Remote Position
[Remote] Senior Mainframe Security & Vulnerability Management Engineer
🌍 Remote · United States
💼 Full-time
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Brilliant Infotech Inc. is seeking a senior engineer to lead mainframe vulnerability management and security compliance. The role focuses on vulnerability assessments, CVE reporting, patch management automation, remediation planning, and security across IBM Z and z/OS environments.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate with vulnerability management teams on CVE reporting, patch automation, and remediation
- Establish patching schedules, response models, escalation procedures, and validation processes
- Support SMP/E , baseline datasets, vulnerability scanning integration, and CVE reporting dashboards
- Assess vulnerabilities across z/OS, RACF, USS, CICS, MQ, Db2, JES, TCP/IP, certificates, and middleware
- Analyze exploitability, prioritize risks, validate findings, and track remediation
- Support risk acceptance reviews, compliance assessments, and AI-assisted vulnerability analysis
Skills
- 10+ years of IBM Z / z/OS security experience
- 5+ years in vulnerability management
- 10+ years IBM Z security
- 10+ years z/OS infrastructure experience
- 5+ years vulnerability management
- Direct experience with CVE reporting and patch management
- Strong expertise in z/OS, RACF or Top Secret, USS, CICS, MQ, Db2, and JES2/JES3 security
- Knowledge of TCP/IP security, SSL/TLS, digital certificates, cryptographic controls, and SMF analysis
- Experience with zSecure, Compliance Event Manager, and mainframe audit tools
- Experience in financial services or other regulated environments
- STIG, NIST 800-53, CIS Benchmarks, PCI DSS, Python/REXX automation, and AI-assisted vulnerability analysis
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