Senior Technical Consultant - Identity & Access Management - IGA Saviynt

IntroductionA career in IBM Consulting is built on long-term client relationships and close collaboration worldwide. You’ll work with leading companies across industries, helping them shape their hybrid cloud and AI journeys. With support from our strategic partners, robust IBM technology, and Red Hat, you’ll have the tools to drive meaningful change and accelerate client impact. At IBM Consulting, curiosity fuels success. You’ll be encouraged to challenge the norm, explore new ideas, and create innovative solutions that deliver real results. Our culture of growth and empathy focuses on your long-term career development while valuing your unique skills and experiences.Your role and responsibilities We are looking for an experienced Saviynt Identity Governance & Administration (IGA) Consultant to help support and enhance a client's Saviynt EIC environment as they transition from a legacy IAM platform. You'll play a key role in platform administration, application onboarding, automation, governance improvements, and overall IAM maturity. Working closely with security, infrastructure, application, and identity teams, you'll help deliver a secure, scalable, and efficient identity governance program.

What You'll Do

• Serve as a Saviynt subject matter expert, troubleshooting platform and integration issues. * Lead application onboarding using Saviynt connectors and custom integrations. * Improve identity lifecycle processes, including Joiner-Mover-Leaver (JML) workflows and automated provisioning. * Enhance access governance capabilities such as certifications, role management, SoD controls, and reporting.

• Support platform upgrades, feature enhancements, and adoption of IAM best practices. * Collaborate with architects, security teams, and stakeholders to drive continuous improvement. Required technical and professional expertise * 4+ years of hands-on experience with Saviynt IGA (Saviynt EIC preferred). * 8+ years of overall experience in Identity & Access Management (IAM).

• Strong knowledge of Saviynt workflows, roles, access certifications, SoD, analytics, and lifecycle management. * Experience onboarding applications using standard and custom connectors. * Experience with REST/SOAP APIs and integration technologies. * Working knowledge of SQL, JSON, and scripting (Groovy preferred). Preferred technical and professional experience * Experience with Active Directory, Azure AD, LDAP, Unix, and database technologies.

• Knowledge of cloud platforms such as Azure and AWS. * Understanding of SSO, SAML, OAuth, identity stores, and schema mapping. * Experience working in Agile, DevOps, or ITIL-based environments. * Saviynt certification and/or IAM security certifications (CISSP, CISM, CCSP, Security+). * Exposure to Git, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, or CI/CD practices.

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