IBM Mainframe Consultant - 100% Remote - 3 Years Contract

Overview

Remote
Depends on Experience
Contract - Independent
Contract - W2
Contract - 3 Year(s)
No Travel Required

Skills

IBM Mainframe
IBM Mainframes
RACF
Mainframe Security

Job Details

Job Details:

Job Title: IBM Mainframe Consultant

Location: 100% Remote

Duration: 3 Years Contract

Description:

Mainframe Security Key Activities:

Reset password

Resume ID's that are revoked (locked out)

Change or set temporary passwords (this is required for SOX non-human ID password changes)

Permit access to datasets(files)

Connect users to groups (the groups provide access)

Identify Guardians and connect remove new old ones to the groups that they own

Process BASIC access to RACF resources (these can control access to many types of products infrastructure. Typically spelled out in request)

Research CICS transactions and their associated groups (to then provide, remove access or identify Guardians)

Create Started Task users and associated resources for new products

Permit Access to more complicated classes (that require additional configuration for the access to function)

Research Incident access root causes and provide access required

Engineer, from scratch, new product access and align it with Guardian or Role Based groups in Dev and Production

Identify and remediate any identified security issue

Grant access to DB2 tables/plans/stored procedures and understand how they interact

Grant access to IMS tables

Grant ALL types of access for Test LPARS where new

tools/versions/products are constantly being tested or developed 7 Support all SOX related data gathering for Quarterly Access review.

Support all EH security production jobs. These jobs feed application 8 functionality and SOX ad hoc data collection. They are written in a variety of languages (REXX, SAS and CARLA)

Primary point of contact for Internal Audit security related information and security data analysis.

Primary technical contact for Deloitte and E&Y access related questions(this is usually arranged in conjunction with Internal Auditing).

Primary RACF SME supporting the zOS and application teams in any related Mainframe security work, including new product installations, 1 zOS level upgrades, Certificate management and passtickets. (Example: Recently engineered the limit for the use of one mainframe product that averted CSX paying a large licensing bill)
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