SailPoint Engineer

Your new company A large UK public sector organisation responsible for delivering essential national services and supporting critical government operations. The organisation oversees a wide range of public-facing and internal functions, working across multiple departments to ensure effective service delivery, policy implementation, and operational support.Your new role

• Design, develop, and maintain SailPoint connectors, workflows, rules, and APIs for automated provisioning and de-provisioning.
• Lead configuration, integration, and deployment of SailPoint IdentityIQ or Identity Security Cloud solutions.
• Integrate SailPoint with systems such as Active Directory, Entra ID, HR systems, AWS, ServiceNow, LDAP directories, and cloud applications.
• Implement IAM governance functions including RBAC, access reviews, certification campaigns, and lifecycle policy enforcement.
• Develop custom rules, scripts, and extensions using Java, BeanShell, XML, and REST/SOAP APIs.
• Troubleshoot issues related to provisioning, connectors, access control, and integration failures.
• Build automation to support onboarding/offboarding, role assignment, and identity lifecycle events.
• Collaborate with InfoSec, DevOps, and Compliance teams to strengthen governance, audit readiness, and least-privilege access standards.
• Ensure solutions adhere to enterprise security, scalability, availability, and performance requirements.
• Support production operations, including incident response, triage, and continuous improvement.

What you'll need to succeed

• Hands-on engineering experience with SailPoint
• Deep understanding of IAM principles: RBAC, least privilege, access certification, governance workflows.
• Integration experience with identity data sources: Active Directory, LDAP, HRIS, AWS, ServiceNow, databases.
• Strong troubleshooting skills across provisioning, connector issues, and identity lifecycle processes.

What you'll get in return You will be offered a long-term (6 months) contract working in the city centre for a public sector organisation, offering hybrid working and a competitive day rate. What you need to do now If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.

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