Cybersecurity IAM Architect

GTN Technical Staffing; Arizona; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

GTN Technical Staffing is seeking a Cybersecurity IAM Architect to lead IAM strategy and architecture. This key role requires over a decade of experience in healthcare IAM, emphasizing strong communication and analytical skills, as well as the ability to adapt to emerging cybersecurity threats.

Benefits

Flexible remote work opportunities

Collaboration with a top-tier cybersecurity team

Opportunities for professional certifications

Support for work-life balance

Qualifications

• Ten plus years' experience in a healthcare environment.
• Expertise in IAM concepts and cybersecurity principles.
• Strong knowledge of business and information security.

Responsibilities

• Lead IAM strategy and architecture for the organization.
• Develop and enforce IT standards and IAM policies.
• Design IAM solutions that align with Zero Trust strategy.

Skills

Identity and Access Management

Information Security

Critical Decision Making

Communication

Analytical Skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Azure Active Directory

IAM protocols (SAML, OAuth)

Job description

Cybersecurity IAM Architect

HIGHLIGHTS
Location: Remote
Position Type:Contract
Hourly / Salary:BOE
Residency Status:US Citizen or Green Card Holder

Our client is looking for a Cybersecurity IAM Architect to join their team!

POSITION SUMMARY:

This position is responsible for leading the enterprise Cybersecurity IAM strategy, ecosystem, and architecture for our client. This person develops architectural artifacts, models, patterns, and leads the standards for identities and access, in compliance with legal, regulatory, and our client's requirements. This includes the definition of processes to manage the lifecycle of user's accounts and identity in the IT landscape. This position has responsibility for IAM product rationalization and design, including cloud identity, non-employee identity, consumer identity, Azure Active Directory, Privileged Access Management, Multi-Factor Authentication, Single Sign-On, among other client IAM capabilities, initiatives, and strategies. Acting as a contributing member of the IAM team and center of excellence in architecture, this role will develop identity focused roadmaps and strategy documentation, coordinate and work with other teams to support the IAM program and strategic vision, coordinate with stakeholders including but not limited to Enterprise Architecture, Solutions Architecture, Cybersecurity Architecture, Infrastructure, Applications, and Business teams. This position designs solutions to resolve complex and highly complex technical and business issues related to Identity Governance and Administration (IGA). This role helps to develop and drive IAM projects, strategic initiatives, budget, and goals;as well as establishing strong cross-functional relationships and partnerships with groups mentioned above. This position is instrumental in leading client IAM strategy into the future to stay aligned with emerging trends while effectively serving our user-base and supporting our mission of patient care. The Cybersecurity IAM Architect is expected to represent and advocate the perspectives of a principal security engineer or manager in any situation as necessary. Peer Group is Architects, Principal Engineers, Managers and Associated Directors. Operates as an expert in the IGA Architecture discipline.

CORE FUNCTIONS

• Analyzes the business and IT environment, including Azure, Google Cloud platforms, and on-premises, to detect critical deficiencies from an IAM risk perspective, recommend solutions for improvement, and implement solutions accordingly. Perform IAM architecture validation against IT and Cybersecurity Policies and Standards, applicable regulations (HIPAA, PCI, GDPR, etc.). Participates in threat modelling exercises and architecture design assessments for identity-related systems.
• Creates and enforces IT Technical standards, IAM policies, standards, guidelines, best practices, and requirements. Develop, maintain, improve, and enforce architectural templates, processes, and documentation.
• In collaboration with stakeholders, develops and maintains IGA current and future states, technical requirements, aligning them with business objectives.
• Design IAM solutions implementations in a rationalized, requirements aligned and systematic manner. Solution designs support our client's Zero Trust strategy and architecture.
• Incorporates IAM governance concepts in all architectural designs to include consideration of segregation of duties, provisioning and de-provisioning consistency and governance, user lifecycle workflows, authentication and authorization, master data authorities, federation, security controls, logging and monitoring, privileged access management, automation for better consistency and security governance, zero-trust concepts, and other considerations to keep IAM functions and solutions accounted for and secured.
• Be a trusted advisor by creating solution building blocks and reference architectures and providing guidance and useful designs to cybersecurity engineers. Acts as advisor and mentor to others and maintains in-depth knowledge of business strategies, initiatives, and goals as well as industry trends, regulatory requirements, and cybersecurity threats.
• Advises managers and engineering teams making investments in technologies or processes as a result of solution design, architecture development, cybersecurity risk assessments, identity architectural designs, and IGA risks.
• Be a thought leader and evaluate emerging/innovative IAM technologies for potential risks and opportunities for our client, and validate architectures for technical soundness in a lab environment. Develops and fosters relationships with business stakeholders and information technology management. Excellent communicator. Performs all functions according to established policies, procedures, regulatory and accreditation requirements, as well as applicable professional standards. Provides all customers of our client with an excellent service experience by consistently demonstrating our core and leadership behaviors each and every day.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Must possess strong knowledge of business, information security and/or computer science as normally obtained through the completion of a bachelor's degree.
• Must also possess ten plus years'experience in a healthcare environment or an equivalent combination of relevant education, technical, business and healthcare experience with one-year experience being in cybersecurity architecture at the enterprise-scale, preferably in healthcare.
• Requires expertise in IAM concepts, including identification, authentication, authorization, access control, identity federation, and digital identity lifecycle management.
• Must demonstrate deep knowledge of information technology and Cybersecurity principles and practices.
• Experience with the acquisition process, including vendor selection, define requirements, contractual documentation development.
• Requires independent judgment, critical decision making, excellent analytical skills, with excellent verbal and written communications.
• Ability to think quickly under difficult or complex conditions and clearly communicate to appropriate staff;ability to balance project workloads with customer support.
• Requires exceptional communication and presentation skills with the ability to build relationships and influence others to get results.
• Requires ability to communicate and interact across facilities and at various levels. Incumbent will have skills to mentor less experienced team members.
• As is typical in this industry, variable shifts and hours and responding to after-hours notifications may be required.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field;or commensurate, proven experience will be considered.
• Ten (10) plus years of experience in a healthcare environment or an equivalent combination of relevant education, technical, business and healthcare experience. Also: Ten (10) or more years of experience in IT and Cybersecurity focused on IAM architecture.
• Experience in architecture principles and design, systems thinking, business requirements engineering, enterprise architecture, solutions architecture, cybersecurity architecture, IT operations, automation of security processes, coding and scripting languages, ability to document security processes as well as use case development.
• Experience with assessing IAM products, defining requirements, designing, mapping architecture diagrams, and setting the roadmap for IAM solutions.
• Experienced in planning, designing, and implementing cybersecurity solutions, operating, maintaining, and managing the lifecycle of consumer identity solutions in a regulated environment (e.G., HIPAA). Azure Active Directory, Azure AD B2C, Okta, SailPoint, CyberArk, and/or other similar significant IAM tool experience required. Experience with IAM related protocols such as SAML, SCIM, SPML, XACML, Blockchain, TACACS, OpenID, OAuth, LDAP, etc.

PREFERRED CERTIFICATIONS

• Certification in one or more of the following areas: Certified Identity and Access Manager (CIAM), Microsoft Certified Azure Security Engineer Associate, Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP), Google - Professional Cloud Architect (GPCA), SABSA Chartered Security Architect -Foundation (SCF), Professional or Master, Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISS P), Information Systems Security Architecture Professional (ISSAP), HealthCare Information Security & Privacy Practitioner (HCISPP).
• Additional related education and/or experience preferred.

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