CIAM Solution Architect

Location: Reading, United Kingdom

Thales people architect identity management and data protection solutions at the heart of digital security. Business and governments rely on us to bring trust to the billons of digital interactions they have with people. Our technologies and services help banks exchange funds, people cross borders, energy become smarter and much more. More than 30,000 organizations already rely on us to verify the identities of people and things, grant access to digital services, analyze vast quantities of information and encrypt data to make the connected world more secure.

Together we offer fantastic opportunities for committed employees to learn and develop their career with us. At Thales UK, we research, develop, and supply technology and services that impact the lives of millions of people each day to make life better, and keep us safer. We innovate across the major industries of Aerospace, Defence, Security and Space. Your health and well-being matters to us and that’s why we offer you the flexibility to do what’s important to you; whether that’s part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.

CIAM Solution Architect (Consumer Identity & Access Management)

Location: Reading, full-time hybrid working with 3 days in the office

Do you have knowledge in the Consumer IAM domain and are you looking to gain experience in an ever-growing and advanced technology environment? Looking to work within a small and agile team, then this role is for you.

What The Role Has To Offer

• Opportunity to drive impactful projects alongside high-profile global clients across a dynamic and diverse portfolio spanning finance and retail organisations
• Work with a worldwide team where your career development and progression will be supported

Our Opportunity

Reporting to the Cybersecurity & Digital Identity Manager, the CIAM Solution Architect will play a pivotal role in bridging the gap between business requirements and technological implementation, ensuring that our systems and applications are scalable, secure, and aligned with our long-term vision and support hybrid work from our Reading office.

Following CIAM SaaS platform onboarding, you’ll work in multidisciplinary, customer-facing project teams composed of architects, project managers, and fellow consultants. Together, you’ll sign off on best-of-breed CIAM solutions for corporate clients. Together with colleagues, you’ll help customers get the most out of the platform. CIAM solutions span a wide spectrum of systems/end-users and are deployed in complex architectures. The ‘usual suspects’ include client-side architects/developers and business users. After all, they can often provide invaluable empirical information on the needs of their CIAM end users.

CIAM interacts with an extensive spectrum of systems and solutions, so liaising with external vendors (e.g. engineers who build customer portals) is in scope, too. And while you’ll tend to focus on ‘hardcore’ topics (think flow, integration, etc.), we welcome your UX/UI insights. Additionally, we expect you to be security obsessed. Our CIAM solutions need to work for every client, and, by extension, for their customers.

We are seeking candidates who enjoy working autonomously with proven experience in the cyber and digital space who have delivered innovative solutions, services, and products to a diverse range of customers to help them achieve their critical missions securely and effectively. Applicants can include experienced software engineers, senior software engineers, and CIAM Solution Architects.

Building a Future, we can all trust.

Cybersecurity and Digital Identity (CDI) - from secure software to biometrics and encryption, CDI GBU technologies and services enable businesses and governments to authenticate identities and protect data, so they stay safe and enable services in personal devices, connected objects, the cloud and in between. Cyber Security Products (CSP) business line is helping the most trusted companies and organisations around the world protect critical applications, sensitive data, and identities anywhere at scale. Through our innovative services and integrated platforms, Thales helps customers achieve better visibility of risks, defend against cyber threats, close compliance gaps, and deliver trusted digital experiences for billions of consumers every day. In Europe, Consumer Identity & Access Management (CIAM) is a booming market.

What We Offer You

We offer a competitive salary and benefits package designed to support our employees’ wellbeing and professional growth, which includes:

• Attractive CDI Sales Commission Plan
• Pension – match like-for-like up to 7% of annual base salary
• Life Assurance – 2 x base salary minimum (8 x salary if part of the pension scheme)
• Income Protection – 50% of salary less state benefits for 5 years
• Annual Leave – 201 hours, bank holidays, plus 1 company day
• Private Medical Insurance - Couples cover
• Half day every Friday, usually finishing around 1:00pm
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
• 24 hours paid leave for volunteering activities
• Access to flexible benefits and discounts – dental insurance, buying & selling annual leave, cycle to work, and many more

Key Responsibilities And Tasks

• Enforce Information Systems Security Policies for projects, products, services, and customers
• Provide tools and resources to implement and maintain security requirements
• Manage vulnerabilities and risks affecting customers
• Detect, analyse, and qualify security incidents and threats; identify sources and block access
• Conduct security assessments of implementations in specific contexts
• Assist customers in Operational Technology security, including asset discovery, threat guidance, and compliance monitoring

About You

At Thales, we are committed to equal opportunities and welcome all talented individuals to consider joining our team. So even if you don't match every statement below but feel you have some of the experience, knowledge or skills needed for this role, we encourage you to apply. It will take all of us working together to deliver solutions to the world’s most critical challenges.

• Proven relevant experience in a similar CIAM role and degree and/ or Masters degree or equivalent in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field specializing in Control Systems, or Cybersecurity
• Strong expertise in data analysis, cybersecurity, programming languages, and IT systems
• Proven experience in cybersecurity risk analysis and providing technical environment recommendations
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and customer-focused skills with ability to explain security procedures clearly
• Collaborative team player with diplomacy, listening, and persuasion skills to ensure compliance with security measures
• Meticulous, detail-oriented, and continuously updated on emerging risks and countermeasures
• Comprehensive skills across security protocols, APIs (XML/JSON/REST/SOAP), enterprise systems (ESB/CRM/OMS), modelling (ArchiMate, BPMN), programming (Java/Python/JavaScript/HTML), and cloud platforms (AWS)
• Skills across containerization (Docker/Kubernetes) are desirable, although not essential

Join us and play a key role in driving impactful digital transformation and cybersecurity excellence!

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS)

In line with Thales' Baseline Security requirements, successful candidates will be asked to provide evidence of identity, eligibility to work in the UK and employment and/or education history for up to three years.

The BPSS is the recognised standard for the pre-employment screening of individuals with access to government assets. Responsibility for completing the BPSS sits with the employing authority. It is not a formal security clearance, but its rigorous and consistent application underpins the national security vetting process at CTC, Level 1B, SC and DV.

In addition to BPSS, Thales may conduct further checks (for example health or social media) as part of our recruitment process to meet our independent risk thresholds. For further information on BPSS go to Government Baseline Personnel Security Standard

In line with Thales' Baseline Security requirements, candidates will be asked to provide evidence of identity, eligibility to work in the UK and employment and/or education history for up to three years. Some vacancies may require full Security Clearance which can require further evidence to be provided. For further details of the evidence required to apply for Baseline and Security Clearance please refer to the Defence Business Services National Security Vetting (DBS NSV) Agency.

At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working.

Thales UK is committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment process. We will provide reasonable adjustments and support to ensure neuro-diverse applicants or those with a disability or long-term condition can be their best during the recruitment process. To request an adjustment, if you need this job advert in an alternative format or if you have any questions about the recruitment process, please contact Resourcing Ops for mid to senior roles, or the Early Careers Team for graduate and apprentice roles.

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