IAM Security Specialist - Remote

Title: IAM Security Specialist

Duration: 12 Months

Location: 100% Remote

Overview 

Our client is seeking an IAM Security Specialist to support identity governance, access management, and compliance initiatives utilizing SailPoint Identity Security Cloud (ISC). This role will support enhancements to the identity governance program, including identity lifecycle management, application integrations, access governance, role management, SOX reporting, Machine Identity Security, and automation of identity-related processes.  

The resource will work closely with Cybersecurity & Compliance, Infrastructure, Enterprise Applications, and business stakeholders to improve identity governance capabilities and operational efficiency. 

Scope 

The resource will support planning, implementation, and operational readiness activities related to: 

• Enhance administration and configurations of SailPoint Identity Security Cloud (ISC) 
  
• Implement new SOX-related reporting and access governance capabilities, including reporting of elevated and privileged access 
  
• Implement Machine Identity Security capabilities, including discovery, classification, governance, ownership management, and certification of non-human identities 
  
• Enhance identity lifecycle management processes, including onboarding, transfers, role changes, leaves of absence, and offboarding activities. 
  
• Develop scalable and sustainable SailPoint workflows, automation, certifications, access reviews, and provisioning processes 
  
• Support development of Role Based Access Control (RBAC), role governance, and entitlement management initiatives 
  
• Implement and enhance SailPoint application integrations, connectors, identity sources, and Microsoft Entra ID integrations. 
  
• Improve identity data quality, account correlation, and governance of uncorrelated accounts.  
  
• Support new application onboarding, integration testing, deployment, operational readiness, and transition activities.  
  
• Collaborate with technical and business stakeholders to define requirements, validate solutions, and support adoption of IAM capabilities. 
  
• Enhance audit activities, governance processes, documentation requirements, and change management procedures. 
  

Deliverables 

• SailPoint ISC configuration enhancements and operational improvements 
  
• Update SOX access governance reporting, elevated access reporting, certification reporting, and audit support documentation 
  
• Machine Identity Security governance processes, ownership models, certification procedures, and supporting documentation 
  
• Identity lifecycle management solutions supporting onboarding, role changes, transfers, and offboarding  
  
• RBAC, entitlement governance, certification, and access review process improvements 
  
• SailPoint integrations, connector configurations, workflow automations, and application onboarding deliverables 
  
• Data quality improvements, account correlation enhancements, and remediation recommendations.  
  
• Runbooks, technical documentation, knowledge transfer materials, and operational transition deliverables. 
  
• Implementation and testing consultation with Cybersecurity & Compliance, IAM, Enterprise Applications, Infrastructure, Network, Enterprise Architecture, and business teams, following established change management policies and procedures.
  

Requirements

Key Skills and Qualifications 

• 4+ years of Identity and Access Management (IAM), Identity Governance and Administration (IGA), or cybersecurity experience.  
  
• Hands-on administration and configuration experience with SailPoint Identity Security Cloud (ISC), SailPoint IdentityNow, or SailPoint IdentityIQ 
  
• Experience supporting identity lifecycle management, provisioning, deprovisioning, access reviews, certifications, and access governance processes 
  
• Experience developing SailPoint workflows, automations, reports, and integrations 
  
• Experience with application onboarding, connector configuration, identity source integration, and entitlement management 
  
• Experience with RBAC, role governance, access modeling, or role mining initiatives 
  
• Experience supporting SOX access controls, compliance reporting, audit activities, or certification campaigns 
  
• Experience managing service accounts, privileged accounts, machine identities, and non-human identity governance processes 
  
• Familiarity with Microsoft Entra ID administration and directory services integration 
  
• Experience analyzing identity data quality, account correlation, and access governance issues.  
  
• Experience developing technical documentation, runbooks, governance procedures, and operational processes. 
  
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.  
  
• Ability to lead work efforts with minimal supervision, work through ambiguity, and drive deliverables to completion