Senior RACF Mainframe Security Engineer

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Sr. RACF Mainframe Engineer

Fully Remote Nationwide – Must work core 8-5pm PST hours w/ occasional off hours

1 – 2 year contract w/ extensions

Notes:

· Architect, design, and implement RACF security solutions aligned with enterprise standards and regulatory requirements.

· Provide Level 2 support for RACF administration; diagnose and resolve RACF-related issues and identify non-RACF problems.

· Manage RACF administration: user/group management, access control, dataset/resource protection, and periodic reviews.

· Develop automation and tooling (Rexx/CLIST, JCL, TSO/ISPF) to streamline operations and improve reliability.

· Integrate RACF with subsystems (DB2, CICS, IMS) and ensure end-to-end security across applications and data.

· Lead audits and assessments; produce evidence and documentation for SOX, HIPAA, PCI, and internal controls.

· Support compliance reporting teams by customizing and maintaining reports (SAS, JCL, assembler).

· Drive incident response, root-cause analysis, and remediation for security events; manage change approvals.

· Mentor junior engineers and author high-quality runbooks, standards, and design documentation.

Required Skills

• 10+ years of experience in mainframe environments with deep RACF expertise (profiles, classes, permissions, command set).
• Advanced knowledge of z/OS, TSO/ISPF, JCL; ability to troubleshoot complex production issues.
• Must have systems programming experience
• Need to have extensive/recent SAS programming skills
• Experience with Rexx, CLIST, and IBM utilities.
• Proven integration experience with DB2, CICS, IMS from a security perspective.
• Experience supporting compliance frameworks (SOX, HIPAA, PCI) and internal audits.
• Strong analytical, documentation, and communication skills; ability to lead technical discussions and operate independently.

Preferred Skills

· Experience defining enterprise RACF security standards and reference architecture.

· Familiarity with TPX (session manager) and digital certificates for z/OS and cross-platform protocols (LDAP, sFTP).

· Performance tuning and capacity planning awareness for RACF workloads.

· Healthcare industry experience and audit evidence collection.

Thanks and Regards,

Mamta Giri | Sr. Technical Recruiter | KPG99, INC

Direct: 609-681-2599 | mgiri@kpgtech.com