Senior Identity & Access Architect (IGA)

AEP Service Corporation; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 99,000 - 129,000; Full time

Job summary

AEP Service Corporation is seeking a Solution Engineer within the Cybersecurity and IAM team to design, implement, and support Identity Governance and Administration solutions across the enterprise. The role emphasizes RBAC, lifecycle management, and automation to strengthen security and regulatory compliance.

You will collaborate with Cybersecurity, Infrastructure, Application Support, Compliance, and business stakeholders, contributing to scalable access management and production support.

Qualifications

• Experience implementing and supporting enterprise Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) platforms.
• Experience with Identity and Access Governance platforms such as Saviynt, SailPoint, Microsoft Entra ID, Okta, Oracle Identity Manager, or similar identity governance solutions.
• Experience supporting access certification, provisioning, RBAC, access governance, and compliance initiatives in a large enterprise environment.
• Demonstrated experience designing and delivering technology solutions using modern AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, or similar).
• Proven experience applying DevOps principles throughout the technology lifecycle, including CI/CD automation, infrastructure as code, monitoring, observability, security integration, and production support in enterprise environments.
• Strong understanding of Identity and Access Governance principles, including provisioning, deprovisioning, role management, access certifications, segregation of duties, and governance controls.
• Experience supporting audit, regulatory, and compliance requirements such as SOX, NERC CIP, PCI, or similar frameworks.
• Experience developing and supporting enterprise applications, integrations, and automation solutions using Java, C#, Python, SQL, Oracle Database, APIs, and related technologies.
• Experience troubleshooting complex security and access management issues across cloud and on-premises environments.
• Strong analytical, communication, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a collaborative environment while managing multiple priorities and delivering results with minimal supervision.
• Professional certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CIAM, Saviynt Certified Engineer, SailPoint Certified Engineer, or similar.
• Experience implementing enterprise RBAC programs and identity governance transformations.
• Experience working within regulated utility, energy, or critical infrastructure environments.
• Familiarity with cloud technologies and modern cybersecurity architectures.
• Experience implementing or supporting AI-enabled security, identity governance, or workflow automation solutions within enterprise environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, support, and enhance IAM solutions that strengthen enterprise security, compliance, and operational effectiveness.
• Stabilize, optimize, and expand the IGA platform, onboarding disconnected applications and advancing access governance.
• Develop and maintain identity lifecycle management processes, automated workflows, integrations, provisioning, access certifications, and governance controls.
• Lead and support RBAC, access review, segregation of duties, and entitlement governance initiatives.
• Partner with business units, application owners, infrastructure teams, and cybersecurity stakeholders to analyze requirements and deliver effective access management solutions.
• Translate business and technical requirements into scalable IAM designs.
• Support remediation of audit findings and compliance requirements with security policies.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve platform and integration issues; participate in production support and incident response.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, procedures, configurations, and support materials.
• Identify opportunities for automation and operational efficiencies across IAM services.
• Provide engineering support for Physical Access Management (PAM) systems.
• Serve as SME on IAM technologies, governance, and security best practices.
• Communicate project status to stakeholders.
• May provide technical guidance and mentoring.

Skills

Identity Governance

RBAC

IAM platforms

DevOps

CI/CD

Java

Python

SQL

APIs

Cloud security

Stakeholder mgmt

Audit compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Saviynt

SailPoint

Microsoft Entra ID

Okta

Oracle Identity Manager

Job description

AEP Service Corporation is seeking a Solution Engineer within the Cybersecurity and IAM team to design, implement, and support Identity Governance and Administration solutions across the enterprise. The role emphasizes RBAC, lifecycle management, and automation to strengthen security and regulatory compliance.

You will collaborate with Cybersecurity, Infrastructure, Application Support, Compliance, and business stakeholders, contributing to scalable access management and production support.