IAM Mainframe Engineer
EngineeringContract
About the role
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.
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.
Requirements
- 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 lifecycles 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.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree is required.
Skills
Experience with RACF, Mainframe, IAM, SailPoint, Splunk, and Active Directory is required.
- 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.
Benefits
Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our ‘Welcome Packet’ as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.