IAM Operations & Access Governance Specialist

Cognizant; New York (NY); On-site; USD 115,000 - 134,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Paid holidays

401(k) plan

Disability insurance

Parental leave

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking an IAM Operations Analyst in New York, NY to manage secure access across enterprise apps, cloud, and on-prem environments. You will support identity lifecycle management, entitlement administration, reviews, and audit readiness.

The role requires hands-on work with IAM platforms like SailPoint, Okta, CyberArk, Saviynt, and Microsoft Entra ID, with cross-functional collaboration to ensure regulatory compliance and efficient access governance.

Qualifications

• 4–8 years of experience in IAM/IGA/security operations.
• Strong expertise in IAM operations, provisioning, deprovisioning, and lifecycle management.
• Experience with governance controls, audits, and access certification campaigns.
• Hands-on experience with SailPoint IIQ/ISC, Okta, CyberArk, Saviynt, Microsoft Entra ID, AD, ServiceNow, One Identity, or Ping Identity.
• Solid understanding of RBAC, SoD, least-privilege access models and entitlement management.
• Experience supporting SOX, ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, NIST, and internal audits.

Responsibilities

• Execute Joiner, Mover, Leaver (JML) processes including provisioning and deprovisioning.
• Manage day-to-day IAM operations and ensure SLAs are met.
• Perform access reviews, certification campaigns, entitlement validation, remediation.
• Support onboarding, role modeling, access governance, RBAC, and SoD controls.
• Administer identities, roles, entitlements, and access controls across cloud and on-prem apps.
• Collaborate with security, audit, and application teams to ensure governance compliance.
• Support audit activities with evidence, reports, and remediation tracking.
• Monitor IAM controls to meet regulatory requirements.
• Maintain IAM documentation and governance records.
• Identify opportunities to improve IAM processes and automation.

Skills

IAM Operations

Identity Governance

Access Management

Audit Readiness

SailPoint IIQ/ISC

Okta

CyberArk

Saviynt

RBAC

Tools

SailPoint IIQ/ISC

Okta

CyberArk

Saviynt

Microsoft Entra ID

Active Directory

ServiceNow

One Identity Manager

Ping Identity

Job description

Cognizant is seeking an IAM Operations Analyst in New York, NY to manage secure access across enterprise apps, cloud, and on-prem environments. You will support identity lifecycle management, entitlement administration, reviews, and audit readiness.

The role requires hands-on work with IAM platforms like SailPoint, Okta, CyberArk, Saviynt, and Microsoft Entra ID, with cross-functional collaboration to ensure regulatory compliance and efficient access governance.