Senior SailPoint IAM Engineer - IdentityIQ & Governance

Cognizant; Columbus (OH); 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

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Senior SailPoint Developer to lead Identity Governance and Administration initiatives, with deep expertise in SailPoint IdentityIQ and enterprise IAM. You will design, implement, and optimize identity lifecycle processes, provisioning, access governance, and compliance across applications and cloud platforms.

You will collaborate with business, security, and infrastructure teams to deliver secure, scalable IAM solutions, leveraging Java, scripting, and automation to drive

Qualifications

• 7+ years of hands-on SailPoint IdentityIQ implementation, customization, integration, and administration.
• Strong knowledge of IAM concepts and identity lifecycle management processes.
• Experience provisioning, deprovisioning, access certifications, entitlement management, and role management solutions.
• Strong development experience using Java, Beanshell, REST APIs, web services, and SailPoint customization frameworks.

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

SailPoint IdentityIQ

Identity Governance and Administration

IAM concepts

Tools

Java

Beanshell

REST APIs

PowerShell

Python

SailPoint customization frameworks

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Senior SailPoint Developer to lead Identity Governance and Administration initiatives, with deep expertise in SailPoint IdentityIQ and enterprise IAM. You will design, implement, and optimize identity lifecycle processes, provisioning, access governance, and compliance across applications and cloud platforms.

You will collaborate with business, security, and infrastructure teams to deliver secure, scalable IAM solutions, leveraging Java, scripting, and automation to drive