Returnship - IAM SailPoint Developer Engineer

Cognizant; Bengaluru Urban; On-site; INR 1,400,000 - 2,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant in Bengaluru seeks a seasoned SailPoint IAM specialist to design, engineer, deploy, and support our SailPoint platform within Provisioning & Identity Management. You will collaborate with business partners, integration consultants, and internal teams to drive onboarding of systems and apps on SailPoint.

You will understand business and security requirements, produce enterprise-grade designs, advise on best practices, and coordinate with operations, security, architecture, and project

Qualifications

• 6-8 years of hands-on SailPoint coding, administration, and support.
• Experience integrating SailPoint with HR systems and enterprise platforms.
• Strong knowledge of IAM standards (SAML, OpenID Connect, OAuth) and RBAC.
• Proficient in automation, scripting, and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Design, engineer, deploy, and support SailPoint platform within Provisioning & Identity Management.
• Collaborate with partners to drive onboarding of systems on SailPoint.
• Develop strategy and roadmaps with governance, HR, and enterprise technology teams.
• Provide SME guidance and escalation support for IAM services and related utilities.
• Create and maintain system documentation; train support and operations teams.

Skills

SailPoint

IAM

SAML

RBAC

Job description

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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

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)