F5

Senior Architect, Identity Access Management

F5

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Ireland

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

Cloud

About the role

  • Develop and maintain a multi-year IAM technology roadmap aligned with organizational goals and future business needs.
  • Establish frameworks for operationalizing IAM in hybrid and multi-cloud scenarios.
  • Champion the implementation of Zero Trust principles, ensuring "never trust, always verify" policies across workforce and customer identities.
  • Recommend strategies to integrate IAM with enterprise security functions (e.g., SIEM, UEBA, and SOC workflows).
  • Design architecture for secure API authentication protocols like OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, and RESTful services.
  • Navigate challenges associated with linking on-premises IAM solutions with cloud-based IAM frameworks.
  • Develop architecture to ensure unified user identity and smooth transitions to hybrid or cloud-first models.
  • Evaluate and select IAM solutions, managing vendor relationships and ensuring alignment with organizational requirements.
  • Architect solutions for Privileged Access Management to secure and monitor high-level access roles and credentials.
  • Create IAM-specific disaster recovery and business continuity plans.
  • Ensure IAM systems comply with regulatory requirements (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA, PCI DSS, SOX).

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience in Identity & Access Management, including architecture or senior technical roles.
  • Hands-on experience designing and integrating enterprise IAM platforms such as Microsoft Entra ID, Okta, Ping, or similar.
  • Strong understanding of authentication, authorization, federation, and modern identity protocols (SAML, OAuth, OIDC).
  • Experience defining architecture standards, reference designs, and governance models.
  • Excellent collaboration and communication skills with both technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field (or equivalent experience).
Benefits
  • Flexible working hours
  • Professional development opportunities
  • Health insurance
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
Identity & Access ManagementAPI authentication protocolsOAuth 2.0OpenID ConnectSAMLPrivileged Access Managementdisaster recoverybusiness continuity planningarchitecture standardsgovernance models
Soft Skills
collaborationcommunication