Senior Principal IT Architect

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture, design, and technical strategy for CIAM platforms supporting external users and customer-facing services


• Define and maintain technology architecture standards, reference models, and design principles for CIAM solutions


• Translate business and technology requirements into scalable, secure, and operationally sustainable identity solutions


• Provide technical leadership for evaluating, selecting, implementing, and enhancing identity and access management technologies


• Ensure security, availability, performance, monitoring, logging, and operational readiness across CIAM environments


• Establish and maintain technical, operational, audit, security, and support documentation


• Evaluate emerging technologies, industry trends, and identity