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Location Aurora, IL 60504
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Job Description
Position : Security Architect
Location : Jersey City NJ
Duration : Fulltime

Job Description:
Must Have Technical/Functional Skills
Key Responsibilities

1. Discovery & Assessment
  • Assess the organization's current IAM landscape, including:
    • Identity Governance & Administration (IGA)
    • Privileged Access Management (PAM)
    • Authentication and Single Sign-On (SSO)
    • Access Certification and Governance processes
    • Directory Services and Identity Stores
  • Evaluate existing IAM security controls, architecture standards, and operational processes.
  • Identify security, compliance, and operational gaps.
  • Produce current-state architecture assessments and recommendations.

2. Requirements Gathering & Analysis
  • Conduct workshops and stakeholder interviews with business, security, risk, compliance, and application teams.
  • Gather functional and non-functional IAM requirements.
  • Translate business and regulatory requirements into IAM architecture principles.
  • Document use cases and security requirements.

3. IAM Architecture Design
  • Define enterprise IAM architecture standards and frameworks.
  • Design:
    • Authentication architectures
    • Authorization models
    • Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
    • Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC)
    • Federation and Single Sign-On architectures
    • Privileged Access Management frameworks
  • Ensure architecture alignment with Zero Trust and cybersecurity policies.

4. IAM Security Pattern Development
  • Develop reusable IAM security patterns for common business scenarios.
  • Establish standard design templates and implementation blueprints.
  • Create approved reference architectures covering:
    • Joiner-Mover-Leaver processes
    • Application onboarding
    • Privileged access management
    • API and service account security
    • Federation and external identity integrations
    • MFA and passwordless authentication
  • Maintain a catalog of approximately 160 enterprise IAM patterns.

5. Security Architecture Reviews
  • Conduct architecture reviews for IAM solutions and integrations.
  • Collaborate with Security, Risk, Compliance, Infrastructure, and Engineering teams.
  • Review technical designs against security standards and control requirements.
  • Drive remediation of architecture and security control gaps.

6. Documentation & Standards Management
  • Develop and maintain:
    • IAM Architecture Frameworks
    • Security Standards
    • Architecture Decision Records (ADRs)
    • Technical Reference Architectures
    • Pattern Catalogs
    • Implementation Guidance Documents
  • Ensure architecture artifacts remain current and accessible.

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Posting ID: 1310114122 Posted: 2026-10-31 Job Title: Security Architect