Job Description
SailPoint Engineer
Manchester - onsite once per week / fortnight
6 Month Contract
£650 - £740/day inside IR35
Lorien's Financial Services client are currently recruiting for a SailPoint Engineer to join on a 6 month initial contract, inside IR35. The SailPoint Engineer will operate as part of an established IAM team delivering core identity governance. The role requires close collaboration with IAM colleagues and wider stakeholders, aligning to agreed priorities and contributing to team-based delivery outcomes.
Key Responsibilities
* Configure, support and enhance SailPoint Identity Security Cloud (ISC) across enterprise and hybrid environments.
* Integrate SailPoint ISC with HR systems, Active Directory, Entra ID, AWS, ServiceNow and other enterprise platforms to enable automated provisioning, lifecycle management and deprovisioning.
* Deliver and maintain core identity governance capabilities including Joiner/Mover/Leaver (JML), certifications, RBAC, policy enforcement and least-privilege controls.
* Support onboarding of applications using standard connectors (e.g. AD, SCIM, REST, JDBC, web services).
* Develop and maintain configuration and automation scripts (PowerShell, BeanShell, Java where required).
* Work in alignment with IAM team priorities and support delivery of the agreed IGA roadmap.
* Work collaboratively with IAM, Architecture, AD, Security Engineering, HR and Cloud teams to embed governance controls effectively.
* Contribute to improving identity lifecycle processes and raising the maturity of identity governance across the organisation.
* Support operational stability, issue resolution and continuous improvement of the identity platform.
* Participate in risk remediation activities and compliance-driven access control improvements.
The successful candidate will have the following skills/knowledge:
* Hands-on experience implementing and supporting SailPoint Identity Security Cloud (ISC).
* Experience delivering core IGA capabilities including Joiner/Mover/Leaver workflows, access certifications, provisioning and RBAC models.
* Strong integration experience with Active Directory, Entra ID, AWS, HR systems and enterprise platforms.
* Experience developing and maintaining SailPoint identity workflows and automation using scripting or APIs (e.g. PowerShell, REST APIs, BeanShell or similar).
* Solid understanding of identity lifecycle management, access governance and least-privilege principles.
* Experience working effectively as part of a cross-functional engineering team.
* Ability to work collaboratively within the IGA engineering team to deliver agreed outcomes.
* Comfortable contributing ideas, improvements and technical input within a collaborative team environment.
Desirable skills
* Experience working in financial services or regulated environments.
* SailPoint certification (Identity Security Cloud Engineer or similar).
* Experience contributing to identity governance maturity improvements within a team.
* Familiarity with Agile or structured delivery methodologies.
* Exposure to Zero Trust, risk-based access models or compliance-driven access controls.
* Experience working closely with AD, Security, HR or Cloud teams to implement governance controls.
Should this position be of interest please submit your CV and I will be in contact as required.
Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.