Saviynt IGA Team Lead

Booz Allen Hamilton•McLean, VA

2d•$86,800 - $198,000•Remote

About The Position

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is transitioning its Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) capability from a legacy system to Saviynt Identity Cloud, a FedRAMP-authorized SaaS platform. As the Saviynt IGA Team Lead, you will spearhead this transition, lead the Saviynt IGA Developers, and serve as the primary technical point of contact for architectural and migration decisions. Your work will involve owning the technical roadmap, connector and workflow architecture, and migration sequencing, ensuring a smooth transition and integration of remaining applications.

Requirements

5+ years of experience with COTS IGA or IAM tools such as Saviynt or SaaS IGA platforms
2+ years of experience in a lead or architect role with COTS IGA or IAM tools
Experience leading an IGA migration or modernization effort, including legacy-to-SaaS transition, with a documented cutover or coexistence strategy
Experience with identity lifecycle management, access certification, and RBAC design at scale
Experience with Java, JavaScript, BeanShell, JSON, XML, REST, or SQL for connector or workflow development
Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust or Suitability/Fitness determination based on client requirements
Bachelor's degree in IT, Information Systems, or CS

Nice To Haves

Experience integrating IGA platforms with PAM and ITSM for end-to-end access-request automation
Experience leading a large-scale enterprise IGA rollout or modernization program
Experience using AI agents to build things
Knowledge of HSPD-12, FIPS 201-2, FICAM, and NIST 800-63 or 800-53 policies
Saviynt Certification such as EIC Administrator or Developer Certification
IGA Platform Certification

Responsibilities

Own the technical roadmap and connector or workflow architecture for Saviynt Identity Cloud, including provisioning or deprovisioning, access-certification, and role-based access policy design.
Lead the legacy APDS-to-Saviynt migration sequencing and coexistence strategy, including identity mapping, attribute normalization, and reconciliation, and own the estimated APDS transition plan.
Lead the base Saviynt IGA development team for the transition and scale to a larger dedicated modernization team to onboard VA applications to the new IGA solution.
Own cross-platform integration architecture between Saviynt, CyberArk, Entra ID, and AWS IAM per the program's PAM conceptual architecture.
Serve as the escalation point for Tier 3 IGA incidents and own Root Cause Analyses for missed IGA-related Acceptable Quality Levels (AQLs), and report on user roles or entitlements across integrated VA systems.
Mentor and provide technical work leadership to Saviynt IGA Developers, and coordinate with the CyberArk PAM Lead and Okta or EntraID SSO leads on shared identity workflows.
Leverage AI intelligently to drive efficiency and quality of output.
Automate tasks wherever appropriate, and develop and consistently use ways of working which allow agents and automated processes to effectively assist.