Senior SailPoint IAM Engineer - Identity Governance

Cognizant; Austin (TX); 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

Disability insurance

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Senior SailPoint Developer to lead Identity Governance and Administration using SailPoint IdentityIQ across the organization. You will design, implement, and optimize IAM solutions, partnering with security and infrastructure teams to ensure secure, scalable access management.

Responsibilities include developing workflows, integrating with AD/LDAP/cloud, managing lifecycles, RBAC, and certifications, plus contributing to automation with Java, Beanshell, PowerShell, and

Qualifications

• 7+ years hands-on SailPoint IdentityIQ experience with implementation, customization, integration, and administration.
• IGA and IAM concepts, identity lifecycle management knowledge.
• Provisioning, de-provisioning, access certifications, entitlement management, and role management expertise.
• SAML, SCIM, OAuth, OIDC, RBAC, SSO, MFA, and related identity security concepts.
• SailPoint integration with Active Directory, LDAP, databases, web apps, cloud platforms, and enterprise systems.
• Java, Beanshell, REST APIs, web services, and SailPoint customization frameworks.
• PowerShell, Python or similar for automation and administration.
• Audit, governance, regulatory requirements related to identity management.
• Upgrades, migrations, and platform enhancements planning.

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 RBAC, access certifications, 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

Identity governance

SailPoint IIQ

IAM concepts

RBAC

SoD

SAML & OIDC

Java

Beanshell

PowerShell

Python

REST APIs

SailPoint customization

Tools

Java

Beanshell

PowerShell

Python

REST APIs

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Senior SailPoint Developer to lead Identity Governance and Administration using SailPoint IdentityIQ across the organization. You will design, implement, and optimize IAM solutions, partnering with security and infrastructure teams to ensure secure, scalable access management.

Responsibilities include developing workflows, integrating with AD/LDAP/cloud, managing lifecycles, RBAC, and certifications, plus contributing to automation with Java, Beanshell, PowerShell, and