Location & Remote Status
City/State: Virginia Beach, VA
Work Shift: First (Days)
This position is fully remote.
Overview
Sentara is hiring a Senior Cybersecurity Infrastructure Engineer!
Responsibilities
- Managing projects/processes, and working independently with limited supervision.
- Coaching and reviewing the work of lower-level professionals.
- Problems faced are difficult and sometimes complex.
- Responsible for the design, development, implementation, testing, enhancement, and support of enterprise Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions utilizing Saviynt and related security technologies.
- Applies advanced knowledge of software engineering principles, identity governance, access management, cybersecurity, system integration, and automation to support enterprise security initiatives and business objectives.
- Specific duties include: Designing, developing, configuring, testing, and implementing complex IAM and Identity Governance Administration (IGA) solutions using the Saviynt platform to support enterprise security, compliance, and access management requirements.
- Developing and maintaining custom software components, workflows, connectors, and application integrations between Saviynt and enterprise systems, including Active Directory, Azure AD/Entra ID, LDAP directories, cloud applications, databases, HR systems, and other business-critical platforms.
- Analyzing business and technical requirements to design scalable identity lifecycle management solutions, including user provisioning, deprovisioning, role management, access certification, segregation of duties (SoD), and privileged access controls.
- Performing software engineering activities related to identity governance, including coding, scripting, debugging, testing, deployment, and lifecycle management of IAM applications and integrations.
- Designing and implementing automated identity management processes, including account provisioning workflows, role-based access controls (RBAC), policy management, and access review campaigns.
- Developing and maintaining REST APIs, web services, and ETL/integration processes to facilitate secure exchange of identity and access data across enterprise environments.
- Engineering and supporting Saviynt security controls, identity repositories, access governance solutions, and compliance monitoring capabilities to meet organizational and regulatory requirements.
- Conducting complex data analysis of identity, entitlement, access, and authorization information to improve security posture, operational efficiency, and compliance with internal policies and regulatory frameworks.
- Performing system design reviews, troubleshooting complex technical issues, conducting root cause analysis, and implementing software enhancements to improve IAM platform performance, scalability, reliability, and security.
- Developing dashboards, reports, and analytics related to identity governance, user access, compliance, audit findings, policy violations, and security metrics using Saviynt reporting capabilities and related technologies.
- Collaborating with software engineers, cybersecurity architects, infrastructure teams, application owners, and business stakeholders to design and implement IAM solutions aligned with enterprise architecture standards.
- Preparing and maintaining functional specifications, software design documents, technical architecture diagrams, configuration standards, implementation procedures, and operational support documentation.
- Supporting security audits, compliance assessments, and certification activities by providing technical expertise, evidence gathering, access reviews, and remediation recommendations.
- Researching, evaluating, and implementing emerging IAM, cybersecurity, cloud identity, and software engineering technologies to continuously improve identity governance capabilities and operational effectiveness.
- Pursuing continuous improvement of IAM processes, security controls, automation frameworks, software development practices, system performance, and overall quality of service.
- Must be part of on call production support schedule.
Qualifications
- 5+ years of relevant experience with a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, Software Engineering, or a related field (Required) or 7+ years of relevant experience without a degree (Required)
- Experience in lieu of Bachelor’s Degree
- Certification/Licensure: No specific certification or licensure requirements
- 5+ years of experience in Identity and Access Management (IAM), Identity Governance and Administration (IGA), or Cybersecurity Engineering.
- 3+ years of hands‑on experience implementing and supporting
- Saviynt
- Experience designing, configuring, and supporting identity lifecycle management processes, including user provisioning, deprovisioning, role management, and access certifications.
- Experience integrating IAM/IGA platforms with enterprise systems such as Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD), LDAP, HR systems, databases, and cloud applications.
- Experience developing and supporting application integrations using REST APIs, web services, and automation frameworks.
- Strong software development and scripting experience using technologies such as Java, JavaScript, PowerShell, Python, SQL, or similar programming languages.
- Experience with Role-Based Access Control (RBAC),