Introduction
A career in IBM Software means you'll be part of a team that transforms our customer's challenges into solutions. Seeking new possibilities and always staying curious, we are a team dedicated to creating the world's leading AI-powered, cloud-native software solutions for our customers. Our renowned legacy creates endless global opportunities for our IBMers, so the door is always open for those who want to grow their career.
IBM's product and technology landscape includes Research, Software, and Infrastructure. Entering this domain positions you at the heart of IBM, where growth and innovation thrive.
IBM is seeking a Compliance Engineer to join our dynamic Compliance Team. This role is responsible for ensuring IBM's software products meet the highest industry and regulatory standards, with a focus on aligning business and technical goals with compliance requirements. As a Compliance Engineer, you will leverage your technical acumen to analyze compliance frameworks, provide innovative solutions, and collaborate across teams to enhance operational excellence.
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This role requires 2-4 years of experience, offering opportunities for growth in compliance leadership, technical problem-solving, and regulatory expertise. The ideal candidate should have a strong technical understanding to evaluate compliance impacts, foster cross-functional alignment, and ensure audit readiness.
Your role and responsibilities
• Possess deep knowledge of security auditing and compliance tools such as Vulnerability scanners (Nessus), SIEM, EDRs, etc.
• Have foundational knowledge of Cloud Security in AWS, IBM Cloud, or similar hyperscalers.
• Assist in security audits conducted by third parties and possess a working knowledge of compliance frameworks like NIST 800-53, ISO27001, PCI-DSS, SOC2, etc.
• Help design and implement security controls into DevOps pipelines to enhance security practices.
• Utilize scripting technologies like Python, Bash, and Ansible to automate deployment, configuration, and various compliance activities.
Required education
High School Diploma/GED
Preferred education
Bachelor's Degree
Required technical and professional expertise
• Python, Javascript, Knowledge with Both SQL and NoSQL Database
• Knowledge with Frontend Technology - React/Angular/Vue anyone"
• Solid understanding of the agile software. development life cycle, continuous integration, and continuous delivery.
• Experience working with high availability, high-performance, multi-data center systems, multi cloud environments.
• Knowledge of related technologies including encryption, IPsec, VLANs, VPNs, routing, firewalls, proxy services, LAN/WAN connectivity.
• Certifications such as CISSP, AWS Certified Solutions Architect, CISM, or Security+.
Preferred technical and professional experience
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Management Information Systems, or related discipline, or equivalent work experience.
• Excellent communication and technical documentation skills, including the ability to discuss complex topics with both technical and executive stakeholders.
• Knowledge of varying compliance standards and their relevance to regulated customers.
• Experience working with high-availability, high-performance, multi-data center systems, or multi-cloud environments.
• Familiarity with agile methodologies, including CI/CD pipelines and continuous delivery.
ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT
IBM Software infuses core business operations with intelligence-from machine learning to generative AI-to help make organizations more responsive, productive, and resilient. IBM Software helps clients put AI into action now to create real value with trust, speed, and confidence across digital labor, IT automation, application modernization, security, and sustainability. Critical to this is the ability to make use of all data, because AI is only as good as the data that fuels it. In most organizations data is spread across multiple clouds, on premises, in private datacenters, and at the edge. IBM's AI and data platform scales and accelerates the impact of AI with trusted data, and provides leading capabilities to train, tune and deploy AI across business. IBM's hybrid cloud platform is one of the most comprehensive and consistent approach to development, security, and operations across hybrid environments-a flexible foundation for leveraging data, wherever it resides, to extend AI deep into a business.
YOUR LIFE @ IBM
In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.
Being an IBMer means you'll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you'll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.
Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.
Are you ready to be an IBMer?
ABOUT IBM
IBM's greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.
Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we're also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 50 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.
At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it's time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.
OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS
IBM offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits program. Eligible employees may have access to:
- Healthcare benefits including medical & prescription drug coverage, dental, vision, and mental health & well being
- Financial programs such as 401(k), the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan, financial counseling, life insurance, short & long- term disability coverage, and opportunities for performance based salary incentive programs
- Generous paid time off including 12 holidays, minimum 56 hours sick time, 120 hours vacation, 12 weeks parental bonding leave in accordance with IBM Policy, and other Paid Care Leave programs. IBM also offers paid family leave benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law
- Training and educational resources on our personalized, AI-driven learning platform where IBMers can grow skills and obtain industry-recognized certifications to achieve their career goals
- Diverse and inclusive employee resource groups, giving & volunteer opportunities, and discounts on retail products, services & experiences
We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.
This position was posted on the date cited in the key job details section and is anticipated to remain posted for 21 days from this date or less if not needed to fill the role.
IBM will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. Therefore, in order to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.
The compensation range and benefits for this position are based on a full-time schedule for a full calendar year. The salary will vary depending on your job-related skills, experience and location. Pay increment and frequency of pay will be in accordance with employment classification and applicable laws. For part time roles, your compensation and benefits will be adjusted to reflect your hours. Benefits may be pro-rated for those who start working during the calendar year.