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Saviynt IAM Engineer

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago · Chicago, IL · Full time

Posted Sep 28, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

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About your past

Tell me about a production issue in an IGA platform that you troubleshot. How did you find the cause?

What they are checking: Whether they can debug provisioning or connector failures methodically.

Tell me about how you translated security requirements into a technical design.

What they are checking: Whether they can turn policy into scalable, supportable solutions as the role requires.

Why does identity governance matter so much for an organization that supports the nation's payment systems?

What they are checking: Whether they understand the stakes of access control in a critical financial institution.

What would you do

An access certification campaign shows managers are approving everything without review. What do you do?

What they are checking: Whether they can improve certification quality through design, data and reporting.

A business unit wants an exception to a security policy for a critical deadline. How do you respond?

What they are checking: Whether they enforce policy while helping the business find a safe path forward.

About the work

Walk me through how you would onboard a new application into Saviynt EIC.

What they are checking: Whether they have hands-on experience with connectors, account import and entitlement mapping.

How do you design joiner, mover and leaver workflows so access stays correct?

What they are checking: Whether they understand identity lifecycle automation and where access often goes wrong.

How would you build a role model for an enterprise with thousands of entitlements?

What they are checking: Whether they understand role mining and how to balance least privilege with usability.

How do you integrate Saviynt with SaaS and cloud applications through APIs or REST connectors?

What they are checking: Whether they can build and support integrations beyond standard out-of-the-box connectors.

How do you handle segregation of duties rules in an identity governance platform?

What they are checking: Whether they can model and enforce SoD controls that protect financial systems.

How would you test an IGA workflow change before releasing it to production?

What they are checking: Whether they protect a critical system with proper testing and change control.

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The full job description

As published by Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.

