AVP, Sr. SailPoint Automation Engineer (L11)

Job ID: 2500887

Job Description:

Role Title : AVP, Sr. SailPoint Automation Engineer (L11)

Role Summary/Purpose:
The AVP, Sr. SailPoint Automation Engineer will play a critical role in the engineering and delivery of solutions that enable the strategic modernization & transformation of Synchrony’s Identity Governance platform. This role will understand the technology ecosystem and engineer solutions to drive critical governance & oversight of access for Synchrony systems. Additionally, this individual will help support and advance the Identity Governance & Technology team’s strategy & roadmap for enabling our business.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Design, engineer, deploy, and document Identity Governance solutions working closely with application architects & lead engineers, product teams, information security, and risk management functions

• Develop automation necessary to build, test, deploy, and maintain Identity Governance solutions adhering to DevOps processes

• Continuous adherence to and champion technical excellence and good design principles following standard technical identity governance documentation including standard configuration, design patterns, technical requirements, architecture diagrams, and sequence/flow diagrams 

• Provide deep subject matter expertise for Identity Governance platform services, entities, configuration, and best practices

•  Drive the operational & technical excellence of Identity Governance processes and technologies leveraging performance and availability metrics

•  Apply technical knowledge, industry experience, expertise, and insights to contribute to the development & execution of Identity Governance features

•  Day-to-day management & maintenance of the Identity Governance platform configuration required to support business requirements, application integrations, workloads, regulatory compliance, and all other platform efforts or deliverables

• Collaborate across cross-functional teams to improve and deliver on business objectives, priorities.

• Collaborate with various groups and individuals to troubleshoot and resolve escalated production issues

• Provide ongoing coaching and mentorship to identity governance engineers and junior engineers to continuously improve the technical knowledge and continuous learning culture across the team.

• Provide periodic availability for an early morning or weekend platform release on an as needed basis.

Qualifications/Requirements:

• BS/BA in Computer Science / other technical degree or Business Management and 8 years of IT experience or in lieu of degree and 10 years of IT experience.

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in the development & operational support of Identity Governance technologies such as Sailpoint IdentityIQ including platform implementation, installation, configuration & administration.

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in development & operational support of Identity Governance processes including joiners, movers, leavers, access management & access certifications

• Minimum of 2 years of experience working with agile methodologies on a product team

• Minimum of 2 years of experience in automating deployments using DevOps & CI/CD best practices

Desired Characteristics:

• Strong communication and presentation skills 

• Proven analytical mindset; Ability to identify patterns or correlations within data sets

• Critical attention to detail; Ability to coordinate multiple deliverables across multiple teams

• Strong engineering and architecture skills; especially in information security 

• Strong hands-on development experience building Identity Governance workflows for joiner, mover, leaver, access management & access certification workloads

• Hands-on experience integrating SailPoint with cloud services (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud)

• Hands-on experience using DevOps technologies such as Git & Jenkins to automate the continuous delivery & deployment of Identity Governance solutions

• Hands-on experience working across various identity functions including Identity Governance & Administration, Authentication, Authorization, Directory Services, Privilege Management, and Secrets Management 

• Experience designing and building resilient API/Microservice solutions with DevOps and fully automated service delivery capabilities

• Knowledge of the organization’s enterprise technology goals and objectives and core business/mission processes

• Experience with PII, PCI and NIST 800-53, 800-63, 800-79-2, or 800-157 policies and standard

• Knowledge of laws, policies, procedures, or governance relevant to cybersecurity for critical infrastructures

• Knowledge of cyber defense, information technology (IT) risk management and information security policies, procedures, and regulations

Eligibility Criteria :

BS/BA in Computer Science / other technical degree or Business Management and 8 years of IT experience or in lieu of degree 10 years of IT experience.

Work Timings : 03:00 PM to 12:00 AM IST

For Internal Applicants:

• Understand the criteria or mandatory skills required for the role, before applying

• Inform your manager and HRM before applying for any role on Workday

• Ensure that your professional profile is updated (fields such as education, prior experience, other skills) and it is mandatory to upload your updated resume (Word or PDF format)

• Must not be any corrective action plan (First Formal/Final Formal, PIP)

• L9+ Employees who have completed 18 months in the organization and 12 months in current role and level are only eligible and can apply.

• L9+ Employees can apply.

Grade/Level: 11

Job Family Group:

Information Technology