Introduction
The IBM D&I team is seeking a highly experienced professional to lead the development and management of secure IT platforms for clients with advanced security requirements in Switzerland. This position involves designing, implementing, and maintaining IT systems that meet the highest standards of confidentiality, integrity, and availability while ensuring compliance with relevant Swiss and international regulations.
Role and Responsibilities:
- Lead the architecture, deployment, and operation of secure IT platforms, ensuring adherence to Swiss and international security standards.
- Implement and oversee advanced cybersecurity measures to safeguard sensitive data and critical infrastructure.
- Collaborate with key stakeholders to ensure IT solutions align with complex security and compliance requirements.
- Conduct risk assessments, develop mitigation strategies, and maintain business continuity plans for high-security environments.
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to multidisciplinary teams, promoting a culture of security best practices and continuous improvement.
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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 Infrastructure Security Architect at IBM, you will support the infrastructure in various industries like transportation, energy, insurance, banking or healthcare, which are rapidly changing as the worlds relationship with technology evolves. Ready to help our clients take the next step forward?
Companies have more choices than ever before between on-premise, off-premise, or a hybrid approach. As an Architect, you'll be responsible for keeping up with the latest changes, using your expertise to deliver solutions that meet the needs of our clients and products. In your role you may be responsible for:
- Define, analyze and review technical architecture on required platform and coming up with architecture options and recommendations
- Define, detail, and scope the technical requirements into solutions
- Work across key activities in configuration, systems management tools and backup and recovery
- Support Technical Consultants and lead in building solutions and providing technical mentoring and guidance
What we offer:
Individual career path
Access to countless trainings and certification offerings
A knowledge sharing culture
An environment where you are actively contributing your ideas
The possibility to work in projects in one of the largest IT companies
Required education
None
Preferred education
Bachelor's Degree
Required technical and professional expertise
- Proven experience in designing, building, and operating highly secure IT platforms
- In-depth knowledge of Swiss and international IT security standards and compliance requirements
- Strong expertise in cybersecurity technologies and risk management
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
- Fluency in English and German
- Swiss citizenship with an active security clearance is required
- Prior service in the Swiss Armed Forces is essential
Preferred technical and professional experience
- Experience with Red Hat Linux, OpenShift and Ansible
- Experience with HashiCorp Terraform
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OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS
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