Principal Cybersecurity Architect - Identity, IAM & Zero Trust

MatchPoint Solutions is a fast-growing, young, energetic global IT-Engineering services company with clients across the US . We provide technology solutions to various clients like Uber, Robinhood, Netflix, Airbnb, Google, Sephora, and more! More recently, we have expanded to working internationally in Canada, China, Ireland, UK, Brazil, and India . Through our culture of innovation, we inspire, build, and deliver business results, from idea to outcome. We keep our clients on the cutting edge of the latest technologies and provide solutions by using industry-specific best practices and expertise.

We are excited to be continuously expanding our team. If you are interested in this position, please send over your updated resume. We look forward to hearing from you!

Principal Cybersecurity Architect - Identity, IAM & Zero Trust

Remote

Contract: 6 months

Pay $85 to 90/hr

Principal Cybersecurity Architect - Identity, IAM & Zero Trust. (Hands on)

Role Summary

Principal Cybersecurity Architect to own the enterprise security architecture across identity, access management, and Zero Trust. This is a senior individual contributor role with significant influence over how people, machines, and workloads authenticate, authorize, and access resources across our environment.

Responsibilities

• Partner with IT, infrastructure, and business stakeholders to integrate security into technology decisions
• Mentor and guide security engineers on architecture standards and design decisions

Zero Trust Architecture

• Design and mature a Zero Trust architecture (ZTNA, MFA, PAM) spanning identity, device trust, network access, and application security - grounded in NIST SP 800-207 and BeyondCorp principles.
• Define reference architectures, security patterns, and guardrails consumed across engineering and infrastructure teams
• Lead threat modeling and security architecture reviews for major platform changes and initiatives
• Evaluate and select security tooling (SASE, SSE, ZTNA, NDR, EDR) aligned to the overall architecture strategy
• Drive continuous improvement of Zero Trust posture through gap assessments and maturity modelling

Identity & Access Management (IAM)

• Own the enterprise IAM architecture - covering workforce identity, B2B federation, machine identities, and cloud entitlements
• Design and govern identity lifecycle management: provisioning, role assignment, access reviews, and deprovisioning - ensuring least privilege is enforced by default and not by exception
• Architect federation and SSO standards across the enterprise: SAML 2.0, OIDC, OAuth 2.0 - including integrations with third-party SaaS, partner tenants, and customer-facing portals
• Define authentication assurance levels by resource sensitivity, aligning MFA requirements to NIST AAL2/AAL3 - with a clear roadmap toward phishing-resistant MFA (FIDO2/WebAuthn) for privileged and high-risk access
• Lead the PAM architecture - credential vaulting, just-in-time privilege, session recording, and endpoint privilege management - in partnership with the security operations team
• Govern cloud entitlements across AWS, Azure, and GCP through a CIEM framework: identify over-permissioned roles, enforce least privilege for service principals and IAM roles, and manage cross-account trust relationships
• Establish and maintain a non-human identity strategy: service accounts, API keys, application credentials, and pipeline secrets - eliminating hardcoded credentials and enforcing dynamic secrets via a secrets management platform
• Drive identity governance processes: access certification campaigns, segregation of duties (SoD) controls, and role-based access control (RBAC) model design
• Partner with HR, IT, and business application owners to ensure joiner/mover/leaver processes are automated and auditable

Governance & Stakeholder Engagement

• Define security architecture standards, policies, and exception management processes
• Mentor security engineers and serve as the escalation point for complex identity and access design decisions
• Produce architecture artefacts - threat models, data flow diagrams, trust zone maps - suitable for both technical and executive audiences
• Contribute to the security roadmap and annual planning, translating risk priorities into architectural investments

Qualifications

• 8+ years in information security, with 4+ years in an architecture or senior engineering role
• Deep expertise in Zero Trust frameworks (NIST SP 800-207, BeyondCorp) and identity-centric security
• Strong understanding of threat modeling methodologies (STRIDE, PASTA, ATT&CK)
• Hands-on experience with enterprise IAM platforms - Microsoft Entra ID, Okta, Ping Identity, or equivalent
• Strong grasp of federation protocols: SAML 2.0, OIDC, OAuth 2.0, SCIM
• Experience with PAM platforms (CyberArk, BeyondTrust, Delinea) and secrets management (HashiCorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault)
• Familiarity with CIEM tooling and cloud IAM governance across at least two major cloud platforms
• Experience designing and governing identity lifecycle and IGA processes (SailPoint, Saviynt, or equivalent a plus)
• Strong understanding of threat modelling methodologies (STRIDE, ATT&CK) and their application to identity attack surfaces
• Excellent communication skills - able to translate complex architecture into clear guidance for engineers, business stakeholders, and executives
• Provan experience using diplomacy skills

Certifications (preferred): CISSP, SABSA, TOGAF, Microsoft SC-100, Okta Certified Architect, or equivalent

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