Lead IAM Technical Architect

This is a remote role with occasional travel to Swindon

Candidates should have a high level of IGA experience, Please specify on your CV as much as possible all IGA experience in detail.

Role Summary

Lead IAM Technical Architect responsible for defining and delivering the enterprise identity architecture, establishing identity as the primary security control plane across services.

The role combines cross-programme IAM design authority with secure-by-design, risk-led decision making, providing leadership across multiple IAM project workstreams and stakeholder groups.

Key Responsibilities

Define and govern the target-state IAM architecture, covering:
Identity verification and assurance
Identity governance & lifecycle (IGA / JML)
Authentication and access management (AM)
Privileged access (PAM)
Customer and citizen identity (CIAM)
Non-human / machine identity (NHI/MIM)
Federation and identity trust models
Lead end-to-end IAM solution design across programmes, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture and the clients standards
Provide design authority and architectural assurance, ensuring solutions are secure, scalable, and aligned to organisational strategy
Embed secure-by-design principles, integrating identity into risk-based access control and Zero Trust models
Define identity lifecycle and governance controls, including provisioning, access review, and deprovisioning
Design integration and federation patterns, enabling secure identity exchange.
Develop transition architectures and migration strategies from legacy identity services
Deliver a phased IAM roadmap aligned to Discovery, Alpha, and enterprise rollout
Engage senior stakeholders and provide technical leadership and advisory support across business and technology teamsDeliverables

Enterprise IAM target architecture and design blueprint
Current-state IAM assessment and risk analysis
Identity governance and lifecycle (IGA) operating model
Authentication and access management design (including MFA/passwordless)
Privileged access management control model
Identity integration and federation architecture
Transition and migration architecture
Phased delivery roadmap with defined outcomes and milestonesIAM Project Background

Strategic multi-year programme to establish identity as a core control plane aligned to Zero Trust principles

Transformation of IAM services into a policy-driven, standards-aligned, enterprise capability

Specific skills required for the role

Technical and Architecture Expertise

Enterprise IAM architecture across IGA, AM, PAM, CIAM, federation, and NHI/MIM
Strong experience in Zero Trust architecture and identity-driven access control
Design of identity lifecycle governance models and audit controls
Integration and migration architecture across legacy and modern platforms
Experience with platforms such as:
Entra ID
AWS Cognito
IGA and PAM tooling

Security and Risk Capability

Strong understanding of modern authentication and assurance models
Experience embedding risk-based access controls and policy-driven identity
Ability to translate risk into pragmatic architectural controlsDelivery and Leadership

Proven delivery of large-scale IAM transformations
Stakeholder engagement across business, security, and technical domains
Ability to lead multi-team and supplier delivery environments
Experience delivering phased roadmaps with measurable outcomes
Must have deep understanding of architecture.

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