Senior SailPoint IAM Architect - IdentityIQ & Governance

Cognizant; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 115,000 - 134,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off

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 in Atlanta with deep expertise in Identity Governance and IdentityIQ. You will design, build, and enhance SailPoint capabilities across the organization, collaborating with security, IAM, and infrastructure teams to deliver secure, scalable IAM solutions.

Responsibilities include lifecycle management, provisioning, access governance, RBAC, audits, and integration with 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) and identity lifecycle management processes.
• Experience provisioning, de-provisioning, access certifications, entitlement management, and role management solutions.
• Knowledge of SAML, SCIM, OAuth, OpenID Connect (OIDC), RBAC, SSO, MFA, and related identity security concepts.
• Hands-on integration with Active Directory, LDAP, databases, web apps, cloud platforms, and enterprise systems.
• Strong development using Java, Beanshell, REST APIs, web services, and SailPoint customization frameworks.
• Experience with PowerShell, Python, or other scripting languages for automation.
• Knowledge of audit, governance, compliance, and regulatory requirements for identity management.
• Experience planning SailPoint upgrades, migrations, and platform enhancements.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, troubleshooting, and documentation skills.

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, AD, LDAP, web services, databases, cloud platforms, and other targets using connectors and APIs.
• Manage user identities, roles, entitlements, access requests, provisioning, de-provisioning, and access revocation throughout the lifecycle.
• Implement and optimize RBAC, access certifications, SoD, and governance controls.
• Support SailPoint platform upgrades, patches, enhancements, disaster recovery, and maintenance.
• Develop automation scripts and custom components using Java, Beanshell, PowerShell, Python, and SailPoint frameworks.
• Support audit, compliance, and governance initiatives through reporting, certifications, evidence gathering, and remediation.

Skills

Identity Governance

IAM concepts

SailPoint IdentityIQ

RBAC

SAML/SCIM/OIDC

Java

PowerShell

Python

REST APIs

Web services

Tools

Active Directory

LDAP

REST APIs

Web services

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Senior SailPoint Developer in Atlanta with deep expertise in Identity Governance and IdentityIQ. You will design, build, and enhance SailPoint capabilities across the organization, collaborating with security, IAM, and infrastructure teams to deliver secure, scalable IAM solutions.

Responsibilities include lifecycle management, provisioning, access governance, RBAC, audits, and integration with AD/LDAP, databases, and cloud platforms.