Senior SailPoint Identity (IIQ) Engineer/Technical Lead - Durham, NC

We are looking for our client, a global company in the life sciences sector, Senior SailPoint IdentityIQ (IIQ) Engineer to lead development, integration, upgrades, testing, troubleshooting, and technical governance across its on-premises and cloud SailPoint platforms.
This role combines hands-on engineering, L3 production support, and technical leadership of a distributed development team. You will turn business and security requirements into scalable IAM solutions, while keeping the platform stable, secure, high-performing, and easy to maintain. You will work closely with architects, product owners, analysts, and the cybersecurity, infrastructure, HR, ITSM, and application teams.
Key Responsibilities:
Engineering: Design, configure, customize, and maintain IIQ solutions, including workflows, rules, lifecycle events, provisioning, certifications, policies, connectors, and Java/API-based extensions.
Integration: Build and support integrations with HR systems, Active Directory/Entra ID, ServiceNow, SAP, security platforms, databases, and enterprise applications using REST, SOAP, SCIM, JDBC, LDAP, files, and event-based patterns.
Upgrades and modernization: Lead platform upgrades, patches, and migrations, including impact assessments, remediation, test and rollback planning, performance validation, and the adoption of SailPoint Identity Security Cloud capabilities.
L3 support and quality: Resolve complex production issues, perform root-cause analysis, improve monitoring and automated testing, and reduce recurring incidents and manual work.
Technical leadership: Guide distributed developers, review designs and code, set reusable standards, estimate work, manage technical risks, and mentor the team.
Architecture and governance: Make sure solutions follow enterprise IAM, cybersecurity, data-protection, coding, and architecture standards. Reduce technical debt and maintain essential documentation.
Stakeholder collaboration: Translate requirements into practical solutions, communicate risks clearly, and identify opportunities for automation and a better user experience.
7+ years of hands-on SailPoint Identity development and IAM/identity governance experience, including complex enterprise implementations and L3 support.
Deep knowledge of IIQ architecture, object model, Java APIs, BeanShell, workflows, rules, tasks, identity lifecycle management, provisioning, aggregation, role management, access requests, and certifications.
Proven experience leading major IIQ upgrades, including customization and connector assessment, remediation, regression testing, cutover, rollback and post-upgrade validation.
Strong skills in Java/J2EE, XML, JSON, JavaScript, SQL, regular expressions, APIs, debugging, performance optimization, and secure coding.
Experience with REST/SOAP services, SCIM, JDBC, LDAP, Active Directory/Entra ID, HR platforms, ServiceNow, SAP, and file-based integrations.
Working knowledge of SailPoint Identity Security Cloud (IdentityNow), cloud connectors and APIs, lifecycle processes, and IIQ-to-cloud migration concepts.
Experience with Git, CI/CD tools, automated testing and deployment, Linux/Unix, application servers, JVM troubleshooting, certificates, monitoring, high availability, and disaster recovery.
Ability to lead independently across global teams, mentor developers, manage priorities, solve complex problems, and communicate clearly with technical and business stakeholders.
Preferred Qualifications
SailPoint IdentityIQ or Identity Security Cloud certification
Cybersecurity/IAM, ITIL, or cloud certification
Experience leading global teams
Experience in regulated enterprise environments
Education: Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
What Success Looks Like
Stable, secure, and reliable SailPoint operations with fewer recurring incidents
High-quality, maintainable development and successful upgrades with minimal disruption
Timely delivery of scalable integrations, automation and IAM enhancements
Stronger testing discipline, team capability and technical collaboration
Reduced technical debt and measurable progress toward a modern IAM architecture

Employment type
Contract

Work arrangement
Hybrid