Lead Application Architect

Federal Reserve Board

Lead Application Architect responsible for Saviynt IGA platform stability and support. Providing technical leadership and developing IGA strategies at Federal Reserve Bank.

Posted 7/9/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California, Illinois, Montana, Ohio, Pennsylvania • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $164,400 - $262,600 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AzureCloudCyber SecuritySOAP

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Serve as the lead engineer and technical architect for the SaaS IGA platform.
Own platform design, configuration, validation, troubleshooting, production readiness, and post-go-live stabilization.
Validate Joiner-Mover-Leaver processes, including onboarding, transfers, terminations, rehires, and deprovisioning.
Ensure connector stability, account aggregation, entitlement aggregation, provisioning, deprovisioning, and reconciliation accuracy.
Configure and support access request workflows, approval routing, access certifications, role models, policies, and provisioning rules.
Partner with IAM, cybersecurity, HR, infrastructure, application owners, audit/compliance, and vendor teams.
Lead root-cause analysis and resolution of complex platform, workflow, connector, data, and provisioning issues.
Analyze identity data, account data, entitlement data, access models, and provisioning outcomes to identify risks and improve accuracy.
Support audit, compliance, least-privilege, access review, privileged access, and segregation-of-duties requirements.
Develop technical documentation, runbooks, operating procedures, support guides, and knowledge transfer materials.
Train, mentor, and guide IAM engineers and support teams on Saviynt operations, troubleshooting, and best practices.
Provide strategic recommendations to improve IGA maturity, automation, scalability, security, and operational efficiency.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Extensive hands-on experience with Saviynt IGA or comparable SaaS IGA platforms.
Strong background in Identity Governance and Administration, IAM, cybersecurity, access control, and enterprise security operations.
Experience with Joiner-Mover-Leaver processes, access requests, certifications, provisioning, role management, policy configuration, and application onboarding.
Strong understanding of connectors and integrations, including REST APIs, SCIM, JDBC, LDAP, SOAP, flat files, directories, SaaS applications, and enterprise systems.
Experience with HR source integrations, Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID / Azure AD, cloud applications, and hybrid enterprise environments.
Strong data architecture and analytical skills, including identity data modeling, correlation, reconciliation, normalization, reporting, and data-quality analysis.
Systems engineering experience with production platforms, infrastructure, monitoring, incident management, change control, release management, and operational support.
Cybersecurity experience with least privilege, access risk, privileged access, audit controls, compliance, segregation of duties, and secure integration practices.
Excellent communication, documentation, leadership, training, mentorship, and stakeholder-management skills.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Data Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related technical field required.
Equivalent combination of advanced technical certifications and extensive enterprise IAM/IGA experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
Master's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Systems, Computer Science, Data Architecture, or a related discipline preferred.
10 or more years of experience with all aspects of a project from design through development, testing, implementation, and production with extensive technical breadth through experience in the IT industry.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical
Dental
Vision
Pre-tax Flexible Spending Account
Backup Child Care Program
Pre-Tax Day Care Flexible Spending Account
Paid Family Care Leave
Vacation Days
Sick Days
Paid Holidays
Pet Insurance
Matching 401(k)
Retirement/Pension

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Hard Skills & Tools

Identity Governance And AdministrationJoiner-Mover-Leaver ProcessesAccess ControlData ModelingREST APIsSCIMJDBCLDAPAzure ADProvisioning And Deprovisioning

Soft Skills

Excellent CommunicationLeadershipMentorshipStakeholder ManagementTraining

Certifications

Bachelor's Degree In Computer ScienceMaster's Degree In CybersecurityAdvanced Technical Certifications