Company Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond When you join the Federal Reserve—the nation's central bank—you’ll play a key role, collaborating with leading tech professionals to strengthen and protect our economic, financial and payments systems. We invest in contemporary and emerging technology each year to support the Federal Reserve and our economy, and we’re building a dynamic and diverse team for our future. The Information Security & Policy portfolio collaborates with business areas to address current and future cybersecurity threats across the enterprise, enforce SAFR and security policy, provide strategic and cost-effective services to its stakeholders, and protect the availability, confidentiality and integrity of Federal Reserve assets. The Senior IGA Engineer is responsible for designing, developing, integrating, testing, deploying, and supporting enterprise Identity Governance & Administration capabilities, with primary emphasis on Saviynt EIC. The role requires strong hands-on development skills across identity lifecycle management, access requests, provisioning, certifications, role/access modeling, application onboarding, APIs, connectors, workflows, and production troubleshooting. The engineer will translate security and business requirements into scalable, supportable IGA solutions across SaaS, cloud, and enterprise applications. Essential Responsibilities: • Design, configure, develop, test, deploy, and maintain Saviynt EIC solutions supporting enterprise IGA use cases. • Build and enhance Joiner/Mover/Leaver (JML) lifecycle processes, birthright access, automated provisioning/deprovisioning, and termination controls. • Configure and develop access request workflows, approval chains, entitlement governance, access policies, roles, user manager structures, and delegated administration. • Develop and maintain access certification campaigns, reviewer logic, escalation paths, remediation workflows, and certification reporting. • Onboard SaaS, cloud, database, directory, and enterprise applications using Saviynt connectors and custom integration patterns. • Develop integrations using REST APIs, SCIM, JDBC/SQL, web services, file-based feeds, scripting, and other supported integration methods. • Create and troubleshoot Saviynt workflows, rules, analytics, jobs, tasks, connection configurations, imports, provisioning actions, and technical controls. • Implement and support RBAC, role engineering, entitlement structures, access policies, Segregation of Duties (SoD) controls, and least-privilege patterns. • Diagnose complex identity data, provisioning, reconciliation, connector, API, workflow, and performance issues across non-production and production environments. • Create reusable engineering patterns, technical documentation, configuration standards, runbooks, test evidence, and deployment procedures. • Partner with IAM architecture, cybersecurity, application owners, infrastructure, HR, audit, and engineering teams to deliver end-to-end identity solutions. • Participate in code/configuration reviews, release management, incident/problem management, root-cause analysis, and continuous platform improvement. • Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership on Saviynt implementation patterns, troubleshooting, and engineering quality. Requirements • Hands-on Saviynt EIC development and configuration experience delivering production IGA capabilities at enterprise scale. • Ability to independently develop, configure, test, troubleshoot, and support Saviynt—not solely gather requirements, administer campaigns, or provide program governance. • Demonstrated experience building Saviynt application integrations and resolving connector, API, data mapping, reconciliation, import, and provisioning issues. • Hands-on implementation of identity lifecycle automation, including JML events, account creation, access changes, deprovisioning, and termination processing. • Hands-on experience with access requests, approval workflows, certifications, entitlement governance, and provisioning workflows. • Strong REST API, JSON, SQL, and integration troubleshooting skills. • Production support experience, including incident diagnosis, log analysis, root-cause analysis, defect remediation, and controlled releases. • Strong understanding of IAM/IGA principles including least privilege, RBAC, SoD, access governance, authoritative sources, identity correlation, and lifecycle controls. Qualifications • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Information Systems, Engineering, or a closely related technical discipline or equivalent relevant experience • 5+ years of professional experience in IAM, IGA, security engineering, application integration, or related identity engineering disciplines. • 2+ years of recent, hands-on Saviynt engineering/development experience, preferably with Saviynt EIC. • Experience integrating heterogeneous applications, including SaaS applications, directories, databases, cloud platforms, and custom/internal systems. • Proficiency with RESTful APIs, JSON, SQL, data transformations, authentication methods, and API troubleshooting tools. • Experience with SCIM and common identity integration patterns; familiarity with LDAP/Active Directory concepts is expected. • Experience with source-of-truth / authoritative identity feeds such as HR systems and with identity correlation and data quality remediation. • Ability to analyze complex technical problems across identity data, IGA platform configuration, target applications, and downstream provisioning components. • Experience working through software/engineering lifecycle activities: requirements refinement, design, build, test, peer review, deployment, documentation, and production support. • Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work effectively across security, engineering, application, audit, and business teams. Preferred skills: • Current Saviynt technical certification or formal Saviynt implementation training. • Experience with major cloud platforms such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud and their identity/security integration patterns. • Experience integrating HR platforms such as Workday or other authoritative identity sources. • Experience with Privileged Access Management (PAM), non-human/service identities, or machine identity governance. • Experience with CI/CD, Infrastructure-as-Code, automated testing, or DevSecOps practices applied to IAM/IGA engineering. • Experience with Java/Groovy/Python/PowerShell or comparable scripting/programming used for integrations and automation. • Experience supporting regulatory or audit-driven access controls in environments subject to SOX, PCI DSS, HIPAA, financial-services, or similar requirements. • Experience with enterprise role engineering, access modeling, entitlement rationalization, and SoD rule design. • Experience leading complex application onboarding initiatives or mentoring IGA engineers. Locations: The selected candidate will reside within a reasonable commuting distance, as defined by the employing Reserve Bank, and will work full-time onsite. • Eligible Locations for Hire: Boston, MA- New York, NY- Philadelphia, PA- Cleveland, OH- Richmond, VA- Atlanta, GA- Chicago, IL- St. Louis, MO- Minneapolis, MN- Kansas City, MO- Dallas, TX- San Francisco, CA • The following Reserve Bank locations are preferred due to the concentration of System IT team members in these locations: San Francisco, CA & Richmond, VA Base Salary Range: Min: $120,000 Mid: $155,800 Max: $191,700 (Location: San Francisco) • The listed salary is applicable to 12th District/San Francisco. Final offers are determined by factors including the candidate’s qualifications, internal alignment considerations, district assignment, and geographic location. Screening: Due to the nature of access to sensitive information all final offers are subject to the clearance of an enhanced background check. This enhanced screening will require the following items: academic and employment verifications, FBI fingerprint check (criminal and civil cases), credit check, family history, residential records and foreign travel for the previous 7 years, citizenship verification, reference checks, and personal interview with an investigator and can take between 21 – 60 days to clear. Sponsorship: Individuals who need immigration sponsorship now or in the future are not eligible for this position. Must be a U.S Citizen or a Green card holder with intent to become a U.S Citizen. We offer a wonderful benefits package including: Medical, Dental, Vision, Pre-tax Flexible Spending Account, Backup Child Care Program, Pre-Tax Day Care Flexible Spending Account, Paid Family Care Leave, Vacation Days, Sick Days, Paid Holidays, Pet Insurance, Matching 401(k), and Retirement/Pension. The Bank is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process, perform essential job functions and receive other benefits and privileges of employment. The SF Fed is an Equal Opportunity Employer. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know at sf.hr.recruitment@sf.frb.org . Full Time / Part Time Full time Regular / Temporary Regular Job Exempt (Yes / No) Yes Job Category Information Technology Family Group Work Shift First (United States of America) The Federal Reserve Banks are committed to equal employment opportunity for employees and job applicants in compliance with applicable law and to an environment where employees are valued for their differences. Always verify and apply to jobs on Federal Reserve System Careers ( https://rb.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/FRS ) or through verified Federal Reserve Bank social media channels. Privacy Notice

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