Information Security Analyst 2 - Contingent (contract)

Description

Title: Information Security Analyst 2

Location: Irving, TX

Alternative Location: West Des Moines, IA, Minneapolis, MN, Chandler, AZ

Duration: 104 W, 2 D

Work Engagement: W2

Work Schedule: Hybrid 3 days in office/2 days remote

Benefits on offer for this contract position: Health Insurance, Life insurance, 401K and Voluntary Benefits

Summary:

In this contingent resource assignment, you may: Participate in low to moderately complex initiatives and identify opportunity for process improvements within Information Security Analysis. Review and analyze basic or tactical Information Security Analysis assignments or challenges that require research, evaluation, and selection of alternatives, related to low-to-medium risk deliverables. Present recommendations for resolving low to moderately complex situations and exercise some independent judgment while developing understanding of function, policies, procedures, and compliance requirements. Provide information to client personnel in Information Security Analysis. Required Qualifications: Information Security Analysis experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work or consulting experience, training, military experience, education.

Key Responsibilities:

• Administer RACF user IDs, groups, and profiles in alignment with enterprise IAM and security policies
• Perform user provisioning, deprovisioning, and access modifications across the identity lifecycle (joiner, mover, leaver)
• Support access request workflows, approvals, password resets, and remediation activities
• Maintain and update RACF dataset, general resource, and system profiles to ensure appropriate access controls
• Enforce least privilege and segregation of duties (SoD) requirements for mainframe resources
• Review and analyze RACF violations, SMF records, audit logs, and security reports
• Assist with periodic access reviews, recertifications, and entitlement validation efforts
• Document IAM processes, RACF procedures, and security standards
• Follow change management processes and ensure access changes are properly approved and recorded
• Troubleshoot RACF-related access issues and escalate complex cases to senior mainframe staff

Key Requirements:

• Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

• Identity & Access Management (IAM) Operations, or Mainframe security, or Access provisioning in a technical environment

• Technical background required

  • Must be comfortable using command-line interfaces

  • Not suitable for non-technical or paperwork-only IAM/GRC profiles

• Hands-on experience with RACF preferred

  • Experience with Top Secret (TSS) or ACF2 is acceptable and transferable

• General mainframe exposure is valuable

  • COBOL developers or others with mainframe experience may qualify

  • No need for COBOL or application coding—security commands only

• Ability to manage:

  • User IDs, groups, and security profiles

  • Dataset, general resource, and system-level access controls

• Perform user provisioning, deprovisioning, and access changes

  • Joiner / Mover / Leaver lifecycle

• Process BAU access requests (12–15 tickets per day; ~300–400/month)

• Support: Access approvals, Password resets, and Remediation and entitlement fixes

• Enforce least privilege and segregation of duties (SoD)