IAM Engineer 0826

 Core Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate initiatives involving identity governance, application security, authorization, and access management.
• Serve as a trusted technical resource and partner to business and technology teams, providing guidance on security and access-related matters.
• Explain complex security and IAM concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Design, implement, and improve IAM processes related to access requests, provisioning, authorization, and risk management.
• Identify opportunities to improve inefficient or outdated access management processes and develop practical solutions.
• Translate business and functional requirements into detailed technical designs and implementation plans.
• Oversee day-to-day application security and access administration across a broad enterprise application environment.
• Lead the design, configuration, implementation, administration, and ongoing support of SailPoint-based identity governance solutions.
• Provide technical support throughout the full project lifecycle, including design, implementation, testing, deployment, and production support.
• Ensure application security and access configurations support applicable regulatory and internal compliance requirements, including SOX controls.
• Respond quickly and effectively to access management and security-related requests and issues.
• Serve as a subject matter expert on application security, identity governance, authorization, and data privacy principles.
• Partner with audit and compliance teams to address questions, document controls, and provide supporting evidence when required.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, support guides, and access management standards.
• Monitor existing processes and documentation to identify gaps, inconsistencies, and opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Help mentor and provide technical guidance to less experienced team members.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business, or a related discipline with 5+ years of relevant professional experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Hands-on experience partnering with both business and technology teams to incorporate security and identity controls into existing and new solutions.
• Strong experience in application security, identity governance, authorization, and access management.
• Significant hands-on experience administering and supporting SailPoint in an enterprise environment.
• Experience integrating identity governance platforms with enterprise applications and directories through APIs and other integration technologies.
• Experience integrating SailPoint with platforms such as HR systems, IT service management platforms, ERP systems, identity providers, and directory services.
• Strong understanding of access provisioning, role-based access, authorization models, identity lifecycle management, and access governance.
• Experience working directly with internal or external auditors to answer questions, demonstrate controls, and provide evidence.
• Understanding of data privacy principles and their application to enterprise identity and access management.
• Strong knowledge of industry best practices for application security and access management.
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical initiatives, influence stakeholders, facilitate change, and drive operational improvements.
• Highly organized, adaptable, self-motivated, and comfortable managing multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Ability to work effectively when requirements or available information are incomplete or evolving.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with employees, technical teams, business leaders, and external consultants.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving capabilities.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment with competing priorities, tight deadlines, and changing business requirements.
• Experience supporting organizations with complex operational environments, regulated processes, or large-scale enterprise applications is a plus.
• This position does not have direct supervisory responsibility but will have significant influence over process design, technical standards, mentoring, and knowledge sharing.