Posted:
1/13/2026, 11:22:45 PM
Location(s):
Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal ⋅ Matosinhos, Porto District, Portugal ⋅ Lisbon, Portugal ⋅ Porto District, Portugal
Experience Level(s):
Senior
Field(s):
IT & Security
We are seeking an experienced Digital Identity Team Lead with strong expertise in Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) to join our Portugal cybersecurity team. This role focuses on leading the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of identity governance processes, ensuring secure, compliant, and efficient identity lifecycle management across the organization.
As a Team Lead, you will provide technical leadership and day-to-day guidance to the IAM team, while remaining hands-on with SailPoint Identity Security Cloud and SailPoint IdentityIQ. You will be responsible for driving IGA best practices, overseeing access certifications, joiner-mover-leaver processes, role and entitlement management, and ensuring alignment with security policies and regulatory requirements.
The ideal candidate combines strong technical knowledge of SailPoint IGA platforms with proven leadership skills, the ability to coordinate stakeholders, and a solid understanding of enterprise identity architectures.
Responsibilities
Lead the design, implementation, and evolution of Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) solutions, ensuring effective identity lifecycle management and access governance across enterprise systems.
Drive the implementation and optimization of SailPoint Identity Security Cloud and SailPoint IdentityIQ, including integrations, configurations, and ongoing enhancements.
Define, implement, and enforce identity governance policies, standards, and controls, ensuring alignment with internal security requirements and regulatory frameworks.
Collaborate closely with IT, Security, HR, and Business stakeholders to align IGA initiatives with organizational and business objectives.
Monitor and improve identity governance processes, proactively identifying access risks, segregation of duties (SoD) conflicts, and remediation opportunities.
Provide technical leadership and day-to-day guidance to the IAM team, acting as a subject matter expert in SailPoint and IGA best practices.
Drive continuous improvement initiatives across identity governance operations, focusing on automation, scalability, and operational efficiency.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Information Security, or related field.
Proven experience in Digital Identity and Access Management, with strong focus on Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) in enterprise environments.
Hands-on expertise with SailPoint IdentityIQ and/or SailPoint Identity Security Cloud, including solution design, implementation, configuration, and troubleshooting.
Strong knowledge of identity lifecycle management, including joiner, mover, and leaver (JML) processes, access requests, access certifications, role-based access control (RBAC), and entitlement management.
Solid understanding of authentication and identity integration protocols, such as LDAP, SAML, OAuth/OIDC, and their integration with enterprise and cloud systems.
Experience with automation and scripting (e.g. PowerShell, Python) to support IGA processes, integrations, and operational efficiency.
Demonstrated technical leadership skills, with experience mentoring team members and coordinating day-to-day IAM activities.
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work effectively with IT, Security, HR, and business teams.
Good understanding of Zero Trust architectures, identity-centric security models, and modern cloud security principles.
Familiarity with logging, monitoring, and security event management, particularly as it relates to identity and access governance.
Proven ability to work collaboratively in team-oriented environments, with strong problem-solving skills and the ability to adapt quickly to new technologies and processes.
Familiarity with security frameworks and compliance standards, including NIST, ISO 27001, and GDPR.
Preferred Qualifications
Certifications such as:
- SailPoint Certified IdentityIQ Engineer
- SailPoint Certified IdentityIQ Administrator
- SailPoint Certified IdentityIQ Architect
- SailPoint Certified IdentityNow Engineer / Professional
- CyberArk Certified Delivery Engineer (CDE)
CyberArk Identity Certifications – Focused on SSO, MFA, and cloud identity.
Optional Certifications:
- CompTIA Security+
- CISSP
Additional Information
Flexibility for occasional travel within Europe for key project deliveries and client meetings.
About Accenture
Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.Visit us at www.accenture.com
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