# IAM Operations Engineer

Practice - CIS - Cloud, Infrastructure, and Security Services About Cloud Infrastructure & Security Services: Cognizant’s Cloud, Infrastructure, and Security Services Practice (CIS), is all about embracing digital transformation by driving core modernization holistically across layers. We help customers transform infrastructure and workplace to meet the rapidly evolving needs of the digital era. Our holistic approach delivers key results for our customers by achieving cloud driven modernization and workplace and operational transformation to run the business in a secure environment. Job Summary We are seeking an experienced IAM Operations Engineer to manage enterprise identity lifecycle, role administration, and access certification processes. This role will execute Joiner, Mover, and Leaver (JML) activities across Microsoft Entra ID, Active Directory, Ping Identity, and other enterprise platforms while ensuring timely and compliant access management. The ideal candidate will bring strong experience with SailPoint IdentityIQ, SAP GRC, ServiceNow, identity federation, and role-based access controls. The position requires a strong focus on operational accuracy, SLA adherence, access

- **Id**: 4030290
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/cognizant-iam-operations-engineer>
- **Role**: Security
- **Role family**: Security
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: remote
- **Remote scope**: stated_countries
- **Remote scope basis**: board_field
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Oakville, Canada
- **Countries**: CA
- **Hiring countries**: CA
- **Hiring countries total**: 1
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-10T10:08:05Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-10
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-10T18:23:49Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4681
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Life insurance, Parental leave
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: IT Consulting & Digital Transformation, IT Outsourcing & Dedicated Teams, Engineering Services, Cloud Consulting & Migration

## Company

- **Id**: 85
- **Name**: Cognizant
- **Domain**: cognizant.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/cognizant>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: services
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Cognizant Careers

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 87
- **Open postings**: 186
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.473
- **Repost share**: 0.059
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 24
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

## Technologies

- **Active Directory** — Optional: no
- **IAM** — Optional: no
- **Least Privilege** — Optional: no
- **Microsoft Entra ID** — Optional: no
- **Ping Identity** — Optional: no
- **ServiceNow** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Hiring locations

- **Canada** — Iso: CA; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-10T18:23:49Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 24
- **Reasons**: conf:2, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T21:21:47Z

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