Senior SailPoint IGA Engineer & Platform Lead

Humana; Chicago (IL); Remote; USD 142,000 - 196,000; Full time

Job summary

Humana is seeking a Lead SailPoint Solutions Engineer in Chicago to design, implement, and sustain Identity Governance & Administration solutions across the enterprise, primarily using SailPoint Identity Security Cloud (ISC).

You will own the engineering delivery, align with architecture, and partner with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, secure, and compliant identity lifecycle automation, access governance, and integrations.

Qualifications

• SailPoint Certified Identity Now Engineer certification.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience in identity engineering, security engineering, or software solution delivery.
• Strong hands-on experience with SailPoint Identity Security Cloud (ISC), including lifecycle workflows, access governance, and integrations.
• Proven experience engineering system and application integrations using APIs, SCIM, and enterprise data flows.
• Demonstrated ability to act as technical owner for a platform or domain, including accountability for delivery quality and operational outcomes.
• Experience developing automation, scripts, or tooling to support identity onboarding, migrations, or operational processes.
• Proficiency with version control and structured deployment or release workflows.
• Strong independent problem-solving capability with minimal oversight.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate technical decisions and tradeoffs.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the lead technical owner for IGA solution delivery and platform execution in partnership with the Lead IGA Solutions Architect.
• Ensure engineering solutions align with enterprise architecture, standards, and reference patterns while remaining scalable, supportable, and operationally sound.
• Lead implementation of identity lifecycle and governance capabilities, including joiner/mover/leaver workflows, birthright access, certifications, access requests, RBAC/ABAC, and separation-of-duties controls.
• Translate regulatory, audit, and risk requirements into enforceable technical controls and consistent implementation practices.
• Lead engineering for integrations across HR systems, directories, cloud platforms, and enterprise applications, including mapping, transformation, reconciliation, monitoring, and exception handling.
• Own platform reliability, technical health, automation, and engineering standards, including deployment, version control, and change management.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to align design, delivery, and roadmap priorities across IGA initiatives.
• Mentor and coach engineers on implementation standards, integration practices, and operational excellence to strengthen delivery consistency and engineering maturity.

Skills

SailPoint ISC

SailPoint Certified

Identity governance

API integrations

RBAC/ABAC

Automation scripting

DevOps awareness

Job description

Humana is seeking a Lead SailPoint Solutions Engineer in Chicago to design, implement, and sustain Identity Governance & Administration solutions across the enterprise, primarily using SailPoint Identity Security Cloud (ISC).

You will own the engineering delivery, align with architecture, and partner with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, secure, and compliant identity lifecycle automation, access governance, and integrations.