Identity & PAM Technical Lead (IIQ + Delinea)

Accenture Australia; Canberra; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Parental leave (18 wks) mostly

Career breaks

Career development

Global career opportunities

Family Inclusive Workplace

Flexible work arrangements

Diversity & Inclusion

Training programs

Job summary

Accenture is seeking an experienced Identity & PAM Technical Lead in Australia to drive architecture, design, and delivery of enterprise identity governance and privileged access management solutions. You will own SailPoint IdentityIQ and Delinea implementations, guiding complex deployments in regulated environments.

You will lead architecture, design decisions, and hands‑on delivery, working with stakeholders and delivery teams to ensure secure, scalable identity controls.

Qualifications

• 10+ years’ experience in Identity, Access Management, or security engineering.
• Hands-on delivery of Identity Governance solutions (SailPoint IdentityIQ or equivalent).
• Proven experience delivering Privileged Access Management (Delinea or equivalent).

Responsibilities

• Own end‑to‑end technical delivery of Identity Governance and PAM capabilities.
• Define target state architecture across IIQ, PAM, and integrations.
• Act as primary client‑facing technical authority for identity and privileged access design decisions.
• Lead solution architecture and detailed technical design across identity lifecycle management and access processes.
• Oversee privileged access workflows, vaulting, and session controls.
• Provide hands‑on technical leadership to engineers and testers.

Skills

Identity & Access Management

Security engineering

Automation & integration

Stakeholder engagement

Education

10+ years Identity & Access Management experience

Tools

SailPoint IdentityIQ

Delinea

Automation tools

Job description

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading solutions and services company that helps the world’s leading enterprises reinvent by building their digital core and unleashing the power of AI to create value at speed across the enterprise, bringing together the talent of our approximately 786,000 people, our proprietary assets and platforms, and deep ecosystem relationships. Our strategy is to be the reinvention partner of choice for our clients and to be the most client-focused, AI-enabled, great place to work in the world. Through our Reinvention Services we bring together our capabilities across strategy, consulting, technology, operations, Song and Industry X with our deep industry expertise to create and deliver solutions and services for our clients. Our purpose is to deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity, and we measure our success by the 360° value we create for all our stakeholders. Visit us at

Accenture is a leading solutions and services company that helps the world’s leading enterprises reinvent by building their digital core and unleashing the power of AI to create value at speed across the enterprise, bringing together the talent of our approximately 786,000 people, our proprietary assets and platforms, and deep ecosystem relationships. Our strategy is to be the reinvention partner of choice for our clients and to be the most client-focused, AI-enabled, great place to work in the world. Through our Reinvention Services we bring together our capabilities across strategy, consulting, technology, operations, Song and Industry X with our deep industry expertise to create and deliver solutions and services for our clients. Our purpose is to deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity, and we measure our success by the 360° value we create for all our stakeholders. Visit us at www.accenture.com.

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About The Role

We are seeking an experienced Identity & PAM Technical Lead to lead the architecture, design, and delivery of enterprise Identity Governance and Privileged Access Management solutions. This role combines ownership of SailPoint IdentityIQ (IIQ) and Delinea into a single, senior technical leadership position.

You will be accountable for technical outcomes, delivery quality, and architectural integrity across identity lifecycle management, access governance, and privileged access controls, working closely with client stakeholders and delivery teams in complex, regulated environments.

What You’ll Be Responsible For

• Owning the end‑to‑end technical delivery of Identity Governance and PAM capabilities.
• Defining and governing the target state architecture across IIQ, PAM, and integrated systems.
• Acting as the primary client‑facing technical authority for identity and privileged access design decisions.
• Leading solution architecture and detailed technical design across:
• Identity lifecycle management (joiners, movers, leavers)
• Access requests, approvals, and certifications
• Role and entitlement modelling
• Privileged access workflows and controls
• Secrets and non‑human identity access patterns
• Designing, developing, and reviewing custom IdentityIQ components, including:
• Custom rules and workflows
• Lifecycle logic, transforms, and correlation rules
• API‑based and connector‑driven integrations
• Leading PAM architecture and implementation, including:
• Privileged credential vaulting
• Secrets management for applications and services
• Session access controls and monitoring
• Just‑in‑time access and approval workflows
• Defining and enforcing secure development and deployment standards, including CI/CD and configuration‑as‑code practices.
• Providing hands‑on technical leadership to engineers and testers across identity and PAM streams.
• Managing technical risks, cross‑platform dependencies, and integration complexity.
• Producing and approving technical design artefacts, onboarding patterns, and operational handover material.

What We’re Looking For

• 10+ years’ experience in Identity, Access Management, or Security Engineering.
• Deep hands‑on experience delivering Identity Governance solutions (SailPoint IdentityIQ or equivalent).
• Strong experience delivering Privileged Access Management solutions (Delinea or equivalent).
• Proven experience leading complex identity and PAM delivery teams.
• Strong background in automation, integration design, and secure platform engineering.
• Ability to engage senior stakeholders and provide clear architectural direction.
• Experience operating in regulated or security‑sensitive environments.

Security Clearance

• Current NV2 Security Clearance

Must be willing to work onsite 5 days a week

Must be willing to work onsite 5 days a week

Benefits of working at Accenture

• 18 weeks paid parental leave
• Long & short-term career break opportunities
• Structured career development program
• Local and international career opportunities.
• Certified as a Family Inclusive Workplace™
• Flexible Work Arrangements - centered around Accenture’s Truly Human ethos and our commitment to supporting the health and wellbeing of our people.
• We are proud to be in the top 3 of last year’s Diversity & Inclusion Index!

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