Sr Architect

Country/Region: IN

Requisition ID: 37867

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Location: INDIA - PUNE - BIRLASOFT OFFICE - HINJAWADI

Title: Sr Architect

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Area(s) of responsibility

Job Title- Identity and Access Management Architect

Location- Pune/Mumbai

Mandatory Skills and Experience

Minimum 10+ years of experience in Identity and Access Management, with strong architecture and implementation background.

Proven experience as an IAM Architect / IAM Lead / IAM Solution Designer for enterprise-scale IAM programs.

Strong hands-on and architectural experience with one or more IAM platforms such as:

SailPoint IdentityIQ / IdentityNow

Okta

Microsoft Entra ID / Azure AD

Active Directory

CyberArk / BeyondTrust / Delinea or equivalent PAM platforms

Strong understanding of identity lifecycle management, access governance, provisioning, reconciliation, certification, and role management.

Experience in application onboarding for IGA, SSO, MFA, PAM, and directory integration.

Strong knowledge of authentication and federation protocols including SAML, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SCIM, LDAP, Kerberos, and REST APIs.

Experience designing directory integrations, delegated authentication, user mastering, attribute-level mastering, and identity correlation rules.

Strong understanding of RBAC, ABAC, SoD policies, privileged access controls, least privilege, and access review processes.

Experience with password vault configuration, privileged account onboarding, password rotation, session management, and secrets management.

Experience with PKI, certificate lifecycle management, passwordless authentication, MFA, and conditional access policies.

Strong knowledge of cloud identity and security architecture across Microsoft Azure, M365/O365, AWS IAM, KMS, and SaaS integrations.

Ability to create high-quality architecture and delivery documents such as SRS, HLD, LLD, design documents, runbooks, test plans, and operational handover documents.

Experience supporting compliance and audit requirements for SOX, NIST, ISO 27001, CMMC/CMMI, and Cloud Security Alliance frameworks.

Excellent communication, stakeholder management, leadership, and decision-making skills.

Ability to lead technical discussions, architecture reviews, design workshops, and executive-level solution walkthroughs.

Preferred Skills

Experience with Zero Trust architecture and identity-centric security models.

Experience with CIAM, B2B/B2C identity, external identity, or customer-facing identity platforms.

Experience with IAM migration, consolidation, modernization, or transformation programs.

Knowledge of DevSecOps, API security, secrets management, and workload identity.

Experience with automation using PowerShell, Python, REST APIs, SCIM, or IAM Connector

Relevant certifications such as:

Microsoft Certified: Identity and Access Administrator

Okta Certified Professional / Administrator / Consultant

SailPoint IdentityIQ / IdentityNow Certification

CyberArk Defender / Sentry

CISSP / CCSP / CISM

AWS Security Specialty