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Identity & Access Management (IAM) Architect

Role Overview

We are seeking a highly experienced and strategic Identity & Access Management (IAM) Architect to lead the design implementation and governance of enterprisegrade identity authentication and access services.

This is an onsite based position at our Austin TX campus.

This role is critical to securing user identities credentials application access and cryptographic trust across enterprise and cloudconnected environments. The architect will drive modernization initiatives strengthen access controls and ensure compliance with global security standards. This is an onsite role and requires regular presence at the office. It is not a remote position.

The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in directory services authentication systems access governance vault and secrets management cloud identity integration and PKI along with a strong understanding of compliance frameworks such as ISO 27001 SOC 2 and NIST.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture design and governance of enterprise IAM services supporting business security and operational requirements.

• Design and manage directory and identity services including enterprise directory platforms and LDAPbased systems.

• Architect authentication and access control mechanisms for users applications and infrastructure including strong and adaptive authentication models.

• Define and govern identity lifecycle processes covering onboarding access changes and offboarding for employees contractors and partners.

• Design secure access enforcement and entitlement models for enterprise systems and applications.

• Drive authentication modernization initiatives reducing credential risk while improving user experience.

• Architect and integrate vault and secrets management capabilities for applications services and infrastructure.

• Familiarity with Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) certificatebased trust models for enterprise use cases certificate lifecycle processes including issuance renewal revocation and automation.

• Support secure application integrations using certificates for TLS mutual authentication smart credentials and signing use cases.

• Integrate IAM services with cloud identity platforms and hybrid environments as required.

• Work with federation standards and protocols such as SAML OAuth and OpenID Connect.

• Ensure IAM services are designed for high availability resilience and disaster recovery.

• Perform regular health checks access reviews and security assessments across IAM platforms.

• Troubleshoot and resolve complex identity authentication and access issues.

• Align IAM architecture and controls with ISO 27001 SOC 2 NIST GDPR and enterprise security policies.

• Support internal and external audits by providing documentation evidence and remediation plans.

• Define and track service metrics SLAs KPIs and risk indicators for IAM services.

• Collaborate closely with IAM Infrastructure Security Cloud and Application teams globally.

• Provide architectural guidance design reviews and technical leadership across IAM initiatives.

• Contribute to change management documentation and governance processes using ITSM tools.

• Mentor engineers and lead crossfunctional technical initiatives.

Required Skills & Experience

• 7 years of experience in enterprise IT or Information Security with strong specialization in Identity and Access Management.

• Proven experience designing and leading enterprisescale IAM architectures.

• Strong expertise in directory services authentication systems access controls and identity governance.

• Handson experience with LDAPbased platforms strong authentication solutions and access enforcement technologies.

• Experience designing and operating PKI and certificate lifecycle management solutions.

• Experience with vault or secrets management platforms and secure credential handling.

• Strong understanding of cloud identity integration and hybrid IAM models.

• Experience working with federation protocols and identity standards.

• Strong analytical and problemsolving skills with the ability to resolve highimpact security and access issues.

• Experience working with global teams and diverse stakeholders.

• Familiarity with ITIL processes (Incident Change Problem Management).

• Experience using service management tools.

• Ability and willingness to work onsite from the office in a collaborative environment.

Preferred Skills

• Experience supporting largescale enterprise or regulated environments.

• Background in identity governance cryptographic services or credential management.

• Experience supporting audit risk and compliance activities.

• Prior experience in an architect senior lead or principallevel role.

• Relevant security or identity certifications.

Why Join Us

• Lead strategic identity authentication and trust initiatives in a global enterprise.

• Influence how access and credentials are secured at scale.

• Work closely with crossfunctional teams through inperson collaboration.

• Competitive compensation benefits and longterm career growth opportunities.

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The salary offered to a selected candidate will be based on multiple factors including location hire grade job-related knowledge skills experience and with consideration of internal equity of our current team addition to a comprehensive benefits package candidates may be eligible for other forms of compensation such as participation in a bonus and a stock award program as applicable.

For all sales roles the posted salary range is the Target Total Cash (TTC) range for the role which is the sum of base salary and target bonus amount at 100% goal achievement.

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