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* RACF Security Lead Creospan is hiring for a RACF Engineering & Security Conversion Lead for one of our leading Banking & Financial Services programs.

Experience:
12+ Years

Location:
Pune / Bangalore Work Mode: Hybrid Shift: 2 PM – 11 PM (EMEA Shift)

About the Role
We are looking for an experienced RACF Engineering & Security Conversion Lead with strong hands-on expertise in RACF administration, mainframe security, and ACF2-to-RACF conversion. The role involves RACF database engineering, analyzing existing ACF2 security rules, validating converted RACF commands, resolving access mismatches, and supporting production migration.

Key Responsibilities
• Own RACF database engineering, database build, backup/recovery, and access control procedures.
• Analyze ACF2 LogonIDs (LIDs), UID strings, dataset rules, resource rules, privileged IDs, and existing access permissions.
• Validate RACF command streams covering users, groups, profiles, permits, connects, ownership, and security controls.
• Coordinate ACF2 extraction cycles, conversion runs, compare reports, and exception remediation with vendors and internal teams.
• Configure and validate RACF SETROPTS, class activation, generic profiles, UACC, logging, and audit controls.
• Identify and resolve conversion issues involving missing permissions, excessive access, profile conflicts, ownership gaps, and authorization mismatches.
• Prepare implementation plans, rollback procedures, validation evidence, and production cutover activities.




• Support mock cutovers, production migration, incident resolution, and post-implementation hypercare.
• Document RACF build standards and facilitate handover to BAU RACF administration teams. Required Skills & Expertise
• 12+ years of hands-on experience in RACF engineering, ACF2 administration, or mainframe security implementation.
• Robust expertise in RACF database management, RACF commands, user/group administration, profiles, permits, connects, and SETROPTS.
• Hands-on experience with ACF2-to-RACF conversion, security rule analysis, access mapping, compare reports, and remediation.
• Strong understanding of ACF2 LogonIDs, UID strings, dataset/resource rules, scopes, privileged IDs, and access controls.
• Experience with JCL, REXX, ISPF, SMF, IRR utilities, and security reporting.
• Experience in security database backup/recovery, production migration, rollback planning, and post-conversion validation. Preferred

Skills:
• Experience with zSecure or equivalent mainframe security tools.
• Familiarity with ACF2-to-RACF conversion toolkits and vendor-generated conversion artifacts.
• Experience with REXX automation and batch reporting.
• IBM RACF, z/OS security, or equivalent mainframe security certification. About Creospan Creospan is a technology services company and a subsidiary of Creospan Inc., Chicago. Established in 1999, we work across Telecom, Technology, Manufacturing, E-commerce, Insurance, Banking, Transportation, and Healthcare. Website: www.creospan.com

📌 RACF Security Lead (India)
🏢 Creospan Private
📍 India