Architect -IAM - Identity Provider (On-Premise & Cloud)

Solution Architect IAM – Identity Provider (On-Premise & Cloud)

Location: Utrecht

Working hours: 36 hours per week

Working arrangement: Hybrid

Language: English is required

About the role

As Solution Architect for the IAM Identity Provider domain, you will shape the architecture of identity services across on-premises, hybrid and cloud environments. You will translate strategic objectives into practical solution designs and provide architectural leadership to DevOps squads and stakeholders.

You will help teams make sound technology decisions while maintaining alignment across products, platforms and squads. You will bring a security-first mindset to innovation and modernization, ensuring that solutions meet enterprise standards, regulatory requirements and risk frameworks.

Key responsibilities

• Define and maintain solution architectures aligned with enterprise architecture principles, security standards and IAM strategy.
• Guide DevOps squads through implementation and maintain architectural integrity from design to delivery.
• Provide technical leadership and advice to the squads you support.
• Develop architectural roadmaps and target-state designs for the Identity Provider landscape across on-premises, hybrid and cloud environments.
• Assess alternative scenarios, evaluate trade-offs and provide clear architectural recommendations.
• Coach and mentor engineers and technical specialists to strengthen engineering quality and architectural maturity.
• Promote standardization, simplification, resilience and security across IAM platforms and services.
• Identify opportunities to modernize identity solutions.

Your profile

• Proven experience as a Solution Architect in large-scale enterprise environments.
• Deep knowledge of IAM, including identity lifecycle management, authentication, authorization and federation.
• Strong expertise in Microsoft Entra ID, Active Directory, federation and hybrid identity architectures.
• Experience defining target architectures, roadmaps, reference architectures and solution designs aligned with strategic and security objectives.
• Ability to provide 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 balance business and technical considerations when making architecture decisions.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence without direct authority.
• Experience with disaster recovery, business continuity, PKI, MFA, Zero Trust and cloud security principles.

Preferred qualifications

• 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.
• Familiarity with architecture frameworks such as TOGAF.
• Relevant certifications, such as TOGAF, Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Microsoft Identity and Access Administrator, or equivalent.