Senior IGA Engineer

Job Title: Senior IGA Engineer
Location: Santa Clara, CA
Duration: Contract

Key Responsibilities:
The Senior IGA Engineer is responsible for hands-on configuration and delivery of Saviynt Enterprise Identity Cloud (EIC) with a focus on application onboarding, access reviews and certifications, and end-to-end access remediation workflows. The role ensures secure, compliant, and scalable identity governance aligned to enterprise security and audit requirements.

Key Responsibilities
Configure and customize Saviynt IGA modules including Access Reviews, Certifications, Entitlements, Roles, and Request Management.
Onboard on-prem, cloud, and SaaS applications using out-of-the-box and custom Saviynt connectors.
Design and implement user, role, and entitlement certification campaigns.
Configure reviewer hierarchies, delegations, escalations, SLAs, and automated remediation workflows.
Integrate access remediation with ITSM tools such as ServiceNow.
Perform entitlement aggregation, reconciliation, testing, and production support.
Produce configuration documentation, operational runbooks, and audit evidence.
Mentor junior engineers and collaborate with IAM architects and stakeholders.

Required Skills & Experience
6 10+ years of IAM experience with 3+ years of hands-on Saviynt IGA implementation.
Strong experience with application onboarding, access reviews, certifications, and workflows.
Solid understanding of identity lifecycle management, access governance, and compliance controls (SOX, GDPR, NIST).
Working knowledge of REST APIs, SQL, JavaScript, JSON, and integration patterns.
Experience in large-scale enterprise and regulated environments.