Identity and Access Management (IAM) Solutions Architect

Stand Together•Arlington, VA

1d•$175,000 - $205,000•Remote

About The Position

The Identity and Access Management Solutions Architect designs, builds, and owns the architecture for identity and access management across the organization, covering both human identities and non-human identities. This is an individual-contributor, execution-focused role: the architect leads the strategy, design, and governance of identity systems while helping building and configuring solutions in Okta and Auth0, and serves as the technical authority on identity security, lifecycle management, and zero-trust access patterns. Applied experience in deploying non-human identities is required.

Requirements

Applied experience securing human and non-human identities at an organizational scale required
Deep, hands-on architecture experience with Okta and Auth0, including custom policies, connectors, and API-driven configuration
Experience partnering across security, infrastructure, and application teams on identity-first design
Strong background in authentication protocols and standards: OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML, SCIM
Experience with privileged access management, secrets management, and workload identity frameworks
Working knowledge of zero-trust architecture principles as applied to identity
Strong written and verbal communication skills for translating architecture into practical guidance for engineering teams
Comfort mentoring engineers on identity best practices, even without formal management responsibility

Nice To Haves

Experience with AI Agent Governance
Experience with Okta for AI Agents - Okta Gateway

Responsibilities

Design, build, and configure the enterprise IAM architecture, including SSO, MFA, adaptive authentication, and federation across Okta and Auth0
Own and directly implement the strategy for non-human identity: service accounts, workload identities, secrets and credential management, machine-to-machine authentication, and the emerging identity model for AI agents
Define and enforce identity governance standards, including access reviews, privileged access management, and least-privilege models
Architect, build, and operate identity lifecycle processes: provisioning, de-provisioning, and role-based or attribute-based access control
Partner with engineering, security, and infrastructure teams to build and embed identity-first design into new systems and integrations
Evaluate, select, and implement IAM tooling, and lead migrations or consolidations between identity platforms
Establish and operate monitoring, auditing, and incident response practices specific to identity and access risk
Serve as the subject-matter expert on IAM for audits, compliance reviews, and security assessments