Managing Consultant

Job description / Role

Introduction

Information and Data are some of the most important organizational assets in today's businesses. As a Security Consultant, you will be a key advisor for IBM's clients, analyzing business requirements to design and implement the best security solutions for their needs. You will apply your technical skills to find the balance between enabling and securing the client's organization with the cognitive solutions that are making IBM the fastest growing enterprise security business in the world.

Your Role and Responsibilities

The IBM security consulting team provides customized solutions for our clients, not point solutions or basic product installation. The Managing Consultant will work with our clients to understand their specific business issues, both internally and externally and provide solutions to solve specific business issues for our clients. They will be able to look at our client's issues and work with other senior IBM consultants to provide guidance on a systematic approach to solve these within our client's budget and timeframe.

The Managing Consultants will provide subject matter expertise in the form of workshops, and consulting engagements, which assess a client's security capabilities, which could be in the policy, process, technology or organizational areas, identify gaps and recommend cost effective best practices to reduce client risk and increase their handle on security risk. Having hands on implementation experience is a requirement of this position as well at deep technical knowledge of Security Governance tools. The Managing Consultant will assist in pre-sales, sales, closure, and then organizing the delivery of security consulting services with local teams.

Description of Skills

Security Domain Skills

This position requires knowledge across multiple platforms, processes or architectures. This position requires security consulting skills and the ability to act as a trusted client advisor and a trusted technical member of the team. This person should be someone that senior members of the team can rely on to perform their tasks with a minimal amount of supervision. The Managing Consultant will need to have skills to be able to work with other IBM teams and:

- Deliver strategic security advisory services
- A proven record of security thought leadership and be recognized for business and technical acumen
- Support pre-sales to drive and build Security Strategy Risk and Compliance (SSRC) services
- Depth of knowledge in one or more of the core security areas in Security Strategy, Risk and Compliance (SSRC) such as Security Architecture/Cloud Security/ OT Security/ SAP Security/e-GRC.
- Understanding of compliance issues (ISO 27001, SSAE 16, COBIT, NIST, PCI DSS, GDPR etc) and Regulatory requirements.

Core consulting skills

- Strong communication and presentation skills
- The ability to lead large groups and be a primary facilitator
- Strong written skills
- Comfortable working in a project based / client serving model
- Ability to lead and shape client expectations
- Help drive pursuits and engage in complex deals, matching outcomes to expectations
- Ability to work easily with diverse and dynamic teams
- Ability to work in a matrix management model

Requirements

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

- At least 5 years experience in a professional services firm focused on security consulting
- At least 5 years experience in ICS/OT Security
- Experience working with diverse teams to facilitate solutions
- Experience in delivering security risk assessments, developing control frameworks & security patterns
- Experience in designing \\ architecting enterprise security solutions
- Experience in Security Governance, Security Process, and Security Policy and Standards design
- Ensure quality delivery as per IBM/client requirements.
- Knowledge and some experience working with emerging ICS Security products such as Nozomi, CyberX, Verve, Indegy, Claroty, and/or Check Point Software.

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

- At least 3 years experience in management consulting and systems integration
- At least 3 to 5 years experience Interpersonal skills with the ability to establish and working relationships in a project based / client serving model, and work closely with people at different levels of an organization
- At least 3 to 5 years experience in working across diverse teams to facilitate solutions
- At least 3 to 5 years years experience in management consulting or Managed Security Services
- At least 3 to 5 years experience in working with security consulting teams

About Business Unit
IBM is a leading provider of enterprise security solutions. Named by industry analysts as a leader in 12 security market segment categories, IBM Security is a multi-billion dollar business that is rapidly growing. In an industry focused on building walls, IBM Security is focused on creating an open, connected security ecosystem that leverages AI and cloud to help clients improve compliance, stop threats, and grow their business securely.

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About the Company

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