Job Description
Client: Michigan State University
Title: IAM Java & SailPoint Engineer
Duration: 11/2026 –6/30/2027 (Renewable)
Location: 4000 Collins Road, Lansing, MI - 48910
Pay Range: $70.00 to $80.00 negotiable.
Job Description: The IAM Java & SailPoint Engineer is primarily a hands-on Java development role supporting MSU enterprise identity and access management (IAM) services. The contractor will develop, maintain, integrate, and modernize Java-based IAM applications and SailPoint IdentityIQ (IIQ), sustain production operations, and support the IAM Modernization Program as identity workflows move from legacy services to the future-state IAM platform. Work includes My Identity/NGP go-live and operational support. The engineer must troubleshoot across the application stack;this is not a dedicated system administrator role.
Key responsibilities include:
Required candidate skills and experience:
Preferred qualifications:
Expected deliverables and outcomes:
Title: IAM Java & SailPoint Engineer
Duration: 11/2026 –6/30/2027 (Renewable)
Location: 4000 Collins Road, Lansing, MI - 48910
Pay Range: $70.00 to $80.00 negotiable.
Job Description: The IAM Java & SailPoint Engineer is primarily a hands-on Java development role supporting MSU enterprise identity and access management (IAM) services. The contractor will develop, maintain, integrate, and modernize Java-based IAM applications and SailPoint IdentityIQ (IIQ), sustain production operations, and support the IAM Modernization Program as identity workflows move from legacy services to the future-state IAM platform. Work includes My Identity/NGP go-live and operational support. The engineer must troubleshoot across the application stack;this is not a dedicated system administrator role.
Key responsibilities include:
- Analyze, reverse engineer, refactor, develop, test, and maintain Java and BeanShell components;build and support Spring Boot services, REST APIs, and enterprise integrations.
- Engineer and support SailPoint IIQ rules, workflows, connectors, provisioning policies, tasks, forms, certifications, attestations, reports, and application onboarding.
- Maintain identity lifecycle workflows, provisioning, reconciliation, access governance, and integrations with HR/authoritative sources, directories, databases, cloud services, and enterprise applications.
- Investigate production incidents end-to-end using Linux and application, middleware, and server logs. Diagnose Java deployments and runtime behavior;isolate faults across Java code, Tomcat/JBoss, databases, directory integrations, connectors, and dependent services.
- Support platform upgrades, deployment and performance troubleshooting, stability improvements, technical debt reduction, and modernization/migration of IIQ workflows and integrations;support My Identity/NGP go-live and operations.
- Apply secure engineering practices, unit/integration testing, code reviews, source control, CI/CD, monitoring, metrics, and tracing, document solutions and operational runbooks.
- Collaborate with IAM engineers, architects, application owners, vendors, and stakeholders;provide status updates, estimates, incident communication, peer review, cross-training, and knowledge transfer.
Required candidate skills and experience:
- Knowledge equivalent to a four-year degree in a related IT field and five to eight years of progressively responsible enterprise application/IAM experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Hands-on Java development, APIs and systems integration, software testing, secure coding, production support, root-cause troubleshooting, log analysis, technical documentation, and ability to work with technical and business teams.
Preferred qualifications:
- Five to eight years of SailPoint IIQ engineering/administration;IIQ certification or comparable expertise;Java, BeanShell, Spring Boot, REST, XML, JSON, SQL, Git, and CI/CD.
- Comfortable in Linux and with Tomcat/JBoss, Java application deployment/runtime, Kubernetes/OpenShift, middleware and application logs, performance tuning, high-availability operations, and occasional scheduled after-hours support.
Expected deliverables and outcomes:
- Maintain and enhance supported Java/IAM and SailPoint IIQ services;resolve and document production defects and cross-stack incidents.
- Deliver tested integrations and modernization/migration work, with technical designs, release documentation, runbooks, and knowledge transfer to MSU staff.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Lansing, MI |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Salary | $70.71 |
| Company Size | 2,000 to 2,499 employees |
| Year Founded | 2000 |
| Website | http://www.lancesoft.com/ |
About Company
We are a $125 Million, NMSDC-certified Minority & Woman owned Workforce Solutions Company headquartered in the DC metro area with presence across US with global presence - Canada, Mexico, India, UK, Malaysia, Indonasia, Hongkong, Singapore, UAE. We are specialized in providing Workforce Solutions, SOW project delivery, Engineering Solutions, Creative Services. We currently support 100+ Fortune companies globally and across multiple industry segments. We are currently supporting several massive programs across industry segment nationally/globally (Intel, Ally, AMD, QUALCOMM, Morgan Stanley, Kraft/ Mondelez, MNP, Amdocs, Dell, SanDisk, Medtronic, Becton Dickinson, GE, Lockheed Martin, UTC, L-3 Communications, Caterpillar, BMW, Mercedes Benz, National Grid, Dominion, Energy Future Holdings, PSEG, 3M, Fidelity, Aetna, Humana, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Merck etc).
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.
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