Senior IAM Engineer: Lead Identity & Access Architecture

centene; United States; On-site; USD 87,000 - 161,000; Full time

Job summary

Centene seeks a Senior IAM Engineer to design, implement, and sustain enterprise IAM programs with a strong developer mindset. You will lead integrations across directories, cloud services, and security tools, resolving complex identity issues while building scalable, compliant solutions.

The role requires hands-on IAM engineering with SailPoint IdentityIQ or similar platforms, expertise in AD/Entra ID, REST/SOAP APIs, scripting, and code testing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a quantitative or business field (e.g., statistics, mathematics, engineering, computer science) and Requires 4 - 6 years of related experience.
• Or equivalent experience acquired through accomplishments of applicable knowledge, duties, scope and skill reflective of the level of this position.
• Hands-on IAM engineering experience with SailPoint IdentityIQ or a comparable identity governance platform; Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID; REST/SOAP APIs; scripting or software development; source control; testing; troubleshooting; and production support.
• Strongly preferred: SailPoint IdentityIQ development using Java, BeanShell, connector and workflow development, Python, PowerShell, SQL, JSON/XML, CI/CD, cloud identity, Okta or Ping, CyberArk or other PAM platforms, and healthcare or highly regulated industry experience.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, configure, test, implement, and support advanced IAM capabilities, including identity lifecycle management, identity governance, provisioning, SSO, MFA, PAM, RBAC, access certification, and policy enforcement.
• Read, analyze, troubleshoot, and modify application or integration code; develop scripts, APIs, connectors, workflows, and automation using languages and tools such as Java, BeanShell, Python, PowerShell, REST APIs, JSON, XML, SQL, and Git-based version control.
• Lead technical integrations between IAM platforms and enterprise applications, directories, cloud services, infrastructure, and security tools.
• Diagnose and resolve complex, non-standard IAM engineering issues across code, configuration, data, APIs, connectors, workflows, and dependent systems.
• Create and enforce IAM engineering standards, technical procedures, deployment practices, and controls aligned with identity lifecycle management and security best practices.
• Produce accurate technical requirements, solution designs, test plans, implementation plans, support documentation, and operational runbooks.
• Serve as a senior escalation point and mentor current team through technical guidance, code review, troubleshooting, and hands-on problem resolution.
• Partner with security architects, application owners, developers, system administrators, infrastructure teams, risk partners, and business stakeholders to deliver end-to-end IAM solutions.
• Evaluate system performance, reliability, security, and supportability; recommend and implement improvements that increase delivery speed, quality, resilience, and operational efficiency.
• Contribute to IAM strategy, platform roadmaps, future-state architecture, cloud IAM, Zero Trust, DevSecOps, and automation opportunities.
• Ensure solutions comply with corporate policies, ethical standards, security requirements, and applicable regulatory obligations, including SOX, HIPAA, PCI‑DSS, and privacy requirements.
• Lead or contribute to cross-functional implementations from requirements and design through testing, deployment, stabilization, and transition to support.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Complies with all policies and standards.

Skills

IAM engineering

SailPoint IdentityIQ

Active Directory

Entra ID

REST APIs

Python

PowerShell

Git

CI/CD

Cloud identity

Okta

CyberArk

Education

Bachelor's degree in quantitative or business field

4–6 years related experience

Tools

Git

CI/CD

Okta

CyberArk

Job description

Centene seeks a Senior IAM Engineer to design, implement, and sustain enterprise IAM programs with a strong developer mindset. You will lead integrations across directories, cloud services, and security tools, resolving complex identity issues while building scalable, compliant solutions.

The role requires hands-on IAM engineering with SailPoint IdentityIQ or similar platforms, expertise in AD/Entra ID, REST/SOAP APIs, scripting, and code testing.