Identity & Access Management Architect

Summary

Join European Dynamics as an Identity & Access Management (IAM) Architect and contribute your expertise remotely to a major client's IT team. Design and implement IAM solutions in Azure, ensuring alignment with the client's architecture and security models. Define and implement authentication, authorization, and identity lifecycle management policies. Apply FinOps principles to optimize cost-effectiveness. Collaborate with various teams to ensure seamless integration and user experience. Contribute to the IAM roadmap and Azure transition planning, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements. Provide architectural input for projects, focusing on transitioning to a modern, cloud-native solution. Design detailed integration blueprints for Azure AD and create assessment reports identifying risks and compliance considerations.

Requirements

• University degree in IT or relevant discipline, combined with minimum 5 years of experience as identity and access management architect / senior engineer performing above key tasks
• Experience using identity and access management (IAM) solutions in Azure, including Azure Active Directory (Azure AD), Conditional Access, Privileged Identity Management (PIM), and role-based access control (RBAC)
• Experience working with authentication, authorisation, identity lifecycle management
• Experience working with FinOps principles
• Experience with providing architectural input and roadmaps for IAM modernization, particularly with Azure-native services
• Strong knowledge of enterprise architecture, governance frameworks, and cybersecurity models, with experience aligning IAM strategies accordingly
• Strong knowledge of compliance with regulatory requirements (e.g. GDPR, EU security frameworks
• Excellent command of the English language

Responsibilities

• Design and oversee the implementation of identity and access management (IAM) solutions in Azure, including Azure Active Directory (Azure AD), Conditional Access, Privileged Identity Management (PIM), and role-based access control (RBAC)
• Ensure alignment of IAM strategies with costumer’s enterprise architecture, governance, and security models
• Define and implement policies for authentication, authorization, identity lifecycle management, and federation across cloud and hybrid environments
• Apply FinOps principles by recommending IAM solutions that balance security, scalability, and cost-effectiveness within costumer’s Azure environment
• Collaborate with infrastructure, security, and application teams to ensure consistent identity integration, seamless user experience, and secure access across systems
• Contribute to the IAM roadmap and Azure transition planning, ensuring interoperability with legacy systems and compliance with regulatory requirements (e.g. GDPR, EU security frameworks)
• Provide architectural input to IAM-related projects, with a specific focus on transitioning from custom-built IAM system to a modern, cloud-native solution using Azure AD and related services
• Contribute to the analysis, design, and architectural planning of the decoupling of legal entity and contact management functionalities from the existing IAM solution, supporting their re-architecture as independent, modular capabilities
• Design detailed integration blueprints for Azure AD, including Conditional Access, PIM, authentication flows, and B2B/B2C federation
• Assessment reports identifying risks, constraints, and compliance considerations related to IAM migration and modularization

Benefits

Competitive remuneration (either on contract basis or remuneration with full benefits package), based on qualifications and experience