Who We Are Looking For

State Street is seeking an experienced Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) Analyst to support our Identity and Access Management (IAM) program, with a focus on access certification optimization and SailPoint application onboarding. This role will drive improvements in entitlement certification effectiveness and efficiency while supporting the integration, onboarding, and governance of applications and entitlement data within the SailPoint platform.

The successful candidate will partner with business stakeholders to improve entitlement governance by identifying birthright access, rationalizing entitlements, and implementing scalable certification processes. Additionally, the candidate will work with application owners and technical teams to onboard applications into SailPoint, enabling automated provisioning, deprovisioning, access reviews, and compliance controls through integrations such as Active Directory groups, flat files, databases, and RESTful APIs.

This role requires a strong combination of IAM governance knowledge, SailPoint experience, analytical skills, stakeholder management, and project execution capabilities.

What You Will Be Responsible For

• Drive continuous improvement of access certification processes to enhance review quality, reduce effort, and strengthen compliance outcomes.
• Partner with business units to analyze entitlement models and identify opportunities for birthright access, role optimization, entitlement rationalization, and certification efficiencies.
• Develop certification metrics, reporting, and governance recommendations to improve certification effectiveness.
• Collaborate with application owners and technical teams to understand access models, entitlements, and provisioning/deprovisioning processes.
• Assess and support the onboarding of applications and entitlement data into SailPoint using appropriate integration methods.
• Guide application teams through SailPoint onboarding standards, governance requirements, and best practices.
• Configure, test, and support application onboarding activities throughout the SDLC lifecycle.
• Support integrations leveraging Active Directory, databases, flat files, and RESTful/Web APIs.
• Ensure IAM controls, certification requirements, and compliance standards are incorporated into onboarding activities.
• Support UAT activities, issue resolution, and post-onboarding governance processes.
• Track onboarding efforts through JIRA and maintain project documentation in Confluence and SharePoint.
• Produce status reports, metrics, and executive-level updates on certification and onboarding initiatives.
• Serve as a subject matter expert for SailPoint onboarding, entitlement governance, and IAM best practices.

What We Value

• Strong knowledge of SailPoint IdentityIQ, Identity Security Cloud (IdentityNow), or similar IGA platforms.
• Experience with access certifications, entitlement governance, role-based access control (RBAC), and least-privilege principles.
• Familiarity with application onboarding, entitlement management, and access governance processes.
• Experience with integrations using REST APIs, web services, Active Directory, databases, and flat-file interfaces.
• Ability to analyze entitlement structures and identify opportunities to improve certification efficiency and governance.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience working in Agile environments and utilizing JIRA for project and workflow management.
• Excellent communication, organizational, and reporting skills.

Education & Preferred Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, or a related discipline.
• 3 – 5 year of access certification experience and access certification improvements
• 3–5 years of experience in SailPoint application integration, onboarding, or administration.
• 3–5 years of experience within the Identity and Access Management (IAM) domain.
• Knowledge of ServiceNow or similar ITSM platforms
• Hands-on experience integrating enterprise applications with SailPoint or comparable IGA solutions.
• Experience working with APIs, identity data feeds, access provisioning, and entitlement management.

Preferred Qualifications

• 2–3 years of experience using JIRA or comparable Agile project management and ticketing platforms.
• 1–2 years of experience utilizing Confluence and/or SharePoint for documentation and collaboration.
• Familiarity with Active Directory, LDAP, Azure AD/Entra ID, and enterprise authentication technologies.
• Experience supporting large-scale IAM transformation or technology modernization initiatives.
• Professional certifications such as SailPoint Certified IdentityIQ Engineer, SailPoint IdentityNow certification, CISSP, CISM, or Security+ are a plus.

Why this role is important to us

• Our technology function, Global Technology Services (GTS), is vital to State Street and is the key enabler for our business to deliver data and insights to our clients. We’re driving the company’s digital transformation and expanding business capabilities using industry best practices and advanced technologies such as cloud, artificial intelligence and robotics process automation.
• We offer a collaborative environment where technology skills and innovation are valued in a global organization. We’re looking for top technical talent to join our team and deliver creative technology solutions that help us become an end-to-end, next-generation financial services company.
• Join us if you want to grow your technical skills, solve real problems and make your mark on our industry.

About State Street

• What we do. State Street is one of the largest custodian banks, asset managers and asset intelligence companies in the world. From technology to product innovation we’re making our mark on the financial services industry. For more than two centuries, we’ve been helping our clients safeguard and steward the investments of millions of people. We provide investment servicing, data & analytics, investment research & trading and investment management to institutional clients.

• Work, Live and Grow. We make all efforts to create a great work environment. Our benefits packages are competitive and comprehensive. Details vary in locations, but you may expect generous medical care, insurance and savings plans among other perks. You’ll have access to flexible Work Program to help you match your needs. And our wealth of development programs and educational support will help you reach your full potential.

• Inclusion, Diversity and Social Responsibility. We truly believe our employees’ diverse backgrounds, experiences and perspective are a powerful contributor to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive and reach their maximum potential while adding value to both our organization and our clients. We warmly welcome the candidates of diverse origin, background, ability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and personality. Another fundamental value at State Street is active engagement with our communities around the world, both as a partner and a leader. You will have tools to help balance your professional and personal life, paid volunteer days, matching gift program and access to employee networks that help you stay connected to what matters to you.

• State Street is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.

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Salary Range:

The range quoted above applies to the role in the primary location specified. If the candidate would ultimately work outside of the primary location above, the applicable range could differ.

Employees are eligible to participate in State Street’s comprehensive benefits program, which includes: our retirement savings plan (401K) with company match; insurance coverage including basic life, medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and other optional additional coverages; paid-time off including vacation, sick leave, short term disability, and family care responsibilities; access to our Employee Assistance Program; incentive compensation including eligibility for annual performance-based awards (excluding certain sales roles subject to sales incentive plans); and, eligibility for certain tax advantaged savings plans.

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About State Street

Across the globe, institutional investors rely on us to help them manage risk, respond to challenges, and drive performance and profitability. We keep our clients at the heart of everything we do, and smart, engaged employees are essential to our continued success.

We are committed to fostering an environment where every employee feels valued and empowered to reach their full potential. As an essential partner in our shared success, you’ll benefit from inclusive development opportunities, flexible work-life support, paid volunteer days, and vibrant employee networks that keep you connected to what matters most. Join us in shaping the future.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we consider all qualified applicants for all positions without regard to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, age, disability, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, citizenship, marital status, domestic partnership or civil union status, familial status, military and veteran status, and other characteristics protected by applicable law.

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