Title: Technology Architect – Mainframe Security (RACF)

Work Arrangement

• Onsite – 5 days/week

• Monday to Friday (standard business hours)

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Role Summary

The Technology Architect will provide expert-level administration and operational support for IBM RACF in a large-scale z/OS mainframe environment. The role focuses on RACF security architecture, operational stability, compliance, and support within a mission-critical enterprise environment.

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Key Responsibilities

• Provide expert-level administration and operational support for IBM RACF

• Analyze and resolve complex RACF security issues, access violations, and audit findings

• Implement SSL/TLS certificate renewals in the mainframe environment

• Participate in incident, problem, and change management activities, including CRQs and root-cause analysis

• Provide Level-2 on-call support in a 24x7 mission-critical environment

• Support RACF-related disaster recovery, business resumption planning, and contingency testing

• Provide technical consultation, mentoring, and guidance to technical teams and stakeholders

• Ensure delivery of complete and up-to-date RACF documentation, including procedures, standards, runbooks, and KT artifacts

• Support knowledge transfer activities

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Required Skills & Experience

RACF Technical Expertise

• 15+ years hands-on experience with IBM RACF administration in z/OS environments

• Proficiency with IBM zSecure for RACF auditing and automation

Mainframe Systems Knowledge

• 10+ years experience supporting large-scale enterprise mainframe environments

• Experience in complex projects involving installation, setup, migrations, and upgrades

• Strong understanding of:

  • z/OS system internals

  • TSO/ISPF

  • JCL

  • JES2/JES3

  • Mainframe architecture

• Experience using RACF utilities such as IRRUT200, IRRUT400, RLIST, SETROPTS

Security & Compliance

• Experience with regulatory compliance frameworks (SOX, PCI DSS, HIPAA)

• Strong understanding of access control best practices and risk management

Communication & Interpersonal

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Ability to communicate technical security risks to technical and non-technical stakeholders