Mainframe Consultant

This role is for a senior RACF engineer who will assist with design and execution of projects aligned with the RACF security function. The ideal candidate should have advanced knowledge of RACF, ZSecure, and Mainframe infrastructure as they will be working closely with the other infrastructure teams (CICS, Systems Programming, Db2, etc.) and business supporting technologists. They should have strong analytical, organizational and communication skills. In addition to providing security guidance to our users while engineering solutions, they will also be responsible for coaching RACF team members. Periodic on-call support and maintenance outside of normal working hours as needed to support and resolve security issues.

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 MS 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 in an on-call rotation and address questions / issues.

Qualifications Required

Desired