Security Consultant - Cloud
IBM
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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.
Your Role And Responsibilities
- Lead cloud assessments including:
- Cloud readiness and maturity assessments
- Application and infrastructure assessment
- Security, governance, and cost posture reviews
- Design and define cloud architecture for AWS and Azure:
- Landing zones, network architecture, and identity models
- High availability, DR, scalability, and performance
- Provide cloud consulting and advisory services to business and technology stakeholders
- Define cloud adoption frameworks, standards, and best practices
- Design hybrid and multi-cloud architectures
- Collaborate with security teams to embed cloud security and compliance
- Guide application teams on cloud migration and modernization strategies
- Review and validate cloud designs for risk, resilience, and cost optimization
- Support cloud governance, policy definition, and guardrails
- Create architecture documents, diagrams, and reference models
- Mentor junior architects and engineers
Preferred Education
Master's Degree
Required Technical And Professional Expertise
- Strong hands-on experience with AWS and Azure
- Core services: Compute, Storage, Networking, IAM, Monitoring
- Experience designing enterprise-scale landing zones
- Cloud IAM, network security, encryption, key management
- Security best practices and compliance frameworks
Key skills/competency
- Cloud Security
- AWS
- Azure
- Cloud Architecture
- Security Consulting
- Hybrid Cloud
- Multi-Cloud
- IAM
- Governance
- Compliance Frameworks
How to Get Hired at IBM
- Research IBM's culture: Study their mission, values, recent news, and employee testimonials on LinkedIn and Glassdoor.
- Tailor your resume: Customize your experience to highlight cloud security, AWS, and Azure expertise, aligning with IBM Consulting's project-based work.
- Highlight cloud expertise: Showcase your hands-on experience with core AWS/Azure services, landing zones, and security best practices through portfolio projects or detailed examples.
- Prepare for case studies: Expect to solve real-world cloud architecture and security challenges, demonstrating your problem-solving and design thinking skills.
- Showcase problem-solving: Be ready to discuss how you've designed secure, scalable cloud solutions and collaborated with cross-functional teams at IBM.
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