Sr IAM Security Engineer

Job Description:

** Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S.;
Sponsorship is not available for this position.
** This role can be Remote, Hybrid or Onsite We are looking for a Senior IAM Security Engineer to own, operate, and continuously improve our Saviynt-based Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) platform. This role is ideal for an engineer who enjoys solving complex identity challenges, leading production support efforts, designing scalable integrations, and improving identity governance capabilities across the enterprise.

You will serve as the primary technical owner of our Saviynt implementation , ensuring reliable identity lifecycle management, access governance, and integration with enterprise systems including Oracle, Active Directory, Entra , and other critical business applications. This role balances hands-on engineering, operational ownership, governance maturity, and technical leadership.

Our IAM program is continuing to mature and expand. This role will play a critical part in improving platform reliability, reducing manual effort, strengthening governance controls, and enabling future identity initiatives and broader enterprise security capabilities.

Core Responsibilities:

Operate and Own IAM Services (Primary)
Own day-to-day operation, support, and reliability of the Saviynt platform

Troubleshoot and resolve provisioning, deprovisioning, reconciliation, and identity lifecycle failures across Oracle, Active Directory, Entra , and integrated applications

Serve as the primary escalation point for IAM operational incidents and complex access issues

Perform root cause analysis and implement long-term corrective actions to prevent recurring issues

Monitor platform health, job execution, provisioning success rates, and service performance

Develop and maintain operational runbooks, support documentation, and knowledge articles

Participate in production support processes, change control, peer reviews, and CAB activities

Engineer IAM Integrations and Platform Capabilities Design, build, enhance, and support Saviynt connectors, workflows, rules, policies, analytics, and certifications

Develop and maintain integrations utilizing REST APIs, SOAP services, JDBC connections, and other enterprise integration methods

Partner with application teams to onboard new applications and automate identity lifecycle processes

Support Oracle Cloud, Oracle ERP, Active Directory, Entra , and other enterprise identity integrations

Lead testing, validation, deployment, and upgrade activities for IAM platform enhancements

Ensure IAM solutions are scalable, maintainable, and aligned with enterprise security requirements

Advance Identity Governance Capabilities Support and improve Joiner, Mover, Leaver (JML) lifecycle processes

Implement and maintain access request workflows, approval processes, and entitlement management

Design, execute, and improve access certification campaigns and remediation activities

Contribute to role-based and attribute-based access models (RBAC/ABAC)
Support Segregation of Duties (SoD) controls, governance policies, and audit requirements

Assist with identity correlation, reconciliation, entitlement cleanup, and governance optimization efforts

Reduce Toil and Improve the Platform Identify manual processes and develop automation solutions to improve efficiency and reliability

Improve platform observability, monitoring, reporting, and operational metrics

Develop dashboards and reporting that provide insight into platform health and governance effectiveness

Improve testing practices, deployment processes, and operational maturity

Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on scalability, reliability, and user experience

Provide Technical Leadership and Ownership Serve as the technical lead for IAM engagements involving application teams and business stakeholders

Guide technical design discussions and recommend IAM best practices

Conduct peer reviews and contribute to engineering standards and reusable implementation patterns

Mentor junior engineers and share knowledge across the IAM team Communicate technical concepts, risks, and recommendations clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences

Balance security, operational stability, business requirements, and delivery timelines pragmatically

Collaborate Across Security Domains Partner with Infrastructure, Security Operations, Cloud, and Application teams to deliver integrated identity solutions

Support identity-related security incidents and remediation activities…