Identity and Access Management Architect

Deloitte France; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Deloitte Global is seeking a Senior Manager‑level IAM Architect to partner with the senior IAM leadership team and define the technical strategy and architecture for Identity and Access Management across the organization. This role combines strategic leadership with hands‑on solution design and high‑level stakeholder engagement.

The candidate will drive enterprise IAM programs across on‑prem, cloud and hybrid environments, champion modern authentication, and oversee secure integrations with

Qualifications

• 10+ years of IAM experience with progressive technical leadership.
• Proven design, delivery, and operation of enterprise IAM across cloud and on‑prem.
• Deep knowledge of authentication/authorization protocols (OAuth2/OIDC, SAML, SCIM, LDAP).

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the enterprise IAM architecture, strategy, and roadmaps.
• Lead executive conversations, translate business goals into IAM requirements.
• Oversee secure integrations, risk assessments, and incident response related to identity.

Skills

IAM Architecture

Security Strategy

Stakeholder Management

Cloud & On-Prem IAM

Identity Governance

Education

MS degree or equivalent

Tools

Entra ID/Azure AD

Microsoft AD

CyberArk

SailPoint

Ping Identity

Job description

Deloitte Global is the engine of the Deloitte network. Our professionals reach across disciplines and borders to develop and lead global initiatives. We deliver strategic programs and services that unite our organization.

Work you'll do

We are seeking a Senior Manager-level IAM Architect to partner with Senior IAM leadership team to define and drive the technical strategy and architecture for Identity and Access Management (IAM) across the organization. This role combines strategic leadership, hands‑on solution design with product owners, and senior level stakeholder engagement, to secure identities, enable business objectives, and improve user experience across digital channels. This individual must have a pulse on the emerging identity technology trends and best practices to coordinate with Product Owners for integrated IAM architectures and roadmaps.

Core Responsibilities

• Partner with Senior IAM leadership team to define and own the enterprise IAM architecture, strategy, reference patterns, and roadmaps across authentication, authorization, identity lifecycle, privileged access, and account protection.
• Engage in executive level leadership conversations, translate business goals into IAM requirements, coordinate with IAM product owners on technical feasibility to ensure solutions scale and interoperate across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments.
• Partner with IAM product technical leads to assist with technical design and implementation for authentication (e.g. MFA, SSO, etc), authorization models (e.g. RBAC, ABAC, etc), identity provisioning, lifecycle management, and privileged access controls.
• Champion innovation with Identity and Access Management tools, evaluate and provide recommendations to product owners for consideration and integration with the existing platform, while balancing security, privacy, and usability.
• Architect secure integrations between IAM platforms and applications, directories, cloud services, and CI/CD pipelines, set standards and reusable patterns for developers.
• Partner with IAM Sr. Leadership team and IAM product technical leads to address IAM risk assessments, threat modeling, and remediation strategies, partner with security, risk, and compliance teams to implement controls and measure risk reduction.
• Partner with IAM product technical leads to oversee incident response activities as they relate to identity compromise, and lead post‑incident root‑cause analysis and remediation.
• Drive adoption: create technical guidance, architecture diagrams, and executive‑level briefings, mentor architects and senior engineers on IAM best practices.
• Collaborate with product, engineering, and business leaders to prioritize roadmap items, measure outcomes (security posture, access‑related incidents, time‑to‑provision), and demonstrate business value.
• Ensure compliance

The team

Deloitte Technology works at the forefront of technology development and processes to support and protect Deloitte around the world. In this truly global environment, we operate not in what is but rather what can be to help Deloitte deliver and connect with its clients, its communities, and one another in ways not previously conceived.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of IAM experience with progressive technical leadership, experience in a consulting or large enterprise environment preferred.
• Proven track record designing, delivering, and operating enterprise-scale IAM solutions across cloud and on‑prem environments.
• Deep technical knowledge of authentication/authorization protocols and standards (OAuth2/OIDC, SAML, SCIM, LDAP) and modern IAM architectures.
• Hands‑on experience with at least two major IAM technologies (e.g., Entra ID/Azure AD, Microsoft AD, CyberArk, SailPoint, Ping Identity).
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, able to present technical concepts to executive audiences and translate business needs into technical requirements.
• Experience leading vendors, technical teams, and cross‑functional workstreams to successful outcomes.
• Advanced degree (MS) or certifications (e.g., CISSP, CISM, SABSA, TOGAF, vendor‑specific IAM certs).
• Experience with zero‑trust identity models, identity governance, privileged access management, and modern authentication modalities (passwordless, biometrics, adaptive MFA).
• Prior experience building IAM programs or working in high‑regulation industries (finance, healthcare, government).
• Balance strategic thinking with the ability to roll up sleeves and deliver technically where needed.
• Identity Providers / Directories: Entra ID/Azure AD, Microsoft AD
• Identity Governance and PAM: SailPoint, CyberArk
• Authentication & Federation: Ping Identity, OAuth2/OIDC, SAML, SCIM
• Cloud & DevOps integration: AWS/Azure/GCP identity services, CI/CD tooling

Limited immigration sponsorship may be available.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or protected veteran status, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or protected veteran status, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law.