Security Manager - Mainframe RACF

What’s in it for you

We offer excellent benefits that help make Tesco a great place to work! These include but are not limited to:

• Annual bonus scheme
• Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays)
• Retirement savings plan - save between 4% and 7.5% and Tesco will match your contribution
• Life Assurance - 5 x contractual pay
• 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and your family, free access to a range of experts to support your mental wellbeing
• Great colleague deals and discounts, saving you money on everyday purchases, eating out and utility bills for the home
• Access to our colleague networks providing a space for colleagues to come together from a range of backgrounds. For more information about our colleague networks please click here
• Opportunities to get on - take advantage of our ongoing learning opportunities and award winning training, to help you achieve the job and career you want

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About the role

We are passionate about step changing our cyber security capability to better protect Tesco customers and colleagues across our global business, and we’re looking for a strong candidate to lead our security mainframe team.

This new role challenges you to bring your security knowledge and experience to continue to improve the security of the Tesco mainframe platforms that are essential for the running of our business.

We believe that skilled and passionate people are our greatest asset in reducing cyber risk to our business and customers. We encourage and support continual development and recognise the importance of keeping up with the latest technology and an evolving threat landscape.

Are you up for this challenge?

You will be responsible for

In this role you will have the ownership of leading the security mainframe team, ensuring that the Tesco mainframe stays aligned to security best practice, implementing of new and improved security controls as well as leading a team of security administrators to maintain security access and monitoring of the platform.

• Team management
• Strategy and road maps of security workload
• Administration of the RACF access databases
• Documenting and improving our security controls
• Respond to security alerts received from security monitoring tooling
• Administration of RBAC and PAM access management
• Recertification processes of roles
• Assist with audit evidence and remediation activities
• Management of managed service provider

You will be given time and opportunities to do training and development as well as put yourself through certifications supported by us to ensure you are on the top tier edge of mainframe security.

You will need

Essential skills

• Strong RACF security knowledge
• Excellent knowledge of IBM RACF mainframe security software and configuration
• Strong z/secure knowledge
• Experience of creating Access Control Lists
• Experienced in mainframe languages such as: JCL, REXX, CLIST and ISPF
• Understanding of security concepts and technologies
• Understanding of z/OS components
• Exceptional analytical and critical thinking, willingness to challenge status quo
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Strong written and oral communications, self-motivator
• Strong collaboration skills but also able to work independently to achieve an outcome, highly adaptive

Additional desirable skills:

• CARLa reporting knowledge
• Understanding of Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) controls
• Experience of digital certificate management and implementation
• Knowledge of RACF remote sharing facility (RRSF)

About us

Our vision at Tesco is to become every customer's favourite way to shop, whether they are at home or out on the move. Our core purpose is ‘Serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day’. Serving means more than a transactional relationship with our customers. It means acting as a responsible and sustainable business for all stakeholders, for the communities we are part of and for the planet.

We are proud to have an inclusive culture at Tesco where everyone truly feels able to be themselves. At Tesco, we not only celebrate diversity, but recognise the value and opportunity it brings. We're committed to creating a workplace where differences are valued, and make sure that all colleagues are given the same opportunities. We’re proud to have been accredited Disability Confident Leader and we’re committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. For further information on the accessibility support we can offer, please click here.

We’re a big business and we can offer a range of diverse full-time & part-time working patterns across our many business areas, which means that we can find something that works for you.  We work in a more blended pattern - combining office and remote working. Our offices will continue to be where we connect, collaborate and innovate. Please talk to us about how this can work for you - Everyone is welcome at Tesco.