Senior SailPoint IdentityIQ Engineer — IAM & Governance Leader

Cognizant; Santa Fe (NM); On-site; USD 115,000 - 134,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Paid Holidays

401k Plan

Disability Insurance

Parental Leave

ESOP

Job summary

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

The role demands deep expertise in lifecycle management, provisioning, access governance, and platform customization, with strong scripting and integration capabilities across AD/LDAP, cloud platforms, and databases.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of hands-on experience with SailPoint IdentityIQ implementation, customization, integration, and administration.
• Strong expertise in Identity Governance and Administration (IGA), IAM concepts, and identity lifecycle management processes.
• Experience implementing provisioning, de-provisioning, access certifications, entitlement management, and role management solutions.
• Strong knowledge of SAML, SCIM, OAuth, OpenID Connect (OIDC), RBAC, SSO, MFA, and related identity security concepts.
• Hands-on experience integrating SailPoint with Active Directory, LDAP, databases, web applications, 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 enhancement initiatives.
• 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, 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 role-based access control (RBAC), access certifications, segregation of duties (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.

Job description

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

The role demands deep expertise in lifecycle management, provisioning, access governance, and platform customization, with strong scripting and integration capabilities across AD/LDAP, cloud platforms, and databases.