Job Summary:
We are seeking an experienced IAM Architect with 8+ years of experience in Identity and Access Management architecture and engineering. The role involves designing, implementing, and maintaining enterprise identity architectures using Microsoft Entra ID and Active Directory. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in hybrid identity, Zero Trust principles, identity governance, privileged access management, authentication protocols, and identity lifecycle automation. This position requires strong architectural leadership, regulatory compliance knowledge, and the ability to collaborate with security, cloud, infrastructure, and application teams to deliver secure, scalable, and resilient identity solutions.
Key Responsibilities:
• Design, implement, and maintain end-to-end Identity and Access Management architectures using Microsoft Entra ID and Active Directory.
• Establish long-term identity strategies aligned with business, security, and regulatory requirements.
• Architect secure hybrid identity models, including Entra Connect, cloud synchronization strategies, and identity lifecycle automation.
• Drive the adoption of Zero Trust identity principles, including continuous evaluation and least-privilege access.
• Lead the design and optimization of Conditional Access policies, authentication flows, MFA, passwordless strategies (FIDO2 and Windows Hello for Business), and identity protection.
• Architect, standardize, and provide governance oversight for Entra ID Governance capabilities, including PIM, access reviews, entitlement management, custom roles, and segregation of duties.
• Oversee the configuration of Entra applications, service principals, federations, SCIM provisioning, and SSO integrations using SAML, OIDC, and OAuth2.
• Design secure, resilient, and scalable Active Directory forests, domains, Group Policy Object (GPO) structures, and privileged access boundaries.
• Lead initiatives to modernize Active Directory security through tiered administration models, privileged access isolation, ESAE cleanup, delegated administration, and secure baselines.
• Implement Active Directory hardening, lifecycle management, group governance, and remediation of legacy dependencies.
• Develop identity standards, architectural patterns, security baselines, and governance frameworks.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements such as SOX, HIPAA, GDPR, ISO 27001, and internal audit controls.
• Provide guidance on RBAC/ABAC models, identity lifecycle management, privileged access governance, and application onboarding.
• Design identity controls that are auditable, measurable, and automatable to support internal risk assessments and regulatory compliance.
• Collaborate with cloud platform and DevSecOps teams to integrate identity controls into cloud landing zones, CI/CD pipelines, and enterprise architectures.
• Partner with security operations teams to integrate identity telemetry, threat detection, and incident response workflows.
• Work closely with Security Engineering, Application Owners, Cloud Platform Engineering, Architecture, and Infrastructure teams.
• Provide architectural direction during acquisition integration, cloud migrations, and modernization projects.
• Develop architecture diagrams, roadmaps, threat models, and solution documentation.
• Drive IAM as a shared enterprise platform while balancing security, user experience, and operational resiliency.
• Stay current with identity technology trends, Microsoft Entra roadmap updates, and emerging security threats.
• Recommend continuous improvement opportunities across authentication, authorization, and identity governance.
• Mentor engineers and promote best practices in identity architecture and operations.
Required Qualifications:
• 8+ years of experience in Identity and Access Management architecture or engineering.
• Deep expertise in Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD), Conditional Access, Identity Protection, and Entra Governance.
• Strong experience with Active Directory design, replication, DNS, GPO, PKI, and delegation models.
• Strong understanding of SSO protocols, including OAuth2, OIDC, SAML, and WS-Federation.
• Experience with identity lifecycle automation and provisioning.
• Strong understanding of Zero Trust architecture principles.
• Strong knowledge of MFA, passwordless authentication, risk-based policies, and authentication flows.
• Experience securing hybrid identity environments using Entra Connect, federation services, and cloud-only identity patterns.
• Expertise in building Terraform Infrastructure as Code (IaC) resources and guardrails for identity services through reusable modules and automated CI/CD pipelines.
• Proficiency in PowerShell or other automation frameworks.
• Strong understanding of IAM risk management, audit requirements, and regulatory standards.
Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience with Microsoft certifications such as SC-300, SC-100, AZ-305, or equivalent.
• Experience with Privileged Access Workstations (PAW).
• Experience with Microsoft Identity Manager (MIM) or other Identity Lifecycle Management (ILM) solutions.
• Experience with advanced Conditional Access configurations and automation.
• Experience with enterprise-scale identity consolidation and domain migration projects.
• Familiarity with modern IAM platforms such as SailPoint, CyberArk, or Okta.
• Background in security architecture, threat modeling, or penetration testing related to identity systems.
