Specialist IS Engineer

Career Category

Information Systems

Job Description

Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients

At Amgen, if you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. Our shared mission—to serve patients living with serious illnesses—drives all that we do.

Since 1980, we’ve helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the world’s toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas –Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease– we reach millions of patients each year. As a member of the Amgen team, you’ll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer, fuller happier lives.

Our award-winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.

Specialist IS Engineer

What you will do

• Lead end-to-end SailPoint architecture (target state, reference architectures, patterns, roadmaps) for hybrid and cloud ecosystems.
• Translate IAM/IGA business needs into solution designs: identity data model, authoritative sources, JML (joiner/mover/leaver), access model, governance controls.
• Engineer advanced capabilities (beyond configuration): custom workflows, rules/scripts, integrations, APIs, plugins, UI extensions, and reusable frameworks.
• Define, Customize and launch enterprise access reviews
• Define integration strategy for AD/Entra ID, HR systems (e.g., Workday), enterprise apps (e.g., Salesforce), databases, cloud platforms using REST/SOAP/SCIM and event/file-based patterns.
• Design and implement RBAC/ABAC strategy, role mining approach, entitlement modeling, and scalable certification/access request patterns.
• Establish engineering standards: SDLC, secure coding, code reviews, CI/CD, automated testing strategy, environment promotion, versioning.
• Design for non-functional requirements: performance, HA/DR, auditability, resiliency, and regulatory alignment.
• Provide technical leadership: design reviews, mentoring, and resolving complex engineering issues/root cause analysis.

Basic qualifications

• 8–13 years overall experience with 6–8+ years hands-on SailPoint architecture/engineering across end-to-end implementations (IIQ and/or ISC).
• Strong IGA domain knowledge: provisioning, lifecycle, certifications, SoD, access requests, role/entitlement governance.
• Development experience in Java,  scripting  using Beanshell  and enterprise integration (REST/SOAP/SCIM 2.0).
• Solid understanding of SDLC, test planning/automation, and delivery in Agile/iterative models.
• Familiarity with security/compliance frameworks (e.g., NIST, ISO 27001) and regulations (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA).

Preferred qualifications

• Architecture experience integrating with Workday / Oracle Cloud / Salesforce and modern IAM stack (Entra ID/Okta/Ping, PAM tools).
• Strong database understanding (Oracle, MSSQL, PostgreSQL, etc.) and performance tuning mindset.
• DevOps/automation exposure (pipelines, IaC concepts, scripting).

Certifications (preferred)

• SailPoint Certified IdentityIQ Engineer / Associate, CISSP, PMP.

Working model

• May occasionally support work outside business hours
• Travel up to ~10% (domestic/international)
• Rotational shift as needed

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