Senior SailPoint IAM Engineer - IdentityIQ & Governance

Cognizant; Pierre (SD); On-site; USD 115,000 - 134,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays & PTO

401(k) plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Senior SailPoint Developer in the United States to design and implement IdentityIQ-based IAM solutions. You will work with business, security, and infrastructure teams to deliver secure, scalable identity governance and lifecycle management across enterprise environments.

Role requires deep expertise in SailPoint IIQ, provisioning, access governance, and RBAC, with strong Java and scripting skills. Eligible for Cognizant’s incentive programs.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of hands-on SailPoint IdentityIQ implementation, customization, integration, and administration.
• Strong expertise in IAM concepts and identity lifecycle management.
• Experience provisioning, de-provisioning, access certifications, entitlement management, and role management.
• Knowledge of SAML, SCIM, OAuth, OIDC, RBAC, SSO, MFA and related identity security concepts.
• Hands-on experience integrating SailPoint with Active Directory, LDAP, databases, cloud platforms, and enterprise systems.
• Strong development experience using Java, Beanshell, REST APIs, web services, and SailPoint customization frameworks.
• Experience with PowerShell, Python, or other scripting languages for automation and administration.
• Knowledge of audit, governance, compliance, and regulatory requirements related to identity management.
• Experience planning and executing 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 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 frameworks.
• Support audit, compliance, and governance initiatives through reporting, certification campaigns, evidence gathering, and remediation.
• Maintain technical documentation, implementation guides, workflow diagrams, operational procedures, and support materials.

Skills

Identity Governance

IAM concepts

Lifecycle management

RBAC

SAML

SSO

MFA

Provisioning

SailPoint IIQ

Tools

Java

Beanshell

REST APIs

Web services

SailPoint customization frameworks

PowerShell

Python

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Senior SailPoint Developer in the United States to design and implement IdentityIQ-based IAM solutions. You will work with business, security, and infrastructure teams to deliver secure, scalable identity governance and lifecycle management across enterprise environments.

Role requires deep expertise in SailPoint IIQ, provisioning, access governance, and RBAC, with strong Java and scripting skills. Eligible for Cognizant’s incentive programs.