Enterprise Security Architect

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 seasoned Security Architect, you will translate security requirements into architectures that safeguard the client's mission and business processes across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. You will oversee the design and implementation of cybersecurity solutions, ensuring alignment with industry best practices and the client's unique needs.

Your primary responsibilities will include:

• Design tower-wide reference architectures for Secure by Default, Secure by Design, and continuous monitoring patterns
• Lead solution security reviews and the Security Architecture Board engagement for tower deliverables
• Define data protection controls across regulated (healthcare), sensitive (finance/HR), and automated solution contexts
• Architect on-/offboarding automation flows integrating IBM Access Hub, CSS shared services, and engagement-specific tooling
• Specify DLP (endpoint, Box, One Drive), VDI, and work-location-tracking controls for in-scope engagements
• Provide security input to bids, SOWs, and change requests; quantify security cost of delivery
• Coordinate with Identity, App Sec, Data Security, and Network Security SMEs for deep technical inputs
• Maintain the tower's security control catalog and exception register

Required education

Master's Degree

Preferred education

Master's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

• 8+ years hands-on security architecture in consulting, managed services, or enterprise IT
• Deep expertise in at least two of: IAM/PAM/ITDR, data protection/DLP, cloud security (AWS/Azure/GCP), application security
• Experience designing for regulated industries and multi-tenant delivery environments
• Proven ability to author target-state architectures and gain client and internal governance approval
• Deep Expertise in Security Domains: Proven experience with various security domains, including network security, application security, data security, identity management, threat management, and security governance, demonstrating a comprehensive understanding of their interdependencies and implications for overall security posture.
• Experience with Hybrid and Multi-Cloud Environments: Seasoned in designing and implementing cybersecurity solutions across diverse cloud environments, ensuring alignment with industry best practices and the client's unique needs, while addressing the complexities and nuances of hybrid and multi-cloud settings.
• Proficiency in Security Governance Frameworks: Skilled in developing and implementing security governance frameworks that align with organizational objectives, regulatory requirements, and industry standards, fostering a culture of security awareness and ensuring compliance.
• Mastery of Cybersecurity Solution Design: Adept…