Senior Security Engineer- Senior RACF Engineer

Truist•Atlanta, GA

About The Position

The Senior RACF Engineer designs and maintains RACF profiles, groups, and resource classes to support business operations and regulatory compliance. The role leads RACF administration, including user provisioning, access reviews, and removal of obsolete IDs and datasets. It implements advanced RACF features such as password phrases, digital certificates, and program control, and monitors and audits activity using SMF records, IRRDBU00 utilities, and zSecure tools. The engineer works with application, infrastructure, compliance, IAM, cybersecurity, risk, and audit teams to enforce least-privilege access and maintain secure, compliant access across mainframes. Responsibilities include developing automation for provisioning, monitoring, and reporting; supporting security incidents, access issues, and outages; participating in RACF migrations, system upgrades, and integrations with external identity systems; documenting policies and procedures; and supporting audit and compliance reporting. The position contributes to cybersecurity technology projects throughout the software development lifecycle, including design, planning, testing, and implementation. It supports identity management, certificate administration, encryption controls, privileged access administration, role-based access control, segregation of duties, and audit mechanisms in alignment with industry practices such as NIST and CRI. The senior engineer may lead related projects, mentor junior security engineers, and serve as a technical subject matter expert.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education, training, and work-related experience.
At least 7 years of experience in security engineering or related cybersecurity roles.
Deep specialized knowledge of cybersecurity principles, theories, and concepts.
Proven experience with software development lifecycle security practices.
Deep knowledge of threat modeling, security testing, and penetration testing.
Experience implementing and managing complex information security technologies.
Hands-on experience with RACF on IBM z/OS.
Deep understanding of RACF classes, including DATASET, GENERAL, FACILITY, OPERCMDS, and UNIXPRIV.
Strong scripting skills in REXX, CLIST, and JCL.
Familiarity with USS environments, including OMVS segments, BPX.DAEMON, and program control.
Strong communication and documentation skills.

Nice To Haves

Proficiency with IRRDBU00, DSMON, and SMF record analysis.
Expertise in zSecure Admin, Audit, and Alert modules.
Working knowledge of compliance frameworks such as SOX, HIPAA, and PCI-DSS.
Experience integrating RACF with SIEM platforms such as QRadar or Splunk.
Prior involvement in RACF migrations or enterprise-wide cleanup initiatives.
Bachelor’s degree and eight years of systems engineering or administration experience, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
Broad or deep functional knowledge of enterprise information security technologies, including firewalls, intrusion detection/prevention systems, network operating systems, identity management, database activity monitoring, encryption, content filtering, and mainframe security.
Previous experience leading complex IT projects.
Bachelor’s degree and ten years of experience, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
Banking or financial services experience.
Security certifications such as CCNA Security, GSEC, GCED, or GPPA.
Technical certifications such as CCNA, RHCE, or MCSE.
Information security management certification such as CISSP, CRISC, CISM, or a related security certification.
Understanding of regulatory frameworks for financial institutions.
Ability to collaborate across teams and influence people.
Experience with waterfall and agile project management methodologies.

Responsibilities

Design and maintain RACF profiles, groups, and resource classes.
Lead RACF administration, including user provisioning, access reviews, and cleanup of obsolete IDs and datasets.
Implement and manage advanced RACF features, including password phrases, digital certificates, and program control.
Monitor and audit RACF activity using SMF records, IRRDBU00 utilities, and zSecure tools.
Collaborate with application, infrastructure, compliance, IAM, cybersecurity, risk, and audit teams to enforce least-privilege access and other controls.
Develop and maintain automation scripts and custom tools for RACF provisioning, monitoring, reporting, and access-control workflows.
Provide expert-level support for security incidents, access issues, and RACF-related outages.
Participate in RACF migrations, system upgrades, and integrations with external identity systems such as LDAP.
Document RACF policies, procedures, and standards and contribute to audit and compliance reporting.
Develop, plan, test, and implement cybersecurity technology projects throughout the software development lifecycle.
Administer and maintain security policies and profiles, role-based access controls, segregation-of-duties controls, and auditing mechanisms.
Support secure mainframe access, including identity management, certificate administration, encryption controls, and privileged access administration.
Mentor junior security engineers and serve as a technical subject matter expert.

Benefits

Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Life insurance
Disability insurance
Accidental death and dismemberment coverage
Tax-preferred savings accounts
401(k) plan
At least 10 days of vacation during the first year, prorated as applicable
10 sick days, prorated as applicable
Paid holidays
Depending on position and division, eligibility for a defined benefit pension plan, restricted stock units, and/or deferred compensation plan