IAM Architect

IAM Architect (Contract)

Contract Details

• Day Rate: £700 per day
• IR35: Outside IR35
• Duration: 6 months initially
• Location: London (2 days per week onsite)
• Start Date: ASAP
• Strong likelihood of extension due to multi-year IAM roadmap.

We’re supporting a large-scale technology organisation undergoing a significant uplift in their Product Security and Identity & Access Management (IAM) capabilities. As part of this expansion, they are seeking an experienced Identity Security Architect to shape and drive their future-state identity architecture across both enterprise and customer-facing environments.

This is a strategic, hands-on architecture role where you’ll work closely with security, platform engineering, and enterprise technology teams to strengthen identity foundations, define security standards, and ensure best-practice adoption across the organisation.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Designing the target IAM security architecture across authentication, authorisation, federation, governance, provisioning, and lifecycle management.
• Developing and promoting reusable, secure design patterns and architectural components.
• Defining IAM-related security standards, controls, and requirements for internal teams.
• Partnering with engineering and enterprise technology teams to align identity systems under a unified strategic direction.
• Acting as a key liaison between Product Security and wider technology teams to influence identity decisions.
• Providing security architecture guidance to support regulatory and internal risk compliance.

What You’ll Bring

• 5+ years’ experience in Security Architecture , Identity Security , or IAM Architecture .
• Strong grounding in core identity concepts: RBAC, ABAC, Zero Trust, PAM, JIT provisioning , etc.
• Expertise with IAM protocols and standards such as SAML, OAuth2, OIDC, SCIM, MFA and federated identity.
• Experience with modern identity platforms: Entra (Azure AD), Auth0, Okta, AWS IAM, GCP IAM, Google Workspace , etc.
• Ability to operate in complex environments and influence senior technical and business stakeholders.
• Experience designing enterprise-level IAM solutions in regulated or security-mature organisations.

Nice to Have

• Exposure to PCI DSS, SOC2 , or other regulatory frameworks.
• Experience working in fintech, financial services, or other regulated industries.
• Security certifications such as CISM, CISSP , or IAM vendor-specific credentials.