IAM & Zero-Trust Cloud Solution Architect

Vallum Associates; South Yorkshire; Hybrid; GBP 101,000 - 166,000; Full time

Job summary

Vallum Associates seeks a Solution Designer to craft end-to-end identity architectures and reference designs. You will produce HLDs/LLDs for identity capabilities, translate complex security and regulatory requirements into robust cloud-native solutions, and define integration patterns across platforms.

The role requires expertise in IAM, Zero Trust, federation and cloud architecture (GCP), with a strong focus on secure APIs, service-to-service auth, and resilience patterns within an

Qualifications

• Experience in designing IAM and zero-trust architectures.
• Proven ability to translate business and security requirements into technical designs.
• Hands-on with cloud-native design in GCP, Kubernetes and API security.

Responsibilities

• Produce High/Low Level Designs (HLD/LLD) for identity capabilities.
• Define end-to-end technical solutions across business, data, application and infra.
• Translate requirements into technical solutions and ADRs.
• Develop reference architectures, patterns and design standards for the programme.
• Define integration patterns between identity platforms and infrastructure.
• Design cloud-native solutions for GCP and Kubernetes environments.
• Define authentication, authorisation and federation architectures.

Skills

Enterprise Architecture

Identity and Access Management

Authentication and Authorisation

Zero Trust Architecture

Agent Identity

Workload Identity

Identity Federation

Cloud Architecture (GCP)

Kubernetes

API Architecture and Security

DevSecOps and CI/CD

Job description

Vallum Associates seeks a Solution Designer to craft end-to-end identity architectures and reference designs. You will produce HLDs/LLDs for identity capabilities, translate complex security and regulatory requirements into robust cloud-native solutions, and define integration patterns across platforms.

The role requires expertise in IAM, Zero Trust, federation and cloud architecture (GCP), with a strong focus on secure APIs, service-to-service auth, and resilience patterns within an