Identity Operations Engineer Consultant - Access Lifecycle & Automation

ABOUT KALLES GROUP:

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We believe the best way to show you what our team is like is to treat you like you're already a part of it. We hope you'll consider joining our team of experienced professionals who are building their careers at Kalles Group—and having fun while doing it.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

As an Identity Operations Engineer with Kalles Group, you’ll be on assignment with one of our enterprise clients, supporting workforce, partner and contractor access across Microsoft Entra  SailPoint Identity Security Cloud while the client moves application authentication from a legacy identity provider to Entra. This is a hands-on operations role. Most of your time will go to working the identity ticket queue: joiner/mover/leaver events, access requests, provisioning and hybrid sync failures, privileged access, access certifications, and audit evidence for SOX and PCI.

The rest of your time you’ll spend automating repeat work with Power Shell, Microsoft Graph, SailPoint ISC APIs and workflow tools such as Logic Apps, Power Automate and Azure Automation/Functions, all integrated with the ITSM platform. When access breaks, you’ll be the go-to escalation point, working closely with Identity Architecture, HR, ITSM, application owners and Security Operations to resolve issues quickly and prevent repeats.

This is a hybrid role in Seattle, with after-hours support as needed.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

IDENTITY LIFECYCLE OPERATIONS (Joiner / Mover / Leaver)
• Fulfill JML requests from the ITSM queue within SLA – account creation, baseline/role-based access, transfers & promotions, timely deprovisioning (terms, contractors, leaves).
• Operate SailPoint ISC day to day – access requests, provisioning failures, aggregations & identity refreshes, attribute/source-data fixes, role & access profile assignments.
• Administer Entra  – users, groups (incl. dynamic), licensing, enterprise app role assignments, guests, Lifecycle Workflows and Entitlement Management requests.
• Troubleshoot HR-to-identity provisioning and hybrid sync (Entra Connect / Cloud Sync) – attribute mismatches, duplicate/conflicting accounts.
• Handle privileged/elevated access (PIM eligible assignments, role-assignable groups) with approvals and audit trail.
• Support app access – SSO (SAML/OIDC) assignments, SCIM errors, onboarding apps/connectors to established patterns.
• Run access certification / review campaigns operationally and produce audit evidence (SOX, PCI).
• Ongoing account hygiene – orphaned/dormant/stale accounts, guest cleanup, service account inventory, Entra/SailPoint/AD reconciliation.

AUTOMATION & CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
• Build lifecycle/access automation with Power Shell, Graph API / Graph Power Shell SDK, Python, SailPoint ISC APIs, workflows and rules.
• Event-driven/scheduled workflows (Azure Automation, Logic Apps, Power Automate, Azure Functions) with ITSM ticket auto-fulfillment and closure.
• Analyze ticket volume, SLAs and failure patterns to target automation; track tickets eliminated, time saved, error reduction.
• Treat automation as production code – source control, peer review, testing, logging, error handling. Use AI tooling to speed scripting and…