Senior IAM Systems Engineer – SailPoint ISC (E)

Job description

Overview

Placement Type:

Temporary

Salary:

$74.96-83.29 Hourly

Start Date:

11.03.2025

**Join Our Dynamic Team in Financial Services!**

Aquent is partnering with a leading financial institution, a cornerstone in the financial services sector, dedicated to securing and streamlining access for its operations.

This organization is committed to innovation, regulatory excellence, and maintaining the highest standards of security.

We are seeking a highly skilled and passionate engineer to play a pivotal role in shaping our client’s identity and access management (IAM) landscape.

You will be instrumental in deploying, configuring, and operating critical IAM systems, directly impacting the security posture and regulatory compliance of the entire organization.

Your expertise will drive the evolution of identity governance, ensuring robust controls and seamless access for all users.

**Make a Significant Impact:**

As a key member of the engineering team, you will lead the strategic design, implementation, and management of advanced IAM solutions.

This role offers the opportunity to drive major initiatives, including significant platform migrations, and to build custom integrations that enhance security, efficiency, and compliance across a complex enterprise environment.

You will collaborate closely with information security, infrastructure, and application teams, ensuring that user access controls are not only secure and compliant but also complete and optimized.

Your contributions will directly strengthen the organization’s defenses, streamline operations, and uphold its commitment to regulatory excellence.

**Key Responsibilities:**

* Provide strong technical leadership and support to the IAM engineering team, guiding significant platform transitions.

* Lead the development, configuration, and administration of cutting-edge IAM platforms to design, implement, and automate lifecycle management, role-based access control, access provisioning, and more.

* Design, develop, and implement automated processes for user lifecycle management, access requests, and access certifications to significantly improve efficiency and reduce manual interventions.

* Build custom connectors for business applications, enabling automated provisioning and comprehensive user access data aggregation.

* Serve as a critical resource for second and third-level support for IAM-related issues, investigating, troubleshooting, and resolving complex problems related to IAM platforms, system integrations, or identity management workflows.

* Collaborate with risk and compliance, internal audit, and external regulatory examiners to demonstrate the robust design, effective operation, and overall effectiveness of IAM controls.

* Partner with compliance, audit, HR, and various business units to maintain stringent regulatory compliance with industry standards.

**Must-Have Qualifications:**

* Minimum of 7 years of very strong engineering experience on Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) platforms.

* At least 2 years of strong engineering experience on SailPoint Identity Security Cloud (ISC).

* A combination of up to 5 additional years of experience on ISC, IdentityNow, or IdentityIQ.

* Up to 2 years of operational support for IAM platforms may be substituted for engineering experience.

* Up to 2 years of strong engineering experience on other IGA platforms such as Okta, Saviynt, or Microsoft Entra may be substituted for SailPoint experience.

* Minimum of 7 years of experience with formal system engineering discipline, applying rigorous and systematic principles and best practices to design, develop, and deploy systems and solutions.

* Proven experience integrating IAM platforms with enterprise systems like Active Directory, Office 365, HRIS platforms, ITSM solutions, and other similar platforms.

* Minimum 5 years of experience building custom objects, tasks, rules, applications, workflows, and email templates within IAM platforms.

* Minimum of 2 years of experience with JavaScript, PowerShell, Python, or similar scripting/programming languages.

* Required experience migrating organizations from on-premise IGA platforms to cloud-based solutions like SailPoint Identity Security Cloud (ISC).

* Minimum 2 years of experience building custom connectors using SCIM, REST APIs, Web Services, JDBC, LDAP, etc.

* 4+ years of experience with the System Development Lifecycle (SDLC), encompassing requirements analysis, design, implementation, testing, deployment, and maintenance.

* In-depth understanding of security protocols and frameworks such as LDAP, AD, SAML, OAuth, and OpenID Connect.

* In-depth understanding of Identity Governance and Administration (IGA), Single Sign-On (SSO), Multifactor Authentication (MFA), and Privileged Access Management (PAM).

* In-depth understanding of Active Directory, Azure AD, Ping Identity, Okta, and similar identity platforms.

* Proficiency with ITSM platforms such as Jira, Ivanti, or ServiceNow.

* Demonstrated understanding of information security policies, standards, and industry-leading practices.

* 5+ years of experience writing IAM or Information Security procedures, processes, and standards.

* Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field.

* Self-driven, detail-oriented, with excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong interpersonal abilities, and a collaborative mindset.

* Ability to communicate complex and technical concepts to diverse audiences, both orally and in writing, in an easily understood and actionable manner.

* High degree of initiative, dependability, and ability to work with limited supervision.

* High level of personal integrity, as well as the ability to professionally handle confidential matters and procedures.

**Nice-to-Have Qualifications:**

* SailPoint Identity Security Professional Certification and/or Identity Security Engineer Certification.

* Professional security management certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CISA, or other similar credentials.

**About Aquent Talent:**

Aquent Talent connects the best talent in marketing, creative, and design with the world’s biggest brands.

Our eligible talent get access to amazing benefits like subsidized health, vision, and dental plans, paid sick leave, and retirement plans with a match.

More information on our awesome benefits!

Aquent is an equal-opportunity employer.

We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.

We’re about creating an inclusive environment—one where different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, and everyone can contribute, grow their careers, and thrive.

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