IdAM Architect: Secure Identity & Cloud Enablement

Guidant Group; Cheltenham; On-site; GBP 101,000 - 129,000; Full time

Job summary

Guidant Group is seeking an experienced Identity & Access Management Architect to join our Security Architecture team in Cheltenham on a on-site contract basis. The role focuses on shaping enterprise security capabilities, including cloud transformation and identity solutions.

You will collaborate with Security Architects, engineering teams, risk advisors and stakeholders to ensure security by design and regulatory alignment, delivering robust IdAM programs and governance.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as IdAM Architect or Security Architect.
• Strong knowledge of IdAM principles: SSO, MFA, IGA, PAM, federation tech (SAML, OAuth, OIDC).
• Experience with cloud transformation programmes and regulated environments.
• Excellent documentation and stakeholder communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist security and identity architecture support across strategic programmes.
• Determine security requirements from business strategies and operating models.
• Conduct security reviews, risk analyses, and integration assessments.
• Partner with Solution and System Architects to embed security throughout designs.
• Verify Security Control Objectives and guardrails across services.
• Provide detailed risk analyses to Risk Advisors for risk reviews.
• Design and implement identity/security solutions and standards.
• Support deployment and integration of security tools.
• Maintain compliance with security policies and procedures.
• Participate in incident response investigations and awareness initiatives.
• Identify security gaps and propose system/platform enhancements.
• Produce security reports and architecture documentation.
• Mentor the wider Security Architecture team.

Skills

Identity & Access Management

Security Architecture

Cloud Transformation

Risk Assessment & Modelling

Stakeholder Engagement

Documentation & Reporting

Tools

SAML

OAuth

OIDC

Microsoft Entra ID

SailPoint

CyberArk

Okta

Ping Identity

Job description

Guidant Group is seeking an experienced Identity & Access Management Architect to join our Security Architecture team in Cheltenham on a on-site contract basis. The role focuses on shaping enterprise security capabilities, including cloud transformation and identity solutions.

You will collaborate with Security Architects, engineering teams, risk advisors and stakeholders to ensure security by design and regulatory alignment, delivering robust IdAM programs and governance.