IT System Architect- Identity Access Governance

What You’ll Do

This position is responsible for defining and communicating a shared architectural vision for an identity and access management/identity governance product which enables them to support current and future business needs for internal and external customers.

They will collaborate with Agile teams to consider solutions, validate technology assumptions, evaluate alternatives, and converge on a solution.

Finally, the System Architect will work closely with Enterprise and Solution Architects to deliver solutions that are aligned to the broader architecture guardrails.

Lead and participate in the planning, definition, development, and high-level design of identity and access management solutions and architectural alternatives including identity governance, access management and privileged access.

Enable a continuous delivery pipeline through proper design guidelines

Establish and communicate critical nonfunctional requirements with international internal customers

Consider the impact economic boundaries have on design decisions and operate accordingly

Participate in solution planning, incremental planning, product demos, and inspect and adapt events

Plan and develop the architectural runway for a product that supports desired outcomes for business, shop floor and customer facing systems

Provide technical oversight and encourage security, quality, and automation

Effectively negotiate with the business to ensure nonfunctional work (e.g. patching, platform upgrade etc.) is properly prioritized and worked on to reduce the accumulation of technical debt over time

Serve as subject matter expert and internal consultant to other technical staff and groups

Top-level responsible party for escalated support, working directly with external vendors

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution, or in lieu of a degree, ten (10) years of experience with enterprise level IT systems

5 years of expert experience implementing or developing identity management architectures and systems

3 years of expert experience with major authentication/authorization platforms/standards such as certificate authentication, password-less authentication, ADFS, OAuth2, OIDC, RADIUS, Multi-factor authentication, conditional access RBAC (role-based access control) concepts, Kerberos, NTLMV2, WS-FED, SCIM and SAML

3 years with solid understanding of privilege account management systems, Identity Governance and Administration concepts and SDLC

Skills

Experience working with Agile, Scrum, or Kanban

Advanced understanding of privileged access management systems, Identity Governance, Administration concepts and SDLC

Software development and API experience; Java, Python, JavaScript, REST API, SCIM API etc.

Experience working with a cloud platform such as Azure, AWS, or GCP. Certification is a plus

Effective verbal and written communication skills including the ability to explain and present technical concepts

Comfortable working directly with both technical and non-technical audiences

Good judgment, time management, and decision-making skills

Ability to work collaboratively on a technical team

Patience and empathy when working with developers and testers

Experience working with diverse, global cultures, organizations and teams

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