Lead IAM Developer/Architect

About the role

The Lead IAM Developer/Architect develops, recommends, and implements enterprise information security policies, technical standards, guidelines, procedures, and other elements of an infrastructure necessary to support information security in compliance with established company policies, regulatory requirements, and generally accepted information security controls. This role requires associates to be in-office 1-2 days per week, fostering collaboration and connectivity, while providing flexibility to support productivity and work-life balance. This approach combines structured office engagement with the autonomy of virtual work, promoting a dynamic and adaptable workplace. Alternate locations may be considered if candidates reside within a commuting distance from an office.

Responsibilities

• Define and deliver the enterprise IAM architecture for Agentic AI, establishing scalable identity patterns, reference architectures, and integration standards adopted across multiple platforms and teams.
• Drive implementation of a unified, enterprise-grade identity platform that improves access governance, reduces onboarding time for applications, and supports secure scaling of AI-driven and digital capabilities.
• Establish reusable IAM frameworks, design standards, and governance models that accelerate delivery across teams while ensuring consistency, security, and future-ready extensibility.
• Lead system and network architecture support for information and network security technologies; lead development and execution of risk assessment methodologies to fit business, regulatory, and technical environment considerations; lead the development of requirements, system architecture, and software design of security products and services; lead the development of strategies for discovery, evaluation and response to new networking attacks; develop security incident response plans and strategies.
• Provides trouble resolution and serves as point of technical escalation on complex problems.
• Creates presentations and seeks IT management approval and acceptance of significant replacements or reconfigurations of major security systems serving the Enterprise.
• Sets vendor strategy and direction.
• May be assigned to project teams for technical consultation to business partners and developers.
• Designs & engineers comprehensive access management and network security technical solutions based on business requirements and defined technology standards; works with architecture to update technology direction & strategy.
• Develops reports supporting strategy and direction for management.
• Serves as technical merger & acquisition lead.
• Acts as a subject matter expert among peers, with manager and senior management.

Requirements

• Requires BS/BA in information Technology or related field of study and a minimum of 8 years experience in systems administration and security aspects of information systems, access management and network security technologies, network communications, computer networking, telecommunications, systems development and management, hardware, software, data, and people; experience with multiple technical and business disciplines required; requires broad-based experience to plan and design highly complex systems; or any combination of education and experience, which would provide an equivalent background.

Preferred Skills, Experiences and Competencies

• Expertise in architecting complex Identity and Access Management (IAM) platforms and solutions.
• Strong proficiency in Java, Spring ecosystem, and microservices architecture.
• Experience leading cloud migrations (On-Prem to AWS).
• Deep understanding of AWS services and cloud-native architectures.
• Expertise in CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, Docker, and Kubernetes.
• Strong knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, Helm).
• Familiarity with RBAC products and integrations (SailPoint, Workday).
• Experience facilitating cross-functional planning and requirements gathering.

Skills and Experience

• IAM AI Java Cloud

Benefits

At Elevance Health, we offer a range of market-competitive total rewards that include merit increases, paid holidays, Paid Time Off, and incentive bonus programs (unless covered by a collective bargaining agreement), medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability benefits, 401(k) +match, stock purchase plan, life insurance, wellness programs and financial education resources, to name a few.

Pay

Compensation is competitive and commensurate with experience.

Schedule

This role requires associates to be in-office 1-2 days per week, fostering collaboration and connectivity, while providing flexibility to support productivity and work-life balance. This approach combines structured office engagement with the autonomy of virtual work, promoting a dynamic and adaptable workplace. Alternate locations may be considered if candidates reside within a commuting distance from an office.

Who We Are

Elevance Health is a health company dedicated to improving lives and communities - and making healthcare simpler. We are a Fortune 25 company with a longstanding history in the healthcare industry, looking for leaders at all levels of the organization who are passionate about making an impact on our members and the communities we serve.

How We Work

At Elevance Health, we are creating a culture that is designed to advance our strategy but will also lead to personal and professional growth for our associates. Our values and behaviors are the root of our culture. They are how we achieve our strategy, power our business outcomes and drive our shared success - for our consumers, our associates, our communities and our business.

Additional Information

Elevance Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, citizenship status, color, creed, disability, ethnicity, genetic information, gender (including gender identity and gender expression), marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other status or condition protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact elevancehealthjobssupport@elevancehealth.comfor assistance. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws, including, but not limited to, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act.