IAM Architect

Description:

IAM Architect – 6-month contract – Manchester/remote

My Customer seeking an experienced Identity and Access Management (IdAM) Architect to lead the design, implementation, and enhancement of CyberArk Privileged Access Management (PAM) and identity governance solutions across a complex enterprise environment.

The successful candidate will provide technical leadership throughout the project lifecycle, working closely with project, security, architecture, and operational teams to deliver secure and scalable identity services.

Key skills required from the IAM Architect:

Extensive hands-on experience designing, deploying, and supporting CyberArk PAM solutions within large-scale enterprise environments.
Strong background in Identity and Access Management, including Privileged Access Management (PAM), Identity Governance and Administration (IGA), and Authentication, Authorisation and Accounting (AAA) frameworks.
Proven ability to create, present, and manage architectural and technical design documentation through formal governance and approval processes.
Experience working with multiple stakeholders, including project managers, architects, security teams, and business representatives.
Strong understanding of identity lifecycle management, access governance, role-based access control, and privileged account management best practices.
Experience integrating applications and platforms using industry-standard connectors and APIs.
Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
Key responsibilities of the IAM Architect:

Architect, design and deliver CyberArk PAM solutions across enterprise and hybrid environments, providing technical leadership throughout build, test and transition phases.
Produce and govern high-quality solution architecture and technical design artefacts, securing approvals through architecture, change and design authority forums.
Design and implement IAM integrations for provisioning, deprovisioning, identity lifecycle management, SSO, MFA, JIT/JEA access models, and application onboarding using standard connectors and APIs.
Deliver and enhance identity governance capabilities including JML processes, RBAC, least-privilege access controls, policy enforcement, and compliance-driven access management.
Provide technical ownership of the IAM platform, including troubleshooting, operational support, risk remediation, continuous improvement, and roadmap delivery.
Collaborate with security, architecture, infrastructure, networking and business stakeholders to drive IAM maturity and strengthen enterprise access management capabilities.
The IAM Architect is required to be onsite in Manchester 2 days a week onsite.

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