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Solution Architect IAM – Identity Provider (On-Premises & Cloud) Your role

As Solution Architect for the IAM Identity Provider domain, you shape and drive the architecture of identity services. You design solutions aligned with IAM strategy, enterprise architecture principles, and long-term technology direction.

You provide architectural leadership to DevOps squads and stakeholders, translating strategic objectives into practical solution designs. You help teams make sound technology decisions and promote alignment across products, platforms, and squads.

You bring deep knowledge of Identity and Access Management (IAM) and Identity Provider (IdP) technologies, including Microsoft Entra ID and Active Directory. You connect Enterprise Architecture with DevOps engineering teams and provide technical guidance to engineers, architects, product managers, IT leads, and senior stakeholders.

You keep up with developments in identity and security, support innovation and modernization, and maintain a security-first approach. You ensure solutions align with enterprise standards, regulatory requirements, and risk frameworks. You also contribute to the IAM Architecture Board and work closely with Product Managers and IT Leads to guide the delivery and evolution of IAM capabilities.

Your responsibilities

• Define and maintain solution architectures aligned with enterprise architecture principles, security standards, and IAM strategy.
• Guide and support DevOps squads during implementation, maintaining architectural integrity from design through delivery.
• Provide architectural leadership and act as the primary technical advisor for the squads you support.
• Contribute to architectural roadmaps and target-state designs for the Identity Provider landscape across on-premises, hybrid, and cloud environments.
• Participate in the IAM Architecture Board and represent the department’s strategic direction.
• Assess architectural scenarios and trade-offs, and provide clear recommendations.
• Mentor and coach DevOps engineers and technical specialists to improve engineering quality and architectural maturity.
• Promote standardization, simplification, resiliency, and security across IAM platforms and services.
• Identify modernization opportunities and support the transition towards future-state identity solutions.

Your profile

• Proven experience as a Solution Architect in large-scale enterprise environments.
• Deep understanding of IAM concepts, identity lifecycle management, authentication, authorization, and federation.
• Strong expertise in Microsoft Entra ID, Active Directory, federation, and hybrid identity architectures.
• Experience defining target architectures, architectural roadmaps, reference architectures, and solution designs aligned with strategic and security objectives.
• Ability to provide technical leadership and architectural guidance across multiple DevOps squads.
• Experience in highly regulated environments where security, compliance, resilience, risk management, and auditability are critical.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to evaluate complex scenarios, balance trade-offs, and make well-founded architecture decisions.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage at all organizational levels.
• Ability to influence without direct authority and align diverse stakeholders around a common architectural direction.
• Experience with disaster recovery, business continuity, PKI, MFA, Zero Trust, and cloud security principles.

Preferred qualifications

• Familiarity with architecture frameworks such as TOGAF.
• Experience with large-scale identity transformations and cloud migration initiatives.
• Knowledge of modern authentication standards and protocols, such as OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SAML, and FIDO2.
• Understanding of Zero Trust architecture principles and identity-centric security models.
• Relevant certifications, such as TOGAF, Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Microsoft Identity and Access Administrator, or equivalent.