ITG Ops – IBM Mainframes RACF- Chennai

About BNP Paribas Group:

BNP Paribas is a top-ranking bank in Europe with an international profile. It operates in 71 countries and has almost 199 000 employees. The Group ranks highly in its three core areas of activity: Domestic Markets and International Financial Services (whose retail banking networks and financial services are grouped together under Retail Banking & Services) and Corporate & Institutional Banking, centered on corporate and institutional clients. The Group helps all its clients (retail, associations, businesses, SMEs, large corporate and institutional) to implement their projects by providing them with services in financing, investment, savings and protection. In its Corporate & Institutional Banking and International Financial Services activities, BNP Paribas enjoys leading positions in Europe, a strong presence in the Americas and has a solid and fast-growing network in the Asia/Pacific region.

About BNP Paribas India Solutions:

Established in 2005, BNP Paribas India Solutions is a wholly owned subsidiary of BNP Paribas SA, a leading bank in Europe with an international reach. With delivery centers located in Bengaluru, Chennai and Mumbai, we are a 24×7 global delivery center. India Solutions services three business lines: Corporate and Institutional Banking, Investment Solutions and Retail Banking for BNP Paribas across the Group. Driving innovation and growth, we are harnessing the potential of over 6000 employees, to provide support and develop best-in-class solutions.

About Business line/Function:

BNP Paribas IT teams are providing infrastructure, development and production support services to all applications used worldwide by all business lines. There is a great variety of technologies and infrastructures from legacy systems to cutting edge Cloud technologies.

Within BNP Paribas Group IT, the filiere “FORTIS” oversees operationally to the challenges of IT applications with an end-to-end vision and consistently across the Bank. Several domains of these filiere contribute to this, including the domain Control Center, DB Activities, Move2Cloud, Middleware services, Web Security.

BNP Paribas Fortis is a bank that is responsible and socially committed. The environment, diversity, cultural support, sponsorship… Through various and concrete ways, we are dedicated to meeting our customers’ expectations and proud to demonstrate our values: responsible, human, innovative and enthusiastic

Job Title:

Mainframes Security SME

Date:

Nov 2023

Department:

ITGP

Location:

Chennai

Business Line / Function:

BNPP FORTIS

Reports to:

(Direct)

Grade:

(if applicable)

(Functional)

BNPP FORTIS

Number of Direct Reports:

Directorship / Registration:

NA

Position Purpose

The Subject Matter Expert has an in-depth understanding in/ knowledge of mainframe security environment
That expertise necessarily implies:
The ability to perform any related tasks

·     Analyze and implement the security setup of new system software.

·     Give advice about good practices to our colleagues that manage the day-to-day modifications of the Mainframe security rules.

·     Setup and advice developers in the scope of cryptography

·     Analyze and implement large scale modifications of the security rules based on auditors’ recommendations.

·     Maintain the health of RACF databases and follow security night batch jobs.

Responsibilities

Direct Responsibilities

• Analyze and implement the security setup of new system software.
• Give advice about good practices to our colleagues that manage the day-to-day modifications of the Mainframe security rules.
• Setup and advice developers in the scope of cryptography
• Analyze and implement large scale modifications of the security rules based on auditors’ recommendations.
• Maintain the health of RACF databases and follow security night batch jobs.

Contributing Responsibilities

Participate in team on-call (About 1 week per month) and prepared to very occasionally work outside normal working hours and weekend

Technical & Behavioral Competencies

·          Knowledge of IBM RACF internals

·          Knowledge of IBM zSecure suite

·          Knowledge of main Mainframe system software at security point of view (TSO, JES2, IMS, DB2).

·          Knowledge in cryptography scope is a plus (TKE, ICSF, PKI, TLS, PGP)

Specific Qualifications (if required)

Skills Referential

Behavioural Skills: (Please select up to 4 skills)

Ability to collaborate / Teamwork

Attention to detail / rigor

Ability to synthetize / simplify

Communication skills – oral & written

Transversal Skills: (Please select up to 5 skills)

Analytical Ability

Ability to set up relevant performance indicators

Ability to develop and leverage networks

Ability to develop others & improve their skills

Choose an item.

Education Level:

Master Degree or equivalent

Experience Level

At least 5 years

Other/Specific Qualifications (if required)

NA