Architect C - Solution Architect Niche

Job Description: As Solution Architect for the IAM Identity Provider domain, you are responsible for shaping and driving the architecture of the bank's identity services landscape. You design solutions that align with the strategic direction of the IAM Tribe, enterprise architecture principles, and the bank's long-term technology vision. You provide architectural leadership to DevOps squads and stakeholders by translating strategic objectives into actionable solution designs.

Through guidance, inspiration, and technical expertise, you help teams make sound technology decisions while ensuring alignment across products, platforms, and squads.

Your Role: You are a recognized technical expert with deep knowledge of Identity and Access Management (IAM) and extensive experience with Identity Provider (IdP) technologies such as Microsoft Entra ID and Active Directory. You have a strong understanding of related domains including federation, authentication protocols, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), disaster recovery, resiliency, and identity security. You effectively bridge the gap between Enterprise Architecture and DevOps engineering teams, translating strategic architecture into practical implementation guidance.

You engage confidently with engineers, architects, product managers, IT leads, and senior stakeholders, providing technical leadership and architectural direction across multiple squads.

Main Responsibilities: Define and maintain solution architectures that align with enterprise architecture principles, security standards, and the IAM strategy. Guide and support DevOps squads during implementation, ensuring architectural integrity from design through delivery. Provide architectural leadership within the steering triangle and act as the primary technical advisor for the squads you support. Contribute to architectural roadmaps and target-state designs for the Identity Provider landscape, spanning on-premises, hybrid, and cloud environments.

Participate in the IAM Architecture Board and represent the interests and strategic direction of the department. Drive architecture decision-making by assessing alternative scenarios, evaluating trade-offs, and providing clear architectural recommendations. Inspire, mentor, and coach DevOps engineers and technical specialists to continuously improve engineering quality and architectural maturity. Promote standardization, simplification, resiliency, and security across IAM platforms and services.

Identify opportunities for modernization and support the bank's transformation towards future-state identity solutions.

Your Profile: Proven experience as a Solution Architect within large-scale enterprise environments. Deep understanding of Identity and Access Management concepts, identity lifecycle management, authentication, authorization, and federation. Strong expertise in Microsoft Entra ID, Active Directory, federation, and hybrid identity architectures. Demonstrated experience defining target architectures and architectural roadmaps. Ability to provide technical leadership and architectural guidance across multiple DevOps squads.

Experience operating in highly regulated environments. Strong analytical skills. Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills. Proven ability to influence without direct authority. Experience with disaster recovery, business continuity, PKI, MFA and Zero Trust principles.

Preferred Qualifications: Experience with large-scale identity transformations and cloud migration initiatives. Knowledge of modern authentication standards and protocols such as OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SAML. Relevant certifications such as TOGAF, Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Microsoft Identity and Access Administrator.

Why This Role Matters: Identity is at the core of the bank's security and digital transformation strategy. As Solution Architect for the Identity Provider domain, you play a key role in shaping the future identity landscape, enabling secure, scalable and resilient identity services for the entire organization.