Mainframe Security and Vulnerability Analyst

Mainframe Security and Vulnerability Analyst

Remote | 18-Month Contract

Role Overview

We are seeking an expert Security and Vulnerability Analyst with a deep specialization in IBM Mainframe (z/OS) environments for a long-term contract opportunity with Brokerage. In this role, you will partner directly with vulnerability management teams to support critical security processes, spearhead automated patch management timelines, and drive advanced EZ CVE reporting and dashboard enhancements.

Key Responsibilities

• Vulnerability & Patch Management: Engage with security teams to support EZ CVE reporting, define patch automation timelines, and develop robust ad-hoc and immediate escalation response models.

• Operations & Dashboarding: Establish daily, weekly, and monthly operational cadences for patching and validation while improving CVE package stability and reporting capabilities.

• Automation & AI Integration: Enable SMP/E processes, define baseline datasets, integrate vulnerability scanning tools, and develop AI-driven prompts and automation for testing, impact analysis, and validation.

• Security Assessments: Conduct comprehensive security reviews across z/OS operating systems, RACF/Top Secret controls, USS environments, Db2, MQ, CICS, JES, TCP/IP, and digital certificates.

• Risk & Remediation: Validate assessment findings, analyze exploitability and business risk, prioritize remediation, track progress, and support risk acceptance reviews.