Security Consultant - Data Security

IBM
IBM

IT

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Posted on Sep 4, 2026
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.

In this role, you'll work in one of our IBM Consulting FutureNow 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 Consultant specializing in Infrastructure Security, you play a crucial role in helping client IT and business executives comprehend Cloud & Infrastructure Security challenges, risks, and vulnerabilities. You will apply security and zero trust principles to develop infrastructure security strategies, programs, and incident response plans tailored to the client's business needs.

Your primary responsibilities will include:

• Conduct Client Assessments: Conduct interviews, workshops, and assessments to identify potential security issues and provide consulting services to analyze and resolve security incidents.

• Develop Security Strategies: Develop infrastructure security strategies, programs, incident response plans, and remediation recommendations and roadmaps tailored to the client's business needs.

• Analyze Security Incidents: Provide consulting services to analyze and resolve security incidents, enabling clients to achieve a superior security posture and effectively manage security incidents.

• Design Incident Response Plans: Apply security and zero trust principles to design incident response plans and remediation recommendations tailored to the client's business needs.

• Deliver Security Solutions: Deliver infrastructure security solutions that meet the client's business needs, ensuring a proactive approach to security incident management.

Required education
Bachelor's Degree
Preferred education
None
Required technical and professional expertise

• Infrastructure Security Knowledge: Experience with secure infrastructure and applications of hybrid cloud, including in-depth knowledge of security and zero trust principles.

• Security Consulting Expertise: Experience in conducting interviews, workshops, and assessments to identify potential security issues and providing consulting services to analyze and resolve security incidents.

• Security Strategy Development: Experience with developing infrastructure security strategies, programs, incident response plans, and remediation recommendations tailored to business needs.

• Incident Response Planning: Experience in designing incident response plans and remediation recommendations using security and zero trust principles.

• Cloud Security Understanding: Experience with Cloud & Infrastructure Security challenges, risks, and vulnerabilities, including the ability to analyze and resolve security incidents.

Preferred technical and professional experience

• Hybrid Cloud Security Knowledge: Experience with secure infrastructure and applications of hybrid cloud, including in-depth knowledge of security and zero trust principles, is beneficial for this role.

• Advanced Security Consulting: Experience in conducting complex security assessments and providing consulting services to analyze and resolve security incidents is preferred.

• Cloud Security Challenges Understanding: Familiarity with Cloud & Infrastructure Security challenges, risks, and vulnerabilities, including the ability to analyze and resolve security incidents, is advantageous.

Years of Experience:
8 - 15

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

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