Architect- IAM

Responsibilities

• Provides strong technical expertise in designing, solutioning and implementing access management requirements.
• Ensure seamless user authentication experiences across applications and platforms.
• Solution and implement customer identity access management solutions with hands-on experience in leading CIAM platforms such as Okta, Auth0, or ForgeRock.

• Provide required knowledge and expertise to assist with the technical approach for the shared operational capabilities of CIAM, including user registration, self-service, authentication, authorization, administration, audit, and reporting.
• Integrate applications with modern protocols like OAUTH, SAML and OIDC
• Develop and execute an IAM strategy that aligns with the organization's overall IT and security strategies.
• Identify opportunities for improving the SSO/Okta environment and implement enhancements.
• Work with various teams (e.g., IT, security, development) to understand requirements and implement effective IAM solutions.
• Create and enforce user access policies, MFA based on business requirements.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define and maintain authentication standards.
• Conduct regular system audits to ensure performance and compliance with security standards.
• Knowledge of regulatory compliance standards and experience with audit support activities.
• Work with Cybersecurity and API teams to document best practices, authentication patterns and decision criteria for authentication and authorization.
• Stay current with emerging security threats, technologies, and industry trends to continuously improve the security posture.
• Assesses current applications and architecture to ensure current implementations align with industry guidelines, best practices and management approved standards.
• Evaluate and hands on implement automation capabilities to simplify processes and deliver value/cost savings to the business.
• Provide level 3 production support to help diagnose and troubleshoot complex production issues.
• Participate in incident response and security incident investigations related to IAM systems.
• Develop and deliver applicable documentation, training, and knowledge transfer to both internal and external stakeholders.
• Evaluate and hands on implement automation capabilities to simplify processes and deliver value/cost savings to the business.
• Foster the Agile DevOps culture through the latest toolset to improve customer satisfaction through rapid, continuous delivery.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• 10+ years of overall IT experience
• 8+ years of hands-on experience in authentication architecture, Solutioning and design roles
• 8+years of hands-on experience with Okta and/or relevant access management tools
• 5+ years of scripting (power shell, Python) and development (Java, J2EE, JavaScript, React, Rest API) experience is a must.
• 3+ years working with Agile and DevOps tools and methodologies.
• Minimum Okta Certified Administrator: Okta Certified Consultant and/or Okta Certified Developer preferred.
• BS/BA degree or equivalent experience
• CISSP / CIAM Certification is a plus.
• Experience with CIC/Auth0 platform is a plus