Security Architect - Zero Trust & Access Controls

- Lead the development and evolution of enterprise IAM frameworks and patterns for customer-facing and workforce identity solutions across various environments. - Drive zero-trust architecture adoption and security-by-design principles across all product development and engineering initiatives. - Provide thought leadership in cloud IAM, federated identity, privileged access management, and identity governance for hybrid multi-cloud environments. - Design and oversee robust IAM architectures spanning on-premises, colocation, SaaS, AWS, and Azure environments. - Develop reference architectures for modern authentication protocols and passwordless authentication flows. - Review and approve identity designs for critical systems, including API security and customer authentication journeys. - Establish controls for identity lifecycle, access governance, and privileged account management. - Align IAM architecture with agile delivery, DevSecOps practices, and infrastructure-as-code approaches. - Design identity controls enabling risk-based authentication, adaptive MFA, and continuous authorisation. - Develop migration strategies from legacy IAM systems to modern cloud-native platforms. - Participate in security governance forums, design authority, and architecture review boards. - Conduct IAM assessments and ensure regulatory compliance through identity controls and access certification.