Identity and Access Management Architect

Job Summary

Sought after an experienced Identity and Access Management (IAM) Architect to lead the design, implementation, and evolution of enterprise identity security solutions. This role is responsible for developing scalable IAM architectures, strengthening authentication and authorization controls, and ensuring secure access to enterprise systems, applications, and cloud environments.

Essential Job Duties And Responsibilities

• Engage with IT leaders and SMEs, translate business goals into IAM requirements, coordinate with IAM product owners on technical feasibility to ensure solutions scale and interoperate across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments.
• Provide technical design and implementation for authentication (e.g. MFA, SSO, etc.), authorization models (e.g. RBAC, etc.), identity provisioning, lifecycle management, and privileged access controls.
• Champion innovation with Identity and Access Management tools, evaluate and provide recommendations to product owners for consideration and integration with the existing platform, while balancing security, privacy, and usability.
• Drive adoption: create technical guidance and documentation, architecture diagrams, executive-level briefings, operational procedures, and mentor IT architects and senior engineers on IAM best practices.
• Ensure compliance with relevant regulations and internal policies and support audit readiness activities by ensuring appropriate access governance, logging, monitoring, and reporting controls are in place.
• Evaluate emerging IAM technologies and recommend improvements to enhance security, scalability, and operational efficiency.

Education And Experience Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, or related field or equivalent working experience.
• 8+ years Cybersecurity and Identity and Access Management experience
• 3+ years of experience in building IAM programs
• Proven track record designing, delivering, and operating enterprise-scale IAM solutions across cloud and on-prem environments
• Strong knowledge of Identity Governance & Administration (IGA) and Cloud identity security
• Deep technical knowledge of authentication/authorization protocols and standards (OAuth2/OIDC, SAML, SCIM, LDAP) and modern IAM architectures
• Hands-on experience with at least two major IAM technologies (e.g., Entra ID/Azure AD, Microsoft AD, CyberArk, SailPoint, Ping Identity)
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, able to present technical concepts to executive audiences and translate business needs into technical requirements
• Experience leading vendors, technical teams, and cross-functional workstreams to successful outcomes
• Experience with zero-trust identity models, identity governance, privileged access management, and modern authentication modalities (passwordless, biometrics, adaptive MFA)
• Balanced strategic thinking with the ability to roll up sleeves and deliver technically where needed
• Strong analytical, conceptual, and problem-solving abilities
• Strong written and oral communication skills

Preferred Skills And Abilities

• Relevant certifications such as GIAC Security Essentials (GSEC), Certified Identity and Access Manager (CIAM), or CISSP
• Experience supporting large-scale enterprise environments
• Experience implementing Zero Trust security frameworks
• Familiarity with DevSecOps and API security