Introduction
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Your role and responsibilities
The Cloud Risk & Controls Specialist provides support for those looking to take a risk-centric approach to their digital transformation for application modernization to cloud. This role also helps clients and internal IBM partners to understand key security issues, risks, exposures, and helps develop approach to meet business needs. Key areas of responsibility include:
FS Validations & Risk Assessments
- Partner with IBM Cloud Service/Software, IBM Cloud BISO, Infrastructure, and ISV Ecosystem teams to complete risk evaluations enabling FS Validation approvals for IBM Cloud Services/Software, MZRs, and ecosystem partners (ISVs)
- As part of risk assessments, identify risks, threats, vulnerabilities, potential anomalous flows and interactions, considering potential mitigating/compensating factors
- Help support development of internal and client-facing collateral providing insights and transparency into the FS Validation and risk assessment processes
- Regularly assessing the security posture of client architectures to identify vulnerabilities and ensure compliance with internal policies and industry frameworks
- Ensuring that the cloud environment adheres to relevant security standards and regulations, such as NIST, CIS Benchmarks
- Use AI driven automation to accelerate FS validation and strengthen automated risk assessment, enabling faster validations and early risk detection
- Take ownership of the security architecture plan and participate as a hands-on in client-facing engagements. Potentially being a seasoned security professional, providing guidance, and mentoring team members
- Continually expand your knowledge in relevant areas, including business, integration technologies and data integration technologies
IBM Cloud Framework for Financial Services
- Support effectiveness and continuous enhancement of the FS Controls Framework and associated methodology by identifying/documenting additional requirements, based on the outcome of controls mapping efforts, that further drives the security and risk architecture
- Coordinate with the IBM Cloud BISO, Compliance teams, Offering Management, and strategic partners in confirming completeness and on-going enhancements of the FS Controls Framework
- Provide subject matter expertise to strengthen controls design and implementation effectiveness
Control Mappings
- Conduct control mapping assessments and produce formal reports showing how the IBM Cloud Framework for Financial Services control requirements compare to key industry and regulatory standards/requirements, as well as financial institutions' (FIs) internal control frameworks
- Assess whether FIs have a scrutable control set managed by a strong enterprise risk management function
- Hold discussions with internal stakeholders and clients on an 'as needed' basis to walk them through the results of various mapping assessments
- Employ data analytics tools and related automation, e.g. AI, to drive controls intake process and initial gap analysis
- Provide organization and thought leadership to ensure that the overall mapping program remains agile, rapid and scalable
- Develop program assessment methods to drive efficiencies and evaluate service for ongoing improvement
- Ensure program initiatives continue to align to organizational objectives
- Oversee multiple in-flight assessments, ensuring program aims are delivered in a timely manner
- Evaluate and overcome program risks and produce program reports for internal management & other key stakeholders
- Maintain team's Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and Service Level Agreements (SLAs)
Required education
Bachelor's Degree
Preferred education
Master's Degree
Required technical and professional expertise
- Bachelor's degree in cybersecurity, computer science, information systems, or related field
- 5+ years of cybersecurity, IT risk management, IT audit and/or compliance experience, particularly within the financial services sector
- Professional certification such as CISA, CISSP, CISM and CRISC
- Understanding of global financial services regulatory bodies that oversee technology and cybersecurity risk in the industry, e.g. FFIEC, FCS, RBI, EBA (DORA), APRA, OSFI, MAS, CMORG, ECUC, and EUCS
- Prior experience of proof reading/interpreting regulations along with ability to gauge possible associated risks
- Strong proficiency of multiple security, IT Compliance and auditing standards, including but not limited to, NIST Cybersecurity Framework, NIST 800-53, COBIT, ISO 27001, CRI Profile, OWASP, ITILv3, and CSA
- Subject matter expertise in IT operations & security control domains such as application security, cloud security, container security, change management, disaster recovery, data center operations, information and network security
- Creativity and judgment to move between multiple projects within the business
- Good communication (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills
Preferred technical and professional experience
- Master's degree in cybersecurity, computer science, information systems, or related field
- 8+ years of cybersecurity, IT risk management, IT audit and/or compliance experience, particularly within the financial services sector
- Experience with cloud transformation risk management journey
- Practical knowledge of security in application development, DevSecOps, and threat modelling
Years of Experience:8-20
