Senior Associate Cyber Security

2499 - PING ID CIAM Architect

Senior CIAM / IAM Solution Architect Identity Broker (Ping Identity)

We are specifically looking for a senior hands-on CIAM / IAM Solution Architect with strong Ping Identity and federation experience. The candidate should have proven experience designing Identity Broker architectures using OIDC/OAuth2/SAML and integrating multiple existing Identity Providers and applications. This is not primarily an Entra ID or infrastructure role. Strong PingFederate experience would be a major advantage.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive and refine the solution architecture for the groupwide Identity Broker / CIAM platform
• Design secure and scalable identity federation patterns across existing Identity Providers and customer-facing applications
• Define and implement federation flows based on OIDC OAuth 2.0 and SAML
• Design Home Realm Discovery identity linking claims normalization and token management
• Support the technical evaluation and prototype implementation of PingFederate and PingDirectory
• Define integration patterns between the Identity Broker existing IdPs and customer-facing applications
• Design the identity data layer including minimal customer identity attributes identity mappings and linked accounts
• Define approaches for JIT provisioning SCIM-based provisioning and identity synchronization
• Design for high availability regional redundancy failover and resilience
• Ensure compliance with security architecture principles for authentication sessions tokens and identity data
• Support the implementation of the initial LifeTrack prototype / pilot
• Work closely with application teams and Business Unit IT teams to onboard additional applications and Identity Providers
• Translate business and customer-access requirements into scalable technical architecture and implementation patterns
• Produce architecture documentation integration specifications and technical decision papers
• Support architecture reviews and technical decision gates
• Provide hands-on technical guidance to developers integration engineers and project stakeholders

The project specifically foresees the broker handling federation routing claims/token normalization and minimal identity linking while authentication credentials and MFA remain with existing IdPs.

Required Skills & Experience

Must Have

• 8 years of professional experience in Identity & Access Management (IAM) security architecture or related areas
• Strong hands-on experience in Customer Identity & Access Management (CIAM)
• Proven experience designing Identity Broker / Federation architectures
• Strong knowledge of:
  • OpenID Connect (OIDC)
  • OAuth 2.0
  • SAML 2.0
  • Identity Federation
  • SSO
  • Token and claims management
• Strong experience with Ping Identity ideally:
  • PingFederate
  • PingDirectory
• Experience integrating multiple Identity Providers (IdPs) and applications within complex enterprise environments
• Strong understanding of:
  • Identity linking
  • Home Realm Discovery
  • Claims normalization
  • Token issuance and validation
  • Session management
• Experience with SCIM JIT provisioning and user lifecycle integration
• Experience designing highly available and resilient IAM platforms
• Strong understanding of security principles for customer authentication and identity federation
• Experience working in large-scale distributed enterprise environments
• Ability to communicate architecture decisions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Soft-Skills

Strong analytical and solution-oriented mindset

Excellent stakeholder management skills

Comfortable working across multiple business units and technical organizations

Ability to challenge existing architectural approaches constructively

Able to work independently and drive technical topics end-to-end

Excellent communication and documentation skills

Fluent English