Lead Identity Governance & Administration (IGA) Engineer

Company

Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

We are seeking a highly experienced Lead Identity Governance & Administration (IGA) Engineer to serve as the primary technical owner for our Saviynt/MyAccess platform.

This role ensures the platform is stable, secure, scalable, and fully ready for enterprise production operations.

You will lead technical design, oversee core IGA workflows, support go live readiness, and guide long term platform maturity.

This role will serve as the primary technical lead responsible for ensuring the platform is stable, secure, scalable, well documented, and ready for enterprise production operations.

The ideal candidate is a seasoned IAM, cybersecurity, data, and systems engineering professional with hands on experience in Saviynt or comparable SaaS IGA platforms.

This person will lead technical design, train and mentor the internal team, support go-live readiness, and guide the long-term IGA strategy after implementation.

Key Responsibilities:


* Lead technical architecture, design, configuration, and overall platform ownership for SaaS IGA.


* Design, implement, and enforce security controls including Conditional Access policies, Zero Trust principles, and regular access reviews


* Ensure stability and accuracy across identity lifecycle processes (Joiner–Mover–Leaver), access requests, provisioning, and certifications.


* Maintain and troubleshoot SaaS connectors, integrations, workflows, and provisioning logic.


* Partner with IAM, cybersecurity, HR, infrastructure, and application teams to support enterprise identity operations.


* Drive root‑cause analysis, issue resolution, and post‑go‑live stabilization.


* Develop technical documentation, runbooks, and operational support materials.


* Mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership across IAM and SaaS initiatives


* Contribute to long‑term IGA roadmap, automation, and platform scalability.


* Drive adoption of intelligent automation and orchestration across identity and SaaS workflows to minimize manual intervention and improve operational efficiency

Qualifications:


* Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, or similar; or equivalent enterprise IAM/IGA experience.


* 7 or more years of IT experience with strong exposure to identity governance, IGA operations, and production platform support.


* Proven experience managing and integrating enterprise SaaS applications (e.g., Slack, Zoom, Salesforce, GitHub)


* Hands-on experience with SaaS IGA (configuration, workflows, connectors, provisioning, access requests, certifications).


* Familiarity with applying AI/automation to operations, access reviews, or anomaly detection


* Strong background in Identity Governance & Administration (IGA) and IAM fundamentals.


* Practical knowledge of HR source integrations and directory systems (Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID / Azure AD).
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