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Senior Information Security Engineer (Identity Governance)

Equinix

Skills

Required

  • identity governance
  • IdentityNow
  • SailPoint
  • APIs
  • workflows
  • automation
  • AI agents
  • scripting
  • IAM/IGA
  • lifecycle
  • API security
  • identity orchestration patterns
  • Java
  • PowerShell

Preferred

  • identity security
  • AI/ML
  • risk-based access
  • behavioral analytics
  • integrations
  • automations
  • event-driven patterns

Join our Identity Security team as a Senior Information Security Engineer specializing in Identity Governance. In this role, you will lead the design, implementation, and operation of modern Identity Governance solutions, with a focus on SailPoint IdentityNow. You will also work on emerging areas such as non-human identity security, AI/agent identities, and automation-first identity workflows. The ideal candidate will have deep technical expertise, strong problem-solving skills, and experience in IAM/IGA, with a focus on SailPoint IdentityNow.

Lead the design, implementation, and operation of modern Identity Governance (IGA) solutions, with a focus on SailPoint IdentityNow.

Experience integrating enterprise applications (AD, Workday, ServiceNow, databases, SaaS apps)

Responsibilities

  • Develop and support custom workflows, integrations, and automations using APIs, scripting, and event-driven patterns.

Requirements

  • Manage identity lifecycle and governance for both human and non-human identities (service accounts, APIs, bots, AI agents).
  • Familiarity with API security and identity orchestration patterns

Strong analytical, communication, and cross-team collaboration skills

  • Strong hands-on expertise with IdentityNow (workflows, connectors, roles, certifications), APIs, JSON, REST integrations, Postman, and scripting (Java, PowerShell or similar)
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent experience
  • Knowledge of Zero Trust and Just-in-Time (JIT) access models

Relevant security certifications (CISSP, CISM, CCSP)

  • 5+ years experience in IAM/IGA, with 2+ years on SailPoint IdentityNow
  • Strong understanding of cloud identity architectures and distributed systems
  • Awareness of AI security risks (e.g., data leakage, misuse of privileged access by agents)

Experience with automation and DevSecOps tooling

  • Experience managing non-human identities (NHIs) and machine-to-machine authentication at scale
  • Exposure to identity governance for AI agents (access control, lifecycle, monitoring)
  • Familiarity with modern authentication (OAuth2, OIDC, client credentials / app-to-app authentication)

Preferred

  • SailPoint IdentityNow Certification
  • Understanding of AI/ML in identity security (risk-based access, anomaly detection, behavioral analytics)

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