Mainframe System Programmer - Part time Contractor

Mainframe System Programmer

SailPoint Technologies is a product-based IT company in the Identity and Access Management domain. We take pride in being Leaders in this domain, competing with big giants, enabling customers to efficiently manage digital identities securely and confidently.

Our identity governance platform answers three critical questions: Who has access to what? Who should have access to what? How is that access being used?

SailPoint helps organizations meet their service delivery requirements, improve internal controls, and manage the risks associated with access to sensitive data and applications across the enterprise.

Beyond great products, SailPoint has a great culture and a fun-loving work environment that is highly motivating and productive. We have the best identity team in the world working for us and are passionate about the power of identity. You can find more information about us at www.sailpoint.com.

SailPoint’s Mainframe team develops Connectors for the three main security products: RACF, ACF2, and TSS. These connectors are offered as part of the SailPoint Identity Security Cloud and IdentityIQ products.

Using these Connectors, we provide our customers an efficient and reliable way to securely govern their Mainframe systems.

We have historically used zPDT environments to develop, validate, and support our connectors, and are now moving these environments to IBM’s cloud-hosted service that provides on-demand z/OS development and test environments (HDISV).

Role Overview

The System Programmer is responsible for providing support to critical internal mainframe-related infrastructure and system software. This is a professional-level position and requires strong execution and analytical abilities. This position is expected to interact and collaborate with Product Engineering and various groups within Information Technology. The candidate must have strong server, network,

communication, and analytical skills.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for the ongoing maintenance, security, and availability of Mainframe systems set up on IBM’s cloud-hosted service providing on-demand z/OS development and test environments.

• Applies professional-level technical skill and judgement to provide non-routine technical support for computer / data center operations.

• Installs, configures, upgrades, tunes, and troubleshoots the Mainframe z/OS operating system; applies PTFs / maintenance via SMP/E; performs Initial Program Loads (IPL); and tunes system parameters.

• Installs and configures Mainframe security products such as RACF, ACF2, and TSS.

• Monitors, tracks, and records system performance and utilization metrics.

• Provides automation solutions for manual, repetitive tasks using scripting and configuration management systems.

• Assists with the installation, configuration, and testing of newer product releases of the SailPoint Mainframe connector.

• Improves the efficiency of, and helps standardize, current processes.

• Determines and documents the root cause of an outage, its duration, and recommendations or steps to resolve issues.

• Provides assistance as required in analysing trends and suggesting long-term and short-term improvements.

• Assists in change management processes, implements change requests, and meets project deliverables within defined guidelines.

• Ability to work after hours, including weekends and nights, when required.

• Responds to general inquiries.

• Requires a dynamic, hard-working individual with excellent inter-personal, oral, and written communication skills.

• Capable of effectively communicating highly technical information to both technical and non-technical personnel.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / Engineering or equivalent relevant experience.

• 10+ years of solid experience working as a System Administrator in an enterprise environment.

• Prior experience maintaining Mainframe z/OS environments and security products such as RACF, ACF2, and TSS.

• Experience installing and configuring the Mainframe z/OS operating system, z/VM, z/PDT and HDISV.

• Experience installing and configuring RACF, ACF2, or TSS.

• Experience in REXX, JCL, and SMP/E.

• Experience with TCP/IP programming, IBM/C, or SAS/C will be an added advantage.

• Strong understanding of Linux, networking, firewalls, etc.

• Strong ability to self-learn new technologies.• Individual should be self-motivated with the ability to work independently.

• Sound planning, organizational, and problem-solving skills.

• Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines and commitments in an environment that requires multitasking among concurrent projects.

SailPoint is an equal opportunity employer and we welcome everyone to our team. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

SailPoint is an equal opportunity employer and we welcome all qualified candidates to apply to join our team. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable law.

Alternative methods of applying for employment are available to individuals unable to submit an application through this site because of a disability. Contact applicationassistance@sailpoint.com or mail to 11120 Four Points Dr, Suite 100, Austin, TX 78726, to discuss reasonable accommodations. NOTE: Any unsolicited resumes sent by candidates or agencies to this email will not be considered for current openings at SailPoint.

About Us

SailPoint (Nasdaq: SAIL) is defining the new era of adaptive identity security. In a world where non-human identities now significantly outnumber humans, our AI-powered platform unifies identity, security, and data intelligence to protect today’s enterprise from advanced identity-based threats. We deliver the identity solution that spans both the breadth of identities and the depth of context needed to drive real-time access with confidence. Built on principles like zero-standing privilege and contextualized risk, our SailPoint platform transforms identity from a point of vulnerability into a powerful security advantage. Trusted by many of the world's leading organizations, SailPoint secures the enterprise with intelligent, autonomous identity security.

Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement

The employment policy of SailPoint is to provide equal opportunity to all persons, and it is SailPoint’s policy to take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

It is SailPoint’s policy to recruit, hire, train and promote qualified individuals in all job titles, and ensure that all other personnel actions are administered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, military and/or veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status, and we will ensure that all employment decisions are based only on valid job requirements. SailPoint does not discriminate on the basis of national origin or citizenship status as provided under the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986.

Employees and applicants shall not be subjected to harassment, intimidation, threats, coercion, or discrimination because they have engaged in or may engage in any of the following activities:

• Filing a complaint;

• Assisting or participating in an investigation, compliance evaluation, hearing, or any other activity related to the administration of the affirmative action provisions of Section 503, VEVRAA, or any other Federal, State or local law requiring equal opportunity for individuals with disabilities or protected veterans;

• Opposing any act or practice made unlawful by Section 503, VEVRAA, or their implementing regulations in this part, or any other Federal, State or local law requiring equal opportunity for individuals with disabilities or protected veterans; or

• Exercising any other right protected by section 503, VEVRAA or their implementing regulations.

SailPoint will also provide reasonable accommodation to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified employee or applicant for employment, unless the accommodation would impose undue hardship on the operation of our business.

SailPoint’s affirmative action program contains an audit and reporting system which enables us to measure the effectiveness of our program, indicate any need for remedial action, determine the degree to which our objectives have been attained, determine whether protected veterans and individuals with disabilities had had the opportunity to participate in company-sponsored activities, measure our compliance with the program’s specific obligations, and document actions taken to comply with these obligations.