IAM Mainframe Engineer

IAM Mainframe Engineer

The IAM Mainframe Engineer is accountable for the delivery and implementation of RACF Security technologies, standards, and processes. This position will deliver and sustain Identity and Access Management capabilities while participating in the day-to-day operations and maintenance of the RACF security engineering team and associated systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver business value by delivering and sustaining Identity and Access Management capabilities.
• Participate in the day-to-day operations and maintenance of the RACF security engineering team and associated systems.
• Develop and maintain cyber security solutions.
• Consult with IAM architects, Enterprise Architects, and Application Architects to refine work needed to implement mainframe technologies in alignment with established designs and patterns.
• Assist with vendor relationships and any evaluation or recommendations related to new vendors and technologies.
• Provide leadership and guidance to a team of Mainframe Engineers.
• Foster a culture of continuous learning, skill development, and collaboration within the Role Engineering team.
• Lead the response to RACF-related security incidents and implement any necessary corrective actions.
• Work with the Portfolio Manager to deliver IAM and RACF program strategy, roadmap, objectives, and key milestones.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

Education:

A bachelor's degree is required.

Experience:

• 6+ years as a RACF Administrator.
• 6+ years of experience gathering requirements and demonstrating successful delivery of RACF security and mainframe technologies.
• 8+ years of production support and design of Cyber Security technologies.
• 6+ years of experience in Information Security or in management of a cross-functional department.
• 8+ years of operational experience with security technologies.
• 8+ years of implementing or utilizing technology life cycles and best practices.
• 3+ years of experience delivering and sustaining cloud IAM lifecycle holistically throughout the enterprise including in AWS, Azure, and GCP.
• 3+ years of experience administering IAM, access controls, security, and risk management, as well as a security governance framework at scale.

Technical

Skills:

Experience with RACF, Mainframe, IAM, SailPoint, Splunk, and Active Directory is required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Native RACF experience.
• 6+ years of experience implementing zSecure capabilities, including zAlert.
• Experience with SIEM products for implementing reports and dashboards to support a Mainframe Governance program.
• Experience with building out RACF reports in zSecure to support database authenticity.
• Experience with onboarding and decommissioning applications into RACF structures.
• Experience in IDAM solutions both on-premises and in the cloud.
• Experience administering IDAM systems, access controls, security, and risk management.
• Understanding of various regulatory requirements and laws such as PCI, FFIEC, SOX, HIPAA, GDPR, and GLBA.
• Extensive knowledge of SSO, MFA, Active Directory (AD), public key infrastructure (PKI), and privileged accounts.
• Expert-level knowledge of operating systems such as Windows, Linux, & Unix.
• Experience with both Agile and Waterfall working methods.