Senior IGA Architect — Domain & Solution Leader

Riverflex; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Riverflex is seeking a Senior IGA Domain & Solution Architect for a Netherlands-based interim/contract engagement with hybrid work. Start mid-August 2026, with potential to transition in-house.

You will define the target-state IGA architecture, shape the roadmap, and provide technical leadership to delivery teams. You’ll report to senior security/architecture leadership and work across enterprise IAM standards.

Qualifications

• Around 8–10 years of relevant experience as a primary architect on large, complex programmes.
• Deep expertise in Identity Governance & Administration (IGA): user provisioning, identity lifecycle, access governance, RBAC/ABAC.
• Strong grounding in authentication and authorization frameworks and secure-by-design principles.
• Hands-on experience with integration design patterns, middleware technologies, and SOA.
• Proven ability to conceptualise, launch, and deliver multiple complex technology programmes on time and within budget.
• Experience proposing and implementing enterprise-wide architecture initiatives and governance.
• A relevant Master’s degree (e.g. IT Management); post-graduate qualification is a plus.
• Fluent English, written and spoken; valid EU work authorisation; hybrid NL work base.

Responsibilities

• Define the target-state IGA architecture and own the roadmap, aligned with enterprise IT strategy and security standards.
• Advise business stakeholders on portfolio and investment planning using the architecture roadmap.
• Monitor emerging technologies and trends and incorporate useful ones into the domain architecture.
• Translate business requirements into design blueprints for IGA solutions, collaborating with enterprise IAM architects, product owners, business analysts, and programme managers.
• Design licence-efficient, secure-by-design, scalable solutions that balance pragmatism and speed to market.
• Review designs to ensure alignment with IAM standards, policies, and procedures; oversee end-to-end delivery with product owners and solution architects.
• Translate IT strategy into scalable IGA processes, governance frameworks, standards and operating models.
• Define, implement and monitor IAM policies and KPIs; contribute to global IAM strategy alignment.
• Provide architectural support during audits and regulatory reviews.
• Take Manager-on-Duty responsibilities in the IGA operations rota.

Skills

IGA architecture

Enterprise architecture

Solution design

SOA

RBAC/ABAC

Authentication/Authorization

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Master’s degree in IT Management

Tools

Middleware technologies

Integration patterns

SOA concepts

Job description

Riverflex is seeking a Senior IGA Domain & Solution Architect for a Netherlands-based interim/contract engagement with hybrid work. Start mid-August 2026, with potential to transition in-house.

You will define the target-state IGA architecture, shape the roadmap, and provide technical leadership to delivery teams. You’ll report to senior security/architecture leadership and work across enterprise IAM standards.