IAM Architect

Role Summary

The IAM Architect – Manager is responsible for designing and leading identity lifecycle, access, and authorization solutions across all identity types, including human (employees, partners, customers) and non‑human identities (applications, Agents, APIs, service accounts, workloads). The role combines hands‑on architecture with delivery leadership and client engagement.

Key Responsibilities

• Define end‑to‑end IAM, Access Management, and Authorization architecture aligned to Zero Trust.
• Design and govern identity lifecycle, SSO, MFA, federation, and token‑based access for users, applications, APIs, and services.
• Lead fine‑grained authorization using PBAC / ABAC / RBAC, including externalized authorization and policy‑as‑code patterns (e.g., Plain ID).
• Establish secure access models for machine‑to‑machine and workload identities.
• Act as IAM solution lead for client delivery engagements, proposals, and architecture governance.
• Mentor IAM team members and contribute to practice growth and thought leadership.

Required Skills & Experience

• Minimum 12 years in IAM security architecture.
• Strong experience in Access Management and Authorization.
• Hands‑on knowledge of OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SAML, and authorization frameworks.
• Experience with platforms such as Ping, ForgeRock, Okta, Microsoft Entra ID, PlainID.
• Client facing Consulting or system integrator experience is must.