Mainframe Security Engineer

Introduction
Information and Data are some of the most important organizational assets in today’s businesses. As a Security Consultant you will be a key advisor for IBM’s clients analyzing business requirements to design and implement the best security solutions for their needs. You will apply your technical skills to find the balance between enabling and securing the client’s organization with the cognitive solutions that are making IBM the fastest growing enterprise security business in the world.

Your Role and Responsibilities
As an IBM Mainframe Security Engineer with IBM Federal MSS you will be a key resource for IBMs GBS clients analyzing business requirements to design engineer and implement the best security solutions for their needs. You will apply your technical skills to find the balance between enabling and securing the client’s organization with the cognitive solutions that are making IBM the fastest growing enterprise security business in the world.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• Candidate must have at least 5 years experience working with mainframes
• Candidate must be well versed in using RACF
• Candidate should be able to use the z/OS operating system to install customize and maintain support of mainframe hardware software and operational procedures used by development teams as well as installation and customization of program products
• Implementation and configure z/Secure controls on client machines
• Create z/Secure Alerts and configurations as required IBM and per any customer requirements
• Create and maintain compliance reporting through z/Secure
• Provides system and security vulnerability detection using z/Secure.

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Preferred 8+ years experience working with IBM Mainframe
• Knowledge in ACF2 and/or TSS
• Professional experience working with networks and network architecture
• Experience working with SIEM technologies
• Experience working with Vulnerability Scanning technologies
• Experience working in a Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP)
• Excellent time management reporting and communication skills
• Experience briefing senior management and peers on ticket or work statuses
• Superior IT problem-solving skills
• Able to mentor and train incoming trainees from IBM’s Apprenticeship program as well Mid and Jr. Level engineers within the team.
• Strong technical writing skills and the ability to explain complex problems to nontechnical teams.