Sallie Mae
Identity and Access Engineer – Sallie Mae
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When you join Sallie Mae, you become a champion for all students. We’re on a mission to power confidence as students begin their unique journey, help them plan their higher education, successfully finish, and prepare for life after school. We’re looking for people who are excited to drive this transformation, break barriers, and create better experiences for students and each other.
Feel good, do your best. Our benefits cover all aspects of life from physical and mental to financial and professional.
What You’ll Contribute The Information Security Engineer will be responsible for designing, implementing, and managing security technologies and infrastructure that protect the organization’s information assets.
What You’ll Do
Lifecycle Management: Oversee identity lifecycle processes including onboarding, transfers, and terminations.
Access Certification: Support quarterly access reviews across business units.
Entitlement Governance: Maintain AD groups, roles, and entitlement structures for compliance and operational efficiency.
Incident Response: Address access-related incidents such as account lockouts and password resets.
Application Onboarding: Evaluate purchased applications to determine user management data collection and eventual provisioning to the IGA platform.
Application Subject Matter Expert: Learn applications with more manual IAM processes, keep the team aware of changes, and update documentation.
Litigation and Privileged Access Reviews: Review sensitive data and access regularly, ensuring upkeep and addressing business queries.
Collaborate with IT, legal, compliance, and other teams to implement and maintain security controls and processes.
The above information is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this job; it is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees in this role.
What You Have
Solid understanding of information security principles, practices, technologies, and standards.
Familiarity with risk management methodologies and frameworks.
Knowledge of industry regulations and compliance requirements.
Experience in developing and implementing information security policies, standards, and procedures.
Strong project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously and meet deadlines.
Experience with Active Directory.
Experience with EntraAD.
Experience with PowerShell.
Intermediate Excel skills (VLOOKUP, comparisons, basic macros and functions).
Preferred Education, Skills, And Experience
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, or a related field. Relevant certifications or advanced degrees are a plus.
5 years of experience in information security, with demonstrated experience in managing security operations and projects.
The Americans With Disabilities Act The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) prohibits discrimination by employers, in compensation and employment opportunities, against qualified individuals with disabilities who, with or without reasonable accommodation, can perform the “essential functions” of a job.
Feeling Your Best Helps You Do Your Best
Competitive base salaries
Bonus incentives
Generous PTO, floating holidays, and 12 federal holidays observed
Support for financial well‑being and retirement 401(k) with employer match
Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, hospital indemnity, critical illness, pet insurance and more
Employer‑paid short‑term/long‑term disability and basic life insurance
Flexible hybrid working arrangements
Paid parental leave and adoption reimbursement programs
Free access to on‑site staffed fitness centers (in Delaware) and gym subsidy (for locations outside Delaware)
Confidential counseling support (EAP), health advocacy services and wellness program with financial incentives
Tuition reimbursement and family scholarship programs
Career development and training opportunities
Not the right fit? Let us know you’re interested in a future opportunity by clicking “Introduce Yourself” in the top‑right corner of the page or create an account to set up email alerts for new job postings that meet your interest.
Sallie Mae is proud to be an equal opportunity (EEO) employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, genetic information, gender identity, disability, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. Click here to view the U.S. Pay Transparency Policy, here for federal job applicant notices, and here to view the California Employee Privacy Notice.
Reasonable accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities in all phases of the application and employment process. To request an accommodation please call (855) 756-2007 and choose option 9. All information you provide will be kept confidential and will only be used to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodations.
Seniority Level Not Applicable
Employment Type Full‑time
Job Function Engineering and Information Technology
Industry Banking and Financial Services
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When you join Sallie Mae, you become a champion for all students. We’re on a mission to power confidence as students begin their unique journey, help them plan their higher education, successfully finish, and prepare for life after school. We’re looking for people who are excited to drive this transformation, break barriers, and create better experiences for students and each other.
Feel good, do your best. Our benefits cover all aspects of life from physical and mental to financial and professional.
What You’ll Contribute The Information Security Engineer will be responsible for designing, implementing, and managing security technologies and infrastructure that protect the organization’s information assets.
What You’ll Do
Lifecycle Management: Oversee identity lifecycle processes including onboarding, transfers, and terminations.
Access Certification: Support quarterly access reviews across business units.
Entitlement Governance: Maintain AD groups, roles, and entitlement structures for compliance and operational efficiency.
Incident Response: Address access-related incidents such as account lockouts and password resets.
Application Onboarding: Evaluate purchased applications to determine user management data collection and eventual provisioning to the IGA platform.
Application Subject Matter Expert: Learn applications with more manual IAM processes, keep the team aware of changes, and update documentation.
Litigation and Privileged Access Reviews: Review sensitive data and access regularly, ensuring upkeep and addressing business queries.
Collaborate with IT, legal, compliance, and other teams to implement and maintain security controls and processes.
The above information is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this job; it is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees in this role.
What You Have
Solid understanding of information security principles, practices, technologies, and standards.
Familiarity with risk management methodologies and frameworks.
Knowledge of industry regulations and compliance requirements.
Experience in developing and implementing information security policies, standards, and procedures.
Strong project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously and meet deadlines.
Experience with Active Directory.
Experience with EntraAD.
Experience with PowerShell.
Intermediate Excel skills (VLOOKUP, comparisons, basic macros and functions).
Preferred Education, Skills, And Experience
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, or a related field. Relevant certifications or advanced degrees are a plus.
5 years of experience in information security, with demonstrated experience in managing security operations and projects.
The Americans With Disabilities Act The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) prohibits discrimination by employers, in compensation and employment opportunities, against qualified individuals with disabilities who, with or without reasonable accommodation, can perform the “essential functions” of a job.
Feeling Your Best Helps You Do Your Best
Competitive base salaries
Bonus incentives
Generous PTO, floating holidays, and 12 federal holidays observed
Support for financial well‑being and retirement 401(k) with employer match
Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, hospital indemnity, critical illness, pet insurance and more
Employer‑paid short‑term/long‑term disability and basic life insurance
Flexible hybrid working arrangements
Paid parental leave and adoption reimbursement programs
Free access to on‑site staffed fitness centers (in Delaware) and gym subsidy (for locations outside Delaware)
Confidential counseling support (EAP), health advocacy services and wellness program with financial incentives
Tuition reimbursement and family scholarship programs
Career development and training opportunities
Not the right fit? Let us know you’re interested in a future opportunity by clicking “Introduce Yourself” in the top‑right corner of the page or create an account to set up email alerts for new job postings that meet your interest.
Sallie Mae is proud to be an equal opportunity (EEO) employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, genetic information, gender identity, disability, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. Click here to view the U.S. Pay Transparency Policy, here for federal job applicant notices, and here to view the California Employee Privacy Notice.
Reasonable accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities in all phases of the application and employment process. To request an accommodation please call (855) 756-2007 and choose option 9. All information you provide will be kept confidential and will only be used to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodations.
Seniority Level Not Applicable
Employment Type Full‑time
Job Function Engineering and Information Technology
Industry Banking and Financial Services
Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Sallie Mae by 2x.
#J-18808-Ljbffr