Senior IAM Architect: Zero-Trust Identity Strategy Lead

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly experienced IAM Architect to lead the design of modern identity security architectures across all IAM domains – Access Management, Identity Governance & Administration (IGA), Privileged Access Management (PAM), Identity Threat Detection & Response (ITDR), and Identity Security Posture Management (ISPM). The role blends deep technical expertise, architectural leadership, and high‑impact consultancy.

Key Responsibilities

Advisory & Architecture Leadership

• Lead customer‑facing IAM and Zero‑Trust Identity workshops, interviews, and strategy sessions.
• Develop Zero‑Trust Identity blueprints, roadmaps, and target operating models for enterprise customers.
• Provide expert advisory on IAM maturity, risk quantification, and regulatory alignment.
• Align IAM strategy with customer business objectives and transformation goals.
• Architect end‑to‑end IAM solutions across AM, IGA, PAM, ITDR, and ISPM domains.
• Design and document modern identity architectures based on industry standards and Gartner Zero‑Trust principles.
• Develop architecture artifacts: policies, standards, patterns, diagrams, and integration designs.
• Design and support identity modernization initiatives such as API‑driven authentication, federation, SSO, and modern open standards (OIDC, SAML, OAuth2).

Delivery Support & Technology Adoption

• Guide customers through technology adoption and rollout of IAM platforms.
• Support delivery teams with architecture oversight for greenfield and brownfield IAM projects.
• Lead application onboarding workflows including JML, entitlement models, MFA/SSO rollout, and workflow automation.
• Provide consultancy that influences IAM programme direction and investment.
• Work closely with Sales and Solution Architecture teams to shape, influence, and qualify IAM‑led deals.
• Provide architectural input to bid responses, proposals, RFPs, SOWs, scoping sessions, and client presentations.
• Use commercial acumen to articulate value, assess effort, support deal qualification, and balance cost–risk–benefit considerations for customers.
• Act as a key technical contributor in pre‑sales cycles, helping guide clients toward modern identity architectures and accelerating IAM adoption.

Assessment, Governance & Continuous Improvement

• Conduct deep‑dive IAM assessments and produce findings and recommendations across all identity layers.
• Support adoption of Zero‑Trust‑aligned controls, risk‑driven access policies, and identity posture management.
• Ensure architectural alignment with regulatory, compliance, and security frameworks.
• Maintain up‑to‑date knowledge of emerging IAM and identity security technologies, trends, and threats.

Stakeholder Leadership

• Engage confidently with senior customer stakeholders, including CISOs, CTOs and programme leads.
• Communicate complex identity concepts in a clear, business‑aligned manner.
• Act as a trusted advisor across identity domains and help expand Integrity360's Identity Security portfolio.

Qualifications and Experience Essential

• 10+ years within the Identity & Access Management space with a minimum of 3 years in an
• Proven experience designing and deploying solutions across multiple IAM domains.
• Strong understanding of Zero‑Trust Identity principles and maturity models.
• Hands‑on integration experience with IAM standards: SAML, OIDC, OAuth2, federation.
• Experience with major IAM vendors.
• Ability to run workshops, interviews, and define scopes with senior stakeholders.
• Demonstrated capability to produce architecture artifacts (policies, designs, roadmaps).
• Excellent consultancy, communication, and stakeholder‑management skills.
• Certifications: CISSP, CISM, CIAM, Azure/AWS Architecture, Advanced IAM Certifications.
• Experience in regulated sectors such as finance, retail, banking, healthcare, or government.
• Knowledge of GDPR and regional identity‑centric regulations.
• Experience with Identity Threat Detection & Response (ITDR).
• Strategic thinking and IAM programme vision.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving ability.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement.
• Ability to balance business, technical, and commercial considerations.
• High integrity, organisation, and delivery discipline.

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