About the Role

L1: We are seeking a ACF2 to RACF Migration & RBAC Architect to lead the enterprise

security architecture for ACF2 to RACF migration and subsequent RBAC conversion

across the IBM Z estate. You will act as the overall design authority for the target RACF

model, conversion principles, role strategy, access governance, privileged access

approach, security risk decisions, and migration acceptance gates. The role includes

coordination with Vendors, execution partners, mainframe subsystem SMEs, cyber, risk,

audit, and application stakeholders to ensure the conversion is technically sound,

controlled, auditable, and operationally sustainable.

Key Skills and Expertise

L2: Key skills include ACF2, RACF, RBAC, SAF, RACROUTE, ACF2 LogonIDs, UID

strings, dataset rules, resource rules, RACF groups, connects, permits, class strategy,

privileged access, SURROGAT, STARTED, OPERCMDS, FACILITY, USS, certificates,

SMF, audit evidence, SoD, access certification, Vendors tooling, conversion

governance, and regulated banking controls.

Key Responsibilities





Lead the overall ACF2 to RACF migration architecture and RBAC conversion

strategy across production, DR, and test environments.

Define the target RACF security model including group hierarchy, profile

ownership, class activation strategy, access naming standards, and logging

expectations.

Approve ACF2-to-RACF mapping principles for LogonIDs, UID strings, dataset

rules, resource rules, privileged IDs, service IDs, generic IDs, and exceptions.

Own the RBAC target-state architecture covering business roles, technical roles,

infrastructure support roles, application roles, service roles, and emergency

access roles.

Govern the use of Vendors conversion tooling, compare outputs, exception

reports, password propagation, certificate migration support, and RBAC

collection methodology.

Chair security design decisions across RACF engineering, infrastructure,

CICS/MQ, Db2, IMS, testing, cutover, and gove

📌 Acf2 Architect (Yelahanka)
🏢 Vihana Technical Services
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