Enterprise Security Architect | Zero Trust, IAM & Cloud Security

IBM
IBM

IT

Tokyo, Japan · Brasilia - Federal District, Brazil

Posted on Oct 23, 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 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
  • Define and maintain the enterprise security architecture strategy, roadmap, standards, and reference architectures.
  • Design secure architectures for cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments.
  • Lead security assessments, architecture reviews, and threat modeling activities for new and existing solutions.
  • Establish and govern security controls across Identity and Access Management (IAM), network security, data protection, application security, and infrastructure security.
  • Ensure security requirements are integrated throughout the system development lifecycle (SDLC) and Agile delivery processes.
  • Develop and enforce security policies, standards, frameworks, and best practices aligned with industry standards.
  • Collaborate with business, application, infrastructure, and cloud teams to ensure security is embedded in technology solutions from design through implementation.
  • Conduct risk assessments and recommend mitigation strategies for security vulnerabilities and business risks.
  • Guide the implementation of security technologies such as SIEM, IAM, Zero Trust, encryption, endpoint protection, PAM, and cloud security platforms.
  • Support Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) initiatives and ensure compliance with regulatory and industry requirements.
  • Lead security architecture reviews for major projects, digital transformation initiatives, and cloud migrations.
  • Evaluate emerging threats, technologies, and security trends to continuously improve the organization's security posture.
  • Partner with incident response and security operations teams to strengthen threat detection, response, and recovery capabilities.
  • Provide security leadership, mentoring, and technical guidance to architects, engineers, and project teams.
  • Communicate security risks, architecture decisions, and recommendations to technical teams, executives, and stakeholders.
Business Impact
  • Strengthens the organization's cybersecurity posture and resilience.
  • Reduces security risks and regulatory exposure.
  • Enables secure digital transformation and cloud adoption.
  • Protects critical business assets, data, and customer trust.
  • Supports business growth by ensuring security measures align with enterprise objectives. [Marlon Costa | PDF]
Required Professional and Technical Expertise
  • Enterprise Security Architecture
  • Zero Trust Architecture
  • Identity & Access Management (IAM)
  • Cloud Security (AWS, Azure, GCP)
  • Security Frameworks: NIST, ISO 27001, SABSA, TOGAF
  • Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC)
  • Network Security and Micro-Segmentation
  • Data Security and Encryption Technologies
  • Application Security and Secure SDLC
  • Threat Modeling and Risk Assessment
  • Vulnerability Management
  • SIEM, SOAR, EDR/XDR Solutions
  • Security Operations and Incident Response
  • Security Automation and DevSecOps
  • Regulatory Compliance (LGPD, GDPR, PCI DSS, SOX, HIPAA as applicable)
  • Strong stakeholder management, communication, and leadership skills
Required education
Bachelor's Degree
Preferred education
Bachelor's Degree
Required technical and professional expertise

Buscamos um profissional com sólida experiência em Arquitetura de Segurança Corporativa, com forte foco em Cloud Security, responsável por definir estratégias de cybersecurity alinhadas aos objetivos de negócio e programas de transformação digital. O profissional será responsável pelo desenho e evolução de arquiteturas seguras em ambientes AWS, Azure e GCP, liderando iniciativas de segurança em cenários híbridos e multicloud.

O perfil deve possuir experiência em Governança, Riscos e Compliance (GRC), avaliação de riscos, arquitetura Zero Trust, proteção de dados e relacionamento com executivos, stakeholders e equipes técnicas. Também é esperado conhecimento na utilização de Inteligência Artificial para análise de riscos, detecção de ameaças, automação de processos de segurança, geração de insights e apoio à tomada de decisão em cybersecurity.

Principais Competências Técnicas
  • Cloud Security (AWS, Azure e GCP) (principal requisito)
  • Enterprise Security Architecture e Zero Trust
  • Identity and Access Management (IAM), PAM e Federation
  • GRC (Governance, Risk & Compliance)
  • NIST CSF, NIST 800 Series, ISO 27001/27002, SABSA, TOGAF e CIS Controls
  • Data Security, Data Protection, Privacy e DLP
  • Encryption e Key Management
  • Network Security Architecture e Secure Connectivity
  • Application Security e Secure SDLC
  • DevSecOps e Security Automation
  • Threat Modeling e Security Design Reviews
  • Vulnerability Management e Security Assessments
  • Incident Response e Threat Protection
  • SOC, SIEM, SOAR e XDR
  • Endpoint Protection e Container Security
  • Cloud-Native Security Controls
  • Compliance (LGPD, GDPR, PCI-DSS e SOX)
  • Experiência utilizando ferramentas de IA Generativa e AI Assistants para análise de segurança, avaliação de riscos, investigação de incidentes, automação e melhoria da eficiência operacional em Cybersecurity.
Preferred technical and professional experience

• Deep Understanding of Security Domains: Experience with various security domains, including network security, application security, data security, identity management, threat management, and security governance, to develop comprehensive security architectures.

• Knowledge of Emerging Trends: Exposure to emerging trends and technologies in cybersecurity to stay up-to-date with industry best practices and provide effective security solutions.

• Multi-Cloud Environment Expertise: Experience working with hybrid and multi-cloud environments to design and implement comprehensive security architectures that protect business processes.

Preferred Certifications
  • CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional)
  • CCSP (Certified Cloud Security Professional)
  • SABSA Practitioner or Chartered Security Architect
  • TOGAF Certification
  • CISM (Certified Information Security Manager)
  • CRISC (Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control)
  • AWS Security Specialty
  • Microsoft Certified: Cybersecurity Architect Expert (SC-100)
  • Google Professional Cloud Security Engineer

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