Lead IAM Developer/Architect

Elevance Health•Indianapolis, IN

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Lead IAM Developer/Architect develops, recommends, and implements enterprise information security policies, technical standards, guidelines, procedures, and other elements of an infrastructure necessary to support information security in compliance with established company policies, regulatory requirements, and generally accepted information security controls. Responsible for the selection and delivery of strategic network security, access control and secure transaction/messaging solutions. Define and deliver the enterprise IAM architecture for Agentic AI, establishing scalable identity patterns, reference architectures, and integration standards adopted across multiple platforms and teams. Drive implementation of a unified, enterprise-grade identity platform that improves access governance, reduces onboarding time for applications, and supports secure scaling of AI-driven and digital capabilities. Establish reusable IAM frameworks, design standards, and governance models that accelerate delivery across teams while ensuring consistency, security, and future-ready extensibility. Leads system and network architecture support for information and network security technologies; leads development and execution of risk assessment methodologies to fit business, regulatory, and technical environment considerations; leads the development of requirements, system architecture, and software design of security products and services; leads the development of strategies for discovery, evaluation and response to new networking attacks; develops security incident response plans and strategies. Provides trouble resolution and serves as point of technical escalation on complex problems. Creates presentations and seeks IT management approval and acceptance of significant replacements or reconfigurations of major security systems serving the Enterprise. Sets vendor strategy and direction. May be assigned to project teams for technical consultation to business partners and developers. Designs & engineers comprehensive access management and network security technical solutions based on business requirements and defined technology standards; works with architecture to update technology direction & strategy. Develops reports supporting strategy and direction for management. Capable of serving as technical merger & acquisition lead. Acts as a subject matter expert among peers, with manager and senior management.

Requirements

BS/BA in information Technology or related field of study and a minimum of 8 years experience in systems administration and security aspects of information systems, access management and network security technologies, network communications, computer networking, telecommunications, systems development and management, hardware, software, data, and people.
Experience with multiple technical and business disciplines required.
Requires broad-based experience to plan and design highly complex systems.
Any combination of education and experience, which would provide an equivalent background.

Nice To Haves

Expertise in architecting complex Identity and Access Management (IAM) platforms and solutions
Strong proficiency in Java, Spring ecosystem, and microservices architecture
Experience leading cloud migrations (On-Prem to AWS)
Deep understanding of AWS services and cloud-native architectures
Expertise in CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, Docker, and Kubernetes
Experience with event-driven architectures (RabbitMQ, Kafka, etc.)
Strong knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases
Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, Helm)
Familiarity with RBAC products and integrations (SailPoint, Workday)
Experience facilitating cross-functional planning and requirements gathering
Working knowledge of Python scripting and Unix/Linux environments
Security Certifications: CISSP and other advanced technical security certifications (e.g. Information Systems Security Architecture Professional, Information Security Engineering Professional, Certification and Accreditation Professional, or equivalent certifications) strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Develops, recommends, and implements enterprise information security policies, technical standards, guidelines, procedures, and other elements of an infrastructure necessary to support information security in compliance with established company policies, regulatory requirements, and generally accepted information security controls.
Responsible for the selection and delivery of strategic network security, access control and secure transaction/messaging solutions.
Define and deliver the enterprise IAM architecture for Agentic AI, establishing scalable identity patterns, reference architectures, and integration standards adopted across multiple platforms and teams.
Drive implementation of a unified, enterprise-grade identity platform that improves access governance, reduces onboarding time for applications, and supports secure scaling of AI-driven and digital capabilities.
Establish reusable IAM frameworks, design standards, and governance models that accelerate delivery across teams while ensuring consistency, security, and future-ready extensibility.
Leads system and network architecture support for information and network security technologies.
Leads development and execution of risk assessment methodologies to fit business, regulatory, and technical environment considerations.
Leads the development of requirements, system architecture, and software design of security products and services.
Leads the development of strategies for discovery, evaluation and response to new networking attacks.
Develops security incident response plans and strategies.
Provides trouble resolution and serves as point of technical escalation on complex problems.
Creates presentations and seeks IT management approval and acceptance of significant replacements or reconfigurations of major security systems serving the Enterprise.
Sets vendor strategy and direction.
May be assigned to project teams for technical consultation to business partners and developers.
Designs & engineers comprehensive access management and network security technical solutions based on business requirements and defined technology standards.
Works with architecture to update technology direction & strategy.
Develops reports supporting strategy and direction for management.
Capable of serving as technical merger & acquisition lead.
Acts as a subject matter expert among peers, with manager and senior management.