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Prin Cybersecurity Specialist

Job Summary: Talent Software Services is in search of a Prin Cybersecurity Specialist for a contract position that can be worked 100% remotely. The opportunity will be for five months with a strong chance for a long-term extension.

Primary Responsibilities/Accountabilities:

• Serve as the technical owner and is responsible for configuration of access certification and review program.
• Translate governance policies, regulatory requirements, and control objectives into scalable certification.
• Define integration requirements:
  • Out-of-the-box and custom connectors
  • API-based, file-based, database-based, and directory-based integrations
  • Specify required attributes, aggregation rules, mappings, and correlation logic to support accurate certifications.
• Architect and configure:
  • User, entitlement, role, and application certifications
  • Reviewer assignment logic and delegation models
  • Escalation paths, reminders, and completion SLAs
  • Automated remediation and revocation workflows

• Review and approve changes impacting:
  • Certification accuracy
  • Control effectiveness
  • Auditability or scalability
• Apply working knowledge of SQL and relational data structures to support reconciliation, reporting, and troubleshooting.
• Provide detailed technical explanations of certification logic, configurations, and automation to internal and external auditors.
• Collaborate with business and application teams to ensure governance requirements align with source system capabilities.
• Maintain configuration documentation, certification runbooks, and operational reporting.
• Continuously evaluate features and industry best practices to enhance certification effectiveness.
• Recommend governance and security enhancements to leadership based on risk, audit findings, and platform capabilities.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree / University degree
• 5+ years of experience in Identity Governance & Administration (IGA) or IAM.
• Hands-on experience operating SailPoint Identity Security Cloud, with deep focus on access certifications and reviews.
• Strong expertise in:
  • User, entitlement, and role certifications
  • Identity correlation and aggregation
  • Entitlement modeling and RBAC
• Familiarity with scripting or automation used alongside SailPoint (e.g., REST APIs, PowerShell).
• Experience with SailPoint integrations using connector-based, API-based, file-based, and database-backed approaches.
• Ability to analyze data quality issues that impact certification accuracy.
• Ability to clearly communicate certification design, risk, and evidence to audit, compliance, and business stakeholders.

Preferred:

• Experience supporting identity lifecycle processes and deprovisioning workflows.
• Experience designing certification programs in large, complex, or regulated environments.
• Strong technical leadership and influence skills.
• Ability to establish and revise processes/documents based on new and changing security requirements.
• Demonstrated knowledge of information security policies, standards, and/or governance controls in complex computing environments.

If this job is a match for your background, we would be honoured to receive your application!

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