IAM Engineer

Job Description

To supporting a client in the life sciences sector through a critical Identity & Access Management (IAM) engagement focused on enabling secure, scalable access governance during a SailPoint implementation. This engagement is centered on go-live readiness and operational stability, ensuring that joiner, mover, and leaver (JML) processes are automated, auditable, and aligned to least-privilege principles in a highly regulated environment. The IAM Engineer will take ownership of SailPoint configuration and workflows, partnering closely with IAM stakeholders, application owners, and Information Security to reduce manual access management effort, improve control effectiveness, and ensure the platform is production-ready and sustainable post-launch.

Responsibilities

• Own SailPoint Joiner/Mover/Leaver (JML) configurations, workflows, and connector setups to support implementation and go-live readiness.
• Design, build, and tune provisioning and deprovisioning rules, access policies, and approval routing to streamline access requests and reduce manual intervention.
• Execute and support testing activities, including user acceptance testing (UAT) and regression testing, while troubleshooting configuration, connector, and attribute-mapping issues.
• Diagnose and resolve SailPoint failures related to connectors, workflows, identity attributes, and provisioning logic during implementation and post-launch stabilization.
• Partner with IAM, application owners, and Information Security to validate least-privilege access outcomes and support audit readiness through logs, reports, and evidence generation.
• Contribute to go-live stabilization by monitoring access events, addressing defects, and ensuring consistent provisioning and deprovisioning behavior.
• Develop runbooks, knowledge transfer documentation, and operational handoff materials to ensure long-term sustainment by IAM operations teams.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in Identity & Access Management, with hands-on SailPoint implementation or administration experience.
• Strong understanding of IAM concepts, including Joiner/Mover/Leaver processes, role-based access, access certifications, and least-privilege design.
• Experience configuring SailPoint workflows, connectors, provisioning policies, and approval models.
• Working knowledge of troubleshooting identity lifecycle issues, including connector errors, entitlement mapping, and attribute flow.
• Familiarity with access governance in regulated or audit-heavy environments.
• Strong documentation skills, with experience creating runbooks, process documentation, and operational handoffs.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional partners, including security, infrastructure, and application teams.
• Detail-oriented, delivery-focused mindset with the ability to operate in implementation and go-live scenarios.