IAM Architect – IGA, Zero Trust, Governance, AWS, Remote

Salary: £33,000 - 71,000 per year

Requirements

• Proven Lead IAM Architect experience operating at TDA level
• Expert Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) experience
• Extensive enterprise IAM experience across IGA, AM, PAM, CIAM, federation, and NHI/MIM
• Experience with Zero Trust and risk-led security design
• Large-scale IAM delivery and migration experience
• Knowledge of Entra ID, AWS Cognito, and IAM tooling
• Strong stakeholder leadership experience

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and delivery of our identity as the core security control plane aligned with Zero Trust principles
• Provide cross-programme governance and secure-by-design solutions
• Define target-state IAM architecture covering verification, governance, authentication, privileged and citizen identities, federation, and NHI/MIM
• Lead end-to-end solution design, ensuring standards compliance and security
• Embed secure-by-design and risk-based controls
• Develop identity life cycle, migration, and federation strategies
• Deliver a phased IAM roadmap and stakeholder engagement
• Produce architecture blueprints and assessments
• Create governance and life cycle models
• Design authentication and privileged access solutions
• Develop federation and migration plans
• Define roadmap milestones

Technologies

• AWS
• Architect
• IAM
• Security
• Cloud

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We are seeking a proven Lead IAM Architect to join us on a contract opportunity focused on enterprise identity architecture and delivery. We are building our identity as the core security control plane, aligned with Zero Trust principles, and this role will provide cross-programme governance, secure-by-design solutions, and stakeholder leadership. Interviews will take place this and next week, so we are looking to move quickly. We encourage applications from minorities, women, LGBTQ+ candidates, and individuals with disabilities.

last updated 34 week of 2026