Associate Manager, Identity

3 weeks ago

Houston TX, TX, United States Insight Global Remote Full-time $145,600 - $176,800 Contract
We are seeking a highly technical IAM leader to oversee the daily operation, delivery, and continued modernization of an enterprise Identity Lifecycle Management platform. Although this position carries an Associate Manager title, the role is approximately 80% technical leadership and 20% team and operational coordination . The successful candidate will remain hands-on while guiding a team of IAM engineers, establishing priorities, reviewing technical solutions, supporting production operations, and representing the IAM organization with business and technology stakeholders. The current environment is built on SailPoint IdentityIQ , making deep, hands-on IIQ experience essential. The organization is also planning a future transition to a SaaS-based identity platform, so experience with SailPoint migrations or identity modernization initiatives is strongly preferred. Required Skills and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or 5–7 years of software development experience, including 2 years in a development-focused leadership role.
- 8+ years of experience developing and supporting high-performance, highly scalable applications in an Agile environment, depending on education, with relevant experience in Identity and Access Management or Identity Governance and Administration.
- Deep hands-on experience with SailPoint IdentityIQ, including identity lifecycle workflows, provisioning, application integrations, APIs, application onboarding, troubleshooting, and platform support.
- Extensive hands-on experience with the underlying technologies of the product or platform, including programming languages, databases, and application integrations.
- Previous experience as a senior IAM engineer, IAM technical lead, platform lead, or hands-on engineering manager.
- Experience managing technical backlogs, production support rotations, resource coverage, and competing operational priorities.
- Experience facilitating solution-design workshops and presenting technical recommendations to business and technology stakeholders.
- Strong understanding of Scrum, Lean, XP, Kanban, and other Agile development techniques.
- Fluency in DevOps practices, including continuous integration, continuous deployment and delivery, configuration management, containerization, infrastructure as code, and monitoring.