Security Specialist Tech Re-Entry Program For Women

Introduction
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Your Role and Responsibilities

IBM’s Tech Re-Entry program is looking for talented technical professionals who are looking to restart their technical careers after an absence from the workforce of 12 months or more. This returnship will enable you to work on projects that match your expertise, interests, and abilities. During your IBM Tech Re-Entry program, you will have the opportunity to update your skills in a contemporary work environment. You will have access to the latest tools and technologies available and work alongside a multi-disciplinary teams to hone your expertise and deliver on client-critical solutions. You’ll be able to experience the breadth of IBM resources while developing new skills and relationships.

Re-Entry hires participate in 6 month program to refresh skills. The experience provides personalized technical learning to update and gain additional skills; earning badges and credentials along the way.

Learn more about IBM Tech Re-Entry: https://www.ibm.com/employment/techreentry/

This is an opening for a Security Specialist on the Cognos & Planning Analytics (CAPA) Secure Engineering team. The Secure Engineering is part of the Engineering, Quality and Delivery (EQD) Department of the CAPA organization.

As a Security Specialist working on Cognos Analytics, you will be responsible for assessing security vulnerabilities within an allotted time, identifying affected components, and logging and resolving defects. You will assist our Lead Security Engineer in upgrading libraries in Cognos Analytics to resolve vulnerabilities. You will also be responsible to create tools such as scripts, web applications and dashboards to automate our processes.

Key Duties:

• Assess security vulnerabilities that come through the IBM PSIRT process, Customer Support and internal security scans by indicating if Cognos Analytics is vulnerable to the issue within an allotted time.
• Coordinate with Development teams to assess vulnerabilities in their respective components and log defects against the various versions of Cognos Analytics that are affected by the vulnerability.
• Upgrade old versions of third-party libraries by submitting legal approvals for the new versions, executing certification steps and performing Build Engineering actions to resolve vulnerabilities.

Being You @ IBM

IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

Note: In order to qualify for this opportunity, you must have been out of the work force for a minimum of 1 year.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• Good grasp of the OWASP Top Ten Web Application Security Risks.
• Solid understanding and experience with at least one scripting technology or programming language.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver in a team environment.

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Experience with Cognos Analytics or other Business Intelligence product.
• Knowledge of Python.
• Knowledge of Web Application development.
• Knowledge of Build Engineering and DevOps methodologies.
• Basic knowledge of tools such as JIRA, SonarQube, and AppScan.

IBM’s Cloud and Cognitive software business is committed to bringing the power of IBM’s Cloud and Watson/AI technologies to life for our clients and ecosystem partners around the world. IBM provides you with the most comprehensive and consistent approach to development, security and operations across hybrid environments—with complete software solutions for business and IT operations, development, data science, security, and management. Our experts and software capabilities help organizations develop applications once and deploy them anywhere, integrate security across the breadth of their IT estate, and automate operations with management visibility. With IBM, you also have access to new skills and methods, governance and management approaches, and a deep ecosystem of industry experts and partners.

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?

This job requires you to provide your COVID-19 vaccination status with supporting documentation, where legally permissible.

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.

Must have the ability to work in Canada without sponsorship.

This role will involve working with technology that is covered by Export Regulations sanctions. If you are a Foreign National from any of the following US sanctioned countries (Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, and the Crimea, Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson, and Zaporizhia regions of Ukraine) on a work permit, you are not eligible for employment in this position.

IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.