Cyber Identity Systems Architect

Summary

Join the NBCUniversal Operations and Technology (O&T) team and contribute to the strategy for the growing Identity and Access Management (IAM) service portfolio. This role focuses on IAM service support and strategy, encompassing the evaluation and development of on-prem and cloud-based IAM services to mitigate cyber risk. You will translate business requirements into IAM service functionality, develop scalable identity service architectures, and partner with technology and security teams. The position requires a strong technical background, excellent communication skills, and the ability to influence decisions. It's a fully remote position offering competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package.

Requirements

• Bachelors Degree or higher in Computer Science related field OR Non-Computer related Degree with equivalent work experience
• 5+ years’ experience in an identity architecture role
• 8+ years’ experience designing solutions in IAM technical role(s) for large enterprise
• In-depth experience defining secure and hardened IAM solutions
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills; including negotiation, facilitation, and consensus building skills; Ability to influence, persuade, and manage polarities without direct control
• High degree of flexibility and ability to work with employees at all levels of the organization with diverse backgrounds
• Makes wise, data-informed decisions, finds and owns problems to closure
• Ability to balance the long-term big picture and short-term implications of tactical decisions
• Possesses an innovative technical mindset with a focus on architecture, strategy, and design
• Strong desire to drive change
• Significant experience designing initial infrastructure, on-boarding of applications, role-based access controls, policy and password management, certifications, workflows, work items and rules
• Strong understanding of RBAC, identity policies, identity lifecycle automation and reporting, password policies, separation of duties, user provisioning, and approval workflows
• Experience working with modern and legacy enterprise authentication services (OpenID Connect (OIDC), OAuth2, SAML, WS Fed, Kerberos) and platforms (preferably Active Directory, Entra ID, AWS)
• Experience with Single-Sign-On, Multi-Factor Authentication, Passwordless Technologies, Privileged Access Management (PAM), and Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)

Responsibilities

• Translate complex business requirements into IAM service functionality
• Develop highly scalable identity service architectures serving enterprise, customer access, and external partner requirements
• Produce technical solutions that meet NBCU business objectives and drive compliance with NBCU’s information security goals
• Partner with technology and security teams across NBCU to provide technical expertise, design guidance, and drive best practices
• Catalog risk embedded in legacy authentication implementations and help define a path to industry-aligned secure designs and services
• Create and deliver effective presentations that inform NBCUniversal Senior Leadership teams to drive business relevant information security decisions
• Lead product evaluations and new technology adoptions
• Maintain strong vendor relationships that drive partnership with NBCU

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience architecting and delivering large-scale Enterprise IAM service instances
• Experience with enterprise directory architecture, including significant knowledge of Active Directory and Entra ID
• Experience developing and delivering Zero Trust architectural designs
• Experience with Venafi / Netwrix / CyberArk
• Experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Experience with large-scale ID Verification solutions for Enterprise and Consumer Identity solutions
• A current cybersecurity professional certification (such as CISSP), a current IGA certification

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• 401(k)
• Paid leave
• Tuition reimbursement
• A variety of other discounts and perks
• Fully Remote