructure environments for clients.

• Multi-Protocol Network Expertise: Experience working with various network protocols, ensuring the integrity and resilience of critical networks/systems in multi-vendor environments.

• Experience in other Cybersecurity services areas such as Identity and Access Management, and Data and Application security.