Senior RACF engineer

Requirements:
- Senior level: 10+ years related work experience as a RACF Engineer or Administrator
- Advanced experience with IBM RACF and IBM-ZSecure configuration/ internals (engineering focus)
- Ability to program in JCL, REXX and CarLa
- Experience with z/OS utilities and facilities (such as: TSO, ISPF, SDSF)
- Experience with database technology (such as: Sybase, DB2, SQL)
- Experience with implementing Digital Certificates, encryption, MFA
- Experience with and knowledge of common aspects of zOS installations (System Programming, Storage,
- Networks, Unix Services, CICS, DB2, Performance, Tooling
- Capable of working independently with limited oversight
- Capable of project planning, organization, time management skills and ability to multi-task
- MS Office business application experience (Excel, Word, Access, Power Point)
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Must be a team player and foster a team first environment and inclusive culture

Key Activities
Duties and responsibilities will include but are not limited to the following:
- Assist the Security Architecture and RACF engineering and policy teams and their books of work to develop technical solutions to business problems based upon security best practices.
- RACF engineering support of Mainframe Security products and initiatives
- Designing and assessing technical feasibility of proposals to achieve the Security initiatives of the Firm.
- Design / support Firm's mainframe initiatives related to authentication (such as Kerberos, Digital Certificates, encryption, MFA), authorization (such as role-based security, privileged access, sensitive data protection, etc.), automation (tooling, reports, utilities, and batch)
- Interact with infrastructure technology teams (such as Systems Programming, DBA, CICS/MQ Support), application technology teams, business users, and audit.
- Monitor and analyze key performance indicators and establish processes and methodologies for preventative actions.
- Participate address questions/issues related to mainframe security best practice.

Rate range -$50-$55