Cybersecurity Program Strategist– Identity Governance & Administration; IGA

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The Cybersecurity Program Strategist - IGA is responsible for leading the onboarding of applications into the organization’s Identity Governance & Administration (IGA) platform. This role ensures applications are integrated with standardized access controls, federation, MFA, and Separation of Duties (SoD) policies. The Strategist serves as a subject‑matter expert in identity lifecycle management, access certification, and governance processes, collaborating with application owners, security architects, and engineering teams to ensure secure, compliant access across the enterprise.

Works with key stakeholders, including senior leaders and executives, as well as LOBs to clearly define information security initiatives, vision and approach to meet security business needs, risks, exposures and remediation. Collaborate with key team stakeholders and senior management to drive initiatives to completion and rollout, enhance security standards, integrate solutions and maintain the strategic direction of Cybersecurity. Responsible for oversight and communication of the cybersecurity programs, which includes providing strategic direction, financial oversight, and investment prioritization of new security controls/initiatives to address emerging threats;

managing portfolio reporting and delivery of cybersecurity controls/capabilities to address risks in our environment.

This position requires onsite presence five days per week, with Raleigh, NC designated as the preferred location. Charlotte/Wilson/Greensboro, NC and Atlanta, GA will also be considered. For this opportunity, Truist will not sponsor an applicant for work visa status or employment authorization, nor will we offer any immigration‑related support for this position (including, but not limited to H‑1B, F‑1 OPT, F‑1 STEM OPT, F‑1 CPT, J‑1, TN‑1 or TN‑2, E‑3, O‑1, or future sponsorship for U.S. lawful permanent residence status.)

• Application Onboarding & Integration
  • Lead the end‑to‑end onboarding of applications into the enterprise IGA platform (e.g., SailPoint, Saviynt, Omada).
  • Conduct intake assessments to determine integration requirements such as access models, connectors, roles, and entitlements.
  • Collaborate with application owners to define access workflows, provisioning methods (API, SCIM, JDBC, AD groups, etc.), and approval paths.
  • Develop and maintain integration documentation and technical specifications.
• Federation & MFA Enablement
  • Work with IAM engineering teams to establish federation using SAML, OAuth, OIDC, or WS‑Fed.
  • Ensure the correct MFA policies are applied based on application sensitivity, user type, and organizational standards.
  • Validate that authentication flows follow Zero Trust principles and align with enterprise identity architecture.
  • Troubleshoot authentication, token, and SSO issues during onboarding or post‑deployment.
• Separation of Duties (SoD) & Policy Enforcement
  • Implement and enforce SoD controls by aligning application entitlements to governance policies.
  • Conduct detailed SoD risk analysis for new applications to identify conflicts and propose remediation.
  • Collaborate with internal audit and compliance to maintain SoD rule sets and support audit findings.
  • Ensure access roles and entitlements are structured to prevent toxic combinations of privileges.
• Identity Lifecycle & Governance Support
  • Design access models such as role‑based access control (RBAC), attribute‑based access control (ABAC), and birthright…