Returnship - IAM SailPoint Developer Engineer

Cognizant; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant Bengaluru seeks a seasoned SailPoint expert to design, deploy, and support our identity management platform as part of Provisioning & Identity Management. You will work with partners to onboard systems, translate requirements into architectural designs, and guide teams as a Subject Matter Expert on SailPoint.

You will collaborate with security, operations, and project management to ensure successful project execution and drive ongoing improvements in governance and compliance.

Qualifications

• 3+ years SailPoint implementation, administration, configuration and support experience.
• Experience integrating SailPoint with HR systems (Workday/PeopleSoft) and enterprise platforms.
• Strong understanding of user lifecycle, RBAC, enterprise roles, provisioning workflows.
• Knowledge of IAM standards and protocols: SAML, OpenID Connect, OAuth, RBAC, LDAP, Kerberos.
• Engineering and integration skills across Java, REST, SQL, Unix/Linux, and web services.
• Experience with SSO, MFA, SCIM and federation.
• Virtualization knowledge (VMware/Hyper-V) and basic networking concepts.
• Awareness of regulatory compliance in identity management.

Responsibilities

• Design, engineer, deploy, and support SailPoint platform within our IAM product suite.
• Collaborate with business partners and integration consultants to onboard systems.
• Develop strategy and roadmaps for Provisioning & Identity Management with key stakeholders.
• Translate requirements into technical specs and create enterprise architecture designs.
• Act as SME on SailPoint and provide guidance on best practices.
• Ensure project success in collaboration with operations, security, architecture, and PMs.
• Serve as escalation point for IAM services and provide advanced troubleshooting.
• Coordinate with vendors to resolve issues and optimize performance.
• Create and maintain system documentation and training materials.
• Oversee external consultants and review designs/knowledge transfer.
• Propose automation improvements to streamline processes.

Skills

SailPoint coding

SailPoint administration

SailPoint configuration

SailPoint support

SailPoint integration

HR systems (Workday)

RBAC policies

Lifecycle events

Provisioning workflows

SAML

OpenID Connect

OAuth

Active Directory

SCIM

Java

REST APIs

SQL/PLSQL

Unix/Linux

Scripting

Active Directory

SAML

MFA

AD

Tools

Java

REST APIs

Unix/Linux

SQL/PLSQL

Active Directory

SAML

SCIM

PowerShell

Job description

Returnship -

Responsibilities

• Design, engineer, deploy, and support of our SailPoint platform that is part of our Provisioning & Identity Management product suite.
• Work with our business partners, Integration consultants, and internal teams to drive the integration and onboarding of systems and applications on our SailPoint platform.
• Work with our Governance, Risk, HR, and Enterprise Technology partners to develop our Provisioning & Identity Management strategy and technology roadmaps.
• Understand business, application, and security requirements for Provisioning & Identity Management services and translate these into technical specifications. Produce enterprise-level architecture and engineering designs to meet these requirements.
• Be our Subject Matter Expert on SailPoint and provide technical consultation to application owners on best practices and standardization when integrating with SailPoint platform.
• Ensure successful execution of our engineering projects and solutions in collaboration with operations, information security, architecture, and project managers.
• Serve as third and last line of escalation point for IAM Services and supporting utilities. Provide application support, in-depth investigation and troubleshooting for issues that cannot be resolved by tier one and two support.
• Work with vendors to resolve application, software and hardware issues in a timely manner
• Create and maintain system documentation for SailPoint and affiliated technologies, including installation, configuration, and appropriate troubleshooting steps.
• Create support documents and provide training to support and operations team as required.
• Oversee the work performed by external consultants, review design and code and receive/retain the knowledge
• Research and put forward new recommendations to create, automate and improve processes

Technical & Professional Qualifications (Must Have Skills (highlighted))

• 6-8 years of hands-on experience in SailPoint coding, administration, configuration, and support of SailPoint and supporting technologies.
• Experience in integrating SailPoint with HR Systems (Workday, PeopleSoft, etc.), enterprise infrastructure platforms (Unix, Databases, Active Directory, LDAP, ACF2 etc.) and business applications. Experience
• Strong understanding of user life cycle, RBAC policies, enterprise roles, rules, Lifecycle events and provisioning workflows etc. to enable the engineering and onboarding of systems and applications on the SailPoint platform.
• Working knowledge of IAM industry standards & protocols including SAML, OpenID Connect, Oauth, RBAC, LDAP, Kerberos, etc.
• Engineering and integration experience with the following technologies:
  • Strong Programming skills (Java, BeanShell, JSP/Servlets, PERL, Unix Shell scripts, Batch, Powershell, VB Script, SQL, PL/SQL etc.) in a DevOps environment
  • Multiple operating systems, such as UNIX, Windows, Linux, AIX etc.
  • Web technologies (WebServices, RESTful API frameworks, Application servers like Tomcat/JBoss, JSON etc.)
  • Database technologies (Oracle, SQL Server)
  • Single Sign On, MFA, SCIM, and Federation
  • Directory integration including Active Directory, LDAP, Virtual Directories
  • Automation and/or scripting skills
• Must have a working knowledge of virtualization (e.g. VMware, HyperV) and LAN/WAN/Firewall/VPN network technologies, monitoring, and support best practices.
• Have a good understanding of current regulatory environment and related implications to identity management, security and audit compliance

Education & Experience

• 3+ years of experience in implementation, administration, configuration and support of SailPoint
• 5+ years of technical experience working with multiple 3rd party IAM solution in a fast-paced complex global environment with a demonstrable record of engineering, developing, deploying, and maintaining business critical systems.
• Strong, coordination, and interpersonal skills as this role require significant interaction with different teams across the organization.
• Strong oral and written communication skills and ability to simplify and explain technical issues into understandable business language.
• Strong academic background (e.g., computer science, engineering)