Enterprise Security Architect

Open Systems Technologies; Canada; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading IT solutions provider is seeking an experienced Enterprise Z-Security Architect for a fully remote position. The role involves mainframe security operations, support, and on-call duties, requiring strong analytical and communication skills alongside 5+ years of relevant experience and advanced knowledge of Broadcom TopSecret. Candidates must be team players and able to work independently, with responsibilities including developing automation tools and troubleshooting security issues.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of related work experience on the mainframe.
• Advanced experience with Broadcom TopSecret and supporting tooling.
• Working knowledge of digital certificates, Kerberos, SSL, and SSH.

Responsibilities

• Provide mainframe user and application access support.
• Develop automation, tooling, reports, and batch programs.
• Participate in an on-call rotation and address security issues.

Skills

Broadcom TopSecret configuration

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Troubleshooting

Team collaboration

Education

College graduate

Tools

Broadcom Compliance Manager

ServiceNow

JIRA

MS Teams

IBM-RACF

Job description

Job Title: Enterprise Z-Security Architect

Location: 100% Remote

Enterprise Z-Security in ETS is responsible for engineering and managing various mainframe authentication and authorization systems. This position is for a seasoned TopSecret security administrator to join the Operations and Support team of the EnterpriseZ Security. The ideal candidate will be working closely with EnterpriseZ Security team members and the business technology groups to provide mainframe security operations and support. The candidate should have strong analytical, organizational and communication skills. The role requires periodic on-call support and maintenance duties outside of normal working hours as needed to support and resolve security issues.

Responsibilities

• Senior security administrator to provide the mainframe user and application access support and project task requests utilizing Broadcom TopSecret, Broadcom Compliance Manager, TSS Admin Express and other homegrown tooling.
• Interact with technology teams such as Developers, Systems Programming, DBA, CICS/MQ Support, etc. to provide the mainframe security support.
• Support technology group project implementation while adhering to the firm policy and security best practices.
• Develop automation, tooling, reports, utilities, and batch programs.
• Troubleshoot and track issue tickets with various teams and users.
• Participate in an on-call rotation and address questions / issues.
• Coordinate with Security Management team to review security proposals and assess technical feasibility.

Requirements

• College graduate with 5+ years related work experience on the mainframe.
• Advanced experience with Broadcom TopSecret configuration and supporting tooling including CA/Broadcom-TSS, CA/Broadcom-Compliance Manager, TSS Admin Express.
• Working knowledge and support of digital certificates, Kerberos, SSL, and SSH.
• Ability to program in at least one command mainframe batch and reporting language (e.g., C, JCL, CARLA, REXX, CLIST, ISPF, SAS).
• Experience with z/OS utilities and facilities (e.g., ISPF, TSO, SDSF, JES).
• Experience with database technology (e.g., Sybase, DB2, SQL).
• Understanding of security concepts and technologies.
• Capable of working independently with limited oversight.
• MS Office business application experience (Excel, Word, Access, Power Point).
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Must be a team player and foster a team first environment and culture.
• Open for working on on-call rotation (weekends).
• Experience with IBM-RACF and ZSecure.
• Experience with ServiceNow, JIRA, and MS Teams.
• Experience with distributed technology (e.g., UNIX, USS file systems).
• Knowledge of C, shell scripting, OpenSSL, SSH, CARLA.
• Good project planning, organization, time management skills and ability to multi-task.
• Prior experience with Systems Programming, Mainframe Network engineering, Middleware (e.g., MQ Series).

Seniority Level

Mid-Senior level

Employment Type

Contract

Job Function

Information Technology

Industries

Banking, Financial Services, and Capital Markets