This is a remote position.
Role Overview:
This role focuses on addressing a critical audit finding related to MQ security on mainframe systems, ensuring robust access controls and security patterns are implemented ahead of a strict remediation deadline.
The successful candidate will bring deep expertise in mainframe security, MQ environments, and Broadcom Top Secret, along with the ability to collaborate with other senior engineers and SMEs.
- Lead remediation of MQ security vulnerabilities within a mainframe environment.
- Design and implement secure access control frameworks using Broad-com Top Secret.
- Define and document security patterns and controls across:
- Batch processing environments
- CICS transactions
- User access and permissions
- Third-party integrations
- Batch processing environments
- Collaborate with mainframe and MQ engineers/SMEs to ensure best-practice security implementation
- Provide expert input on mainframe security architecture and governance
- Ensure all remediation activities are completed within audit timelines (before September deadline)
- Produce clear documentation of security configurations, standards, and patterns
Requirements
- CICS security
- Batch job security controls
- User authentication and authorization frameworks
- Third-party tool security integration
Skills Required
- Advanced expertise in MQ on Mainframe (z/OS)
- Hands-on experience with Broadcom Top Secret
- Deep understanding of mainframe security architecture and access control models
- Experience applying DevOps practices within mainframe environments
- CICS security experience
- Batch job security controls knowledge
- User authentication and authorization frameworks experience
- Third-party tool security integration experience
- Experience with audit remediation and compliance requirements
- Ability to define and implement scalable security patterns and standards
- Minimum 10 years experience in mainframe environments
- Proven track record in mainframe security and MQ environments
- Experience in financial services or highly regulated industries
- Relevant certifications in mainframe technologies or security
What We Do
Blue Pearl is a market-leading CLOUD Solutions developer with extensive knowledge and insight into the latest technologies, standardised processes, advanced technical capabilities and consulting processes available, ensuring wholistic success for our clientele. We offer professional consulting to compliment your business strategy and overall management and make it our priority to add value to any business by listening, analysing and creating a conducive solution that will empower our client. We implement a Data Analysis Process that includes inspecting, cleansing, transforming, and modelling data with the end-goal of discovering useful information, informing conclusions, and relevant information to support your decision-making. Your business cannot afford not to engage with us, allowing our data analysis to play a role in making your business decisions more scientific and helping your business achieve effective operation. Blue Pearl’s team of experts include BI strategists, BI analysts, Data Warehouse Architects, Data Scientists, Implementation and Development experts. With the use of BI, Analytics and Big Data, we effectively partner with our customers on their mission to achieve a competitive business advantage and real ROI from the structured information we collect.
