Lead SailPoint IdentityIQ Engineer – IAM & Governance

Cognizant; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 115,000 - 134,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays plus PTO

401(k) plan and contributions

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Senior SailPoint Developer to design, implement, and optimize IdentityIQ capabilities across the organization. You will work with IAM, security, and infrastructure teams to deliver secure, scalable identity governance solutions and lifecycle management.

Strong expertise in IGA, RBAC, and enterprise integrations is required, with hands‑on experience across AD/LDAP, databases, and cloud platforms.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of hands‑on SailPoint IdentityIQ implementation, customization, integration, and administration.
• Strong expertise in Identity Governance and Administration (IGA), IAM concepts, and identity lifecycle management processes.
• Experience provisioning, de‑provisioning, access certifications, entitlement management, and role management solutions.
• Strong knowledge of SAML, SCIM, OAuth, OpenID Connect (OIDC), RBAC, SSO, MFA, and related identity security concepts.
• Hands‑on experience integrating SailPoint with Active Directory, LDAP, databases, web applications, cloud platforms, and enterprise systems.
• Strong development experience using Java, Beanshell, REST APIs, web services, and SailPoint customization frameworks.
• Experience with PowerShell, Python, or other scripting languages for automation and administration.
• Knowledge of audit, governance, compliance, and regulatory requirements related to identity management.
• Experience planning and executing SailPoint upgrades, migrations, and platform enhancement initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, implement, and support SailPoint IdentityIQ solutions, including lifecycle management, provisioning, access governance, and compliance processes.
• Gather and analyze business requirements and translate them into SailPoint workflows, business processes, rules, and technical solutions.
• Configure and customize SailPoint IdentityIQ components including workflows, lifecycle events, access requests, certifications, policies, and integrations.
• Integrate SailPoint with enterprise applications, Active Directory, LDAP, web services, databases, cloud platforms, and other target systems using connectors and APIs.
• Manage user identities, roles, entitlements, access requests, provisioning, de-provisioning, and access revocation throughout the user lifecycle.
• Implement and optimize role-based access control (RBAC), access certifications, segregation of duties (SoD), and governance controls.
• Support SailPoint platform upgrades, patches, enhancements, disaster recovery activities, and operational maintenance.
• Develop automation scripts and custom components using Java, Beanshell, PowerShell, Python, and SailPoint development frameworks.
• Support audit, compliance, and governance initiatives through reporting, certification campaigns, evidence gathering, and remediation activities.
• Maintain technical documentation, implementation guides, workflow diagrams, operational procedures, and support materials.
• Collaborate with IAM, Security, Infrastructure, and Application teams to ensure effective identity governance and access management practices.

Skills

SailPoint IdentityIQ

Identity Governance and Administration

IAM concepts

Lifecycle management

RBAC

SAML

SCIM

OAuth

OIDC

Provisioning / de-provisioning

Java

Beanshell

REST APIs

Web services

PowerShell

Python

Tools

Active Directory

LDAP

Databases

Cloud platforms

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Senior SailPoint Developer to design, implement, and optimize IdentityIQ capabilities across the organization. You will work with IAM, security, and infrastructure teams to deliver secure, scalable identity governance solutions and lifecycle management.

Strong expertise in IGA, RBAC, and enterprise integrations is required, with hands‑on experience across AD/LDAP, databases, and cloud platforms.