Senior SailPoint IdentityIQ Engineer

About Cloud Infrastructure & Security Services:
Cognizant's Cloud, Infrastructure, and Security Services Practice (CIS), is all about embracing digital transformation by driving core modernization holistically across layers. We help customers transform infrastructure and workplace to meet the rapidly evolving needs of the digital era. Our holistic approach delivers key results for our customers by achieving cloud driven modernization and workplace and operational transformation to run the business in a secure environment.

We are seeking a Senior SailPoint Developer with strong expertise in Identity Governance and Administration (IGA), SailPoint Identity IQ (IIQ), and enterprise IAM solutions. This role will be responsible for the design, development, implementation, integration, and ongoing enhancement of SailPoint Identity IQ capabilities across the organization. The ideal candidate will possess deep experience in identity lifecycle management, provisioning, access governance, compliance, and SailPoint platform customization.

This position requires strong technical expertise, problem-solving abilities, and the capability to work closely with business, security, and infrastructure teams to deliver secure and scalable IAM solutions.

• Design, develop, implement, and support SailPoint Identity IQ 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 Identity IQ 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, Power Shell, 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.

• 7+ years of hands‑on experience with SailPoint Identity IQ 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 Power Shell, Python, or other scripting…