IAM Principal Architect: Identity & Access Security

Itron; Washington; Hybrid; USD 96,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work schedule

401k matching

Employee stock purchase program

Paid vacation

Job summary

Itron in the United States (Washington) is seeking a Principal, Identity Management to lead the enterprise IAM program across hybrid, multi‑cloud, and on‑prem environments. You will define architecture, advance Zero Trust, govern identity lifecycle, and partner with Cybersecurity, Cloud Engineering, Product Security, Infrastructure, and executives to deliver secure, scalable identity solutions.

The role emphasizes automation, policy‑as‑code, and AI-enabled capabilities to improve governance and

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in cybersecurity, identity engineering, cloud security, or a related technical discipline.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience designing, implementing, and operating enterprise IAM solutions.
• Expert knowledge of authentication, authorization, Single Sign-On (SSO), federation, LDAP, identity lifecycle management, privileged access management, and Zero Trust security principles.
• Demonstrated experience designing IAM architectures across hybrid, multi-cloud, SaaS, Windows, Linux, and on-premises environments.
• Strong understanding of access governance, role-based access control, entitlement management, and least-privilege security models.
• Experience troubleshooting complex authentication, authorization, federation, token, and access-policy issues.
• Ability to communicate complex identity and security risks to technical and executive stakeholders in a clear and actionable manner.
• Experience supporting identity capabilities within customer-facing products, commercial technology platforms, or enterprise-scale business environments.
• Working knowledge of artificial intelligence and the ability to responsibly leverage AI-enabled tools to improve IAM automation, governance, threat detection, analytics, and security operations.
• Strong written communication, stakeholder management, documentation, and presentation skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work in an agile, customer-centric, and highly collaborative environment.

Responsibilities

• Define IAM architecture, technical standards, reference patterns, and strategic roadmap aligned with goals.
• Lead design, implementation, and modernization of secure identity solutions for workforce, customer, product, cloud, privileged, application, and non-human identities.
• Advance Zero Trust principles including least privilege and continuous verification.
• Establish and optimize identity governance processes, lifecycle management, entitlement analysis, role management, and joiner-mover-leaver automation.
• Partner with Cybersecurity, Cloud Engineering, Product Security, Infrastructure, Enterprise Architecture, and stakeholders to deliver secure identity solutions.
• Define IAM monitoring, logging, reporting, and metrics to measure access risk and identity hygiene.
• Provide technical leadership during identity-related incidents and major security decisions.
• Drive automation, policy-as-code, and AI-enabled capabilities to enhance security and governance.
• Mentor engineers and foster a collaborative culture focused on excellence and innovation.
• Produce clear technical documentation and implementation patterns for enterprise adoption.

Skills

IAM expertise

Zero Trust

Cloud security

Identity governance

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field

Tools

Microsoft Entra ID

Active Directory

PIM

SailPoint

Terraform

Job description

Itron in the United States (Washington) is seeking a Principal, Identity Management to lead the enterprise IAM program across hybrid, multi‑cloud, and on‑prem environments. You will define architecture, advance Zero Trust, govern identity lifecycle, and partner with Cybersecurity, Cloud Engineering, Product Security, Infrastructure, and executives to deliver secure, scalable identity solutions.

The role emphasizes automation, policy‑as‑code, and AI-enabled capabilities to improve governance and