
Senior Cyber Systems Architect – Authentication
NBCUniversal
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: New York • United States
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Salary
💰 $110,000 - $135,000 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Serve on a distributed security and technology team responsible for establishing IAM solutions.
- Lead the design and implementation of IAM capabilities including SSO, directory services, Zero Trust access, MFA, PAM, automation, and behavior‑analytics systems.
- Craft resilient and scalable identity strategies that align with cybersecurity policies and governance structure
- Collaborate with stakeholders to define IAM requirements and design comprehensive solutions for business needs
- Develop highly scalable identity service architectures serving enterprise, customer access, and external partner requirements
- Produce technical solutions that meet NBCU's business objectives and drive compliance with NBCU’s information security goals
- Partner with technology and security teams across NBCU to provide technical expertise, design guidance, and drive best practices
- Create and deliver effective presentations that inform NBCUniversal Senior Leadership teams to drive business relevant information security decisions
- Lead product evaluations and new technology adoptions
- Maintain strong vendor relationships that drive partnership with NBCU
- Create technical documentation with architecture diagrams, configuration guides and operational practices
- Make recommendations to improve automation efficiency, security practices and end user experience
- Execute tactical requests along with supporting strategic vision for rigorous and scalable IAM control
Requirements
- 5+ years’ experience in an identity architecture role
- 5+ years’ experience designing solutions in IAM technical role(s) for large enterprise
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in computer science, information security, or a non‑computer‑related field, or equivalent work experience
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills; including negotiation, facilitation, and consensus building skills; Ability to influence, persuade, and manage polarities without direct control
- Significant experience designing initial infrastructure, administering IAM systems, access controls, security and risk management, and governance fundamentals
- Strong understanding of RBAC, identity policies, identity lifecycle automation and reporting, password policies, separation of duties, user provisioning, and approval workflows
- Experience working with modern and legacy enterprise authentication services (OpenID Connect (OIDC), OAuth2, SAML, Kerberos) and platforms (preferably Active Directory, Entra ID, AWS)
- Experience with Single-Sign-On, Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), Passwordless Technologies, Privileged Access Management (PAM), and Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
- Familiarity with one or more regulatory requirements and laws such as, but not limited to, PCI DSS, FFIEC, SOX, HIPAA, GDPR and GLBA.
- Understanding of cloud computing architecture, technical design and implementations, including IaaS, PaaS and SaaS models
- High degree of flexibility and ability to work with employees at all levels of the organization with diverse backgrounds
- Ability to balance the long-term big picture and short-term implications of tactical decisions
- Possesses an innovative technical mindset with a focus on architecture, strategy, and design
- Strong desire to drive change
Benefits
- medical, dental and vision insurance
- 401(k)
- paid leave
- tuition reimbursement
- variety of other discounts and perks
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
identity architectureIAM solutionsSSOdirectory servicesZero Trust accessMFAPAMidentity lifecycle automationRBACcloud computing architecture
Soft Skills
communication skillsinterpersonal skillsnegotiationfacilitationconsensus buildinginfluencepersuasionflexibilityinnovative mindsetchange management