SailPoint Architect

Salary: £? - ? per year

Requirements:

• Extensive hands-on experience architecting and delivering SailPoint solutions (IdentityIQ and/or ISC/IdentityNow) in enterprise environments
• Strong understanding of IAM principles, including identity lifecycle management, RBAC, provisioning, access certification and governance
• Proven experience designing and building connectors, workflows, rules and custom integrations using Java, BeanShell, REST/SCIM APIs
• Deep knowledge of Active Directory, LDAP and Microsoft Entra ID
• Experience integrating IGA platforms with HR systems and enterprise applications
• Understanding of regulatory and security frameworks including SOX, GDPR, ISO 27001 and ITGC
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to communicate architecture decisions to technical and non-technical audiences
• Experience leading technical teams through full project lifecycles
• SailPoint certifications such as Certified IdentityIQ Architect/Engineer or ISC Professional are highly advantageous

Responsibilities:

• Own the end-to-end architecture of our SailPoint platform (IdentityIQ and/or Identity Security Cloud/IdentityNow) across the enterprise
• Define technical designs, integration patterns and architectural standards for identity governance
• Lead the design of identity lifecycle processes, including joiner/mover/leaver automation, provisioning and deprovisioning
• Architect connector integrations with enterprise applications, directories, HR systems and cloud platforms
• Design role models, RBAC frameworks, access request workflows and certification campaigns
• Define Segregation of Duties (SoD) policies and compliance-driven access controls
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to our SailPoint developers and engineers throughout delivery
• Lead workshops with security, risk, audit and application teams to gather requirements and translate them into scalable designs
• Establish best practices for platform performance, scalability, upgrades and operational support

Technologies:

• Active Directory
• Architect
• Cloud
• IAM
• IdentityIQ
• Java
• LDAP
• REST
• RBAC
• Security
• Support
• SAP

More:

We are hiring a SailPoint Architect for a 6-month Inside IR35 contract, working in a hybrid arrangement in West London. We are looking for someone to lead the design and delivery of enterprise identity governance solutions within a complex, large-scale environment, owning the technical architecture of our SailPoint platform, defining the roadmap, integration patterns and governance model, and providing hands-on technical leadership to our engineering teams.

last updated 31 week of 2026