Identity Governance and Compliance Specialist

The Jackson Laboratory is looking for an Identity Governance and Compliance Specialist to help shape and manage our Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) program. This role plays an important part in maintaining secure, scalable, and compliant identity services across hybrid cloud environments. The specialist will focus on designing and maintaining access controls, ensuring they meet internal policies and regulatory standards, while working closely with teams across IT, cybersecurity, and compliance to support identity governance initiatives and improve operational efficiency.

This is a hybrid position based in Farmington, CT, with an expectation of working onsite two days per week.

What You'll Contribute

• Lead in the architecture, design, installation, integration, configuration, and deployment of IGA/IAM capabilities using identity platforms such as SailPoint, Saviynt, OKTA, Ping, Entra.
• Lead application integration efforts, including onboarding, role definition, entitlement mapping, and workflow design.
• Interacts with customers, vendors, and leadership to achieve effective, strategic, and fiscally responsible results.
• Support and manage user lifecycle processes such as provisioning, deprovisioning, and role-based access controls.
• Troubleshoot complex integration issues and coordinate resolution with internal teams and vendors.
• Develop observability frameworks to monitor access patterns and identify anomalies.
• Contribute to the creation and maintenance of identity policies, standards, and documentation.
• Provide technical subject matter expertise during audits and assessments.
• Collaborate with IT risk, compliance, and cybersecurity teams to drive governance initiatives.
• Provide identity subject matter expertise (SME) to a variety of program stakeholders on application integration and IGA/IAM functionality.
• Drive and support application integrations into Identity Management and Governance platforms, ensuring alignment with technical and operational requirements.
• Monitor and accelerate integration progress and troubleshoot issues before, during, and after deployment to maintain continuity and performance.
• Participate in after-hours support for incidents and to ensure continuity of operations.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What You're Good At

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field and 5 years of relevant technical experience.
• Certified CISSP, CIAM, CIPT, or vendor-specific identity certification.
• Proven background as a technical lead or subject matter authority in the IGA/IAM identity space.
• Demonstrated success in designing, architecting, implementing, operating, and maintaining access management solutions such as Entra, SailPoint, Saviynt, Okta, single sign-on (SSO), multifactor authentication (MFA), contextual and conditional access policies, and authorization policies is strongly preferred.
• Strong understanding of identity protocols (SAML, OAuth2, OpenID Connect), directory services, and RBAC/ABAC models.
• Experience supporting IGA/IAM in hybrid and multi-cloud environments (Azure, AWS, Google Cloud).
• Proficiency in coding and scripting required (PowerShell/.NET/JAVA/Python).
• Ability to establish and maintain relationships with internal and external clients.
• Strong interpersonal, analytical, problem-solving, influencing, prioritization, and decision-making skills.
• Working knowledge of regulatory and security frameworks (PCI, NIST, SOX, HIPAA, GDPR)

The salary range is $106,020 - $153,729. Salary will be determined based on qualifications and relevant experience.

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About JAX:

The Jackson Laboratory is an independent, nonprofit biomedical research institution with a National Cancer Institute-designated Cancer Center and nearly 3,000 employees in locations across the United States (Maine, Connecticut, California),Japan andChina. Its mission is to discover precise genomic solutions for disease and empower the global biomedical community in the shared quest to improve human health.

Founded in 1929, JAX applies over nine decades of expertise in genetics to increase understanding of human disease, advancing treatments and cures for cancer, neurological and immune disorders, diabetes, aging and heart disease. It models and interprets genomic complexity, integrates basic research with clinical application, educates current and future scientists, and provides critical data, tools and services to the global biomedical community. For more information, please visitwww.jax.org.

EEO Statement:

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