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Mainframe Security Engineer

IBM

California, USA · Texas City, TX, USA

Posted on Oct 30, 2025

Introduction

Welcome to IBM Federal Consulting

Your role and responsibilities

Project description: 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 education

High School Diploma/GED

Preferred education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

Required skills:

• 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 customize and maintain support of mainframe 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.

**A Public Trust clearance will be required after hired if you do not have one - so you must be eligible for one.

Preferred technical and professional experience

Nice to have skills: • 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.

Experience working within Microsoft Azure or other enterprise cloud offerings
Experience with compliance frameworks and audit preparation/evidence gathering

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Consulting is IBM’s consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients’ businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.

YOUR LIFE @ IBM

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you’ll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you’ll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

Are you ready to be an IBMer?

ABOUT IBM

IBM’s greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.

Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we’re also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 500 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it’s time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

IBM will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. Therefore, in order to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.

The compensation range and benefits for this position are based on a full-time schedule for a full calendar year. The salary will vary depending on your job-related skills, experience and location. Pay increment and frequency of pay will be in accordance with employment classification and applicable laws. For part time roles, your compensation and benefits will be adjusted to reflect your hours. Benefits may be pro-rated for those who start working during the calendar year.

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