Senior Cloud Security Engineer – Wiz Platform Specialist

Job description

from IBM careers

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.

Your role and responsibilities

·        Act as SME of Wiz platform, including onboarding, configuration, and optimization.

·        Manage Wiz cloud connectors across AWS, Azure, and GCP environments.

·       Deploy, configure, and manage Wiz Cloud Security Platform for continuous cloud security monitoring.

·       Expert in identifying misconfigurations across AWS, Azure, and GCP environments.

·       Integrate Wiz with cloud environments to gain deep visibility into workloads, identities, and vulnerabilities.

·       Design and optimize WAF rules aligned with Wiz findings: Block high-risk internet-facing vulnerabilities & Protect against OWASP Top 10 threats.

·       Must have hands-on with: AWS WAF (managed rules, custom rules, rate limiting) ,Azure WAF (Application Gateway / Front Door policies) & GCP Cloud Armor (security policies, adaptive protection)

·       Monitor, analyze, and respond to security alerts, vulnerabilities, and threats detected via Wiz and other tools.

·       Conduct risk assessments and prioritize remediation of cloud security issues.

·       Collaborate with Cloud infra and Application teams to ensure secure deployments and configurations.

·       Develop and enforce cloud security best practices and policies.

·       Perform threat hunting and incident investigation across cloud environments.

·       Implement and manage identity and access management (IAM) controls.

Required technical and professional expertise

·       Strong hands-on experience with Wiz Cloud Security Platform.

·       Deep expertise in at least two of the following cloud platforms: AWS ,Microsoft Azure & Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

·       Solid understanding of WAF technologies, including Rule creation, tuning, and optimization.

• Should be BE/B.Tech /MCA/BCA with minimum 5-8 years of expiration in cloud security or cloud infrastructure roles.

 

Preferred technical and professional experience

 

·       Strong hands-on experience with Wiz Cloud Security Platform.

·       Deep expertise in at least two of the following cloud platforms: AWS ,Microsoft Azure & Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

·       Solid understanding of WAF technologies, including Rule creation, tuning, and optimization.

·       AWS Certified Security – Specialty

 

·       Microsoft Azure Security Engineer (AZ-500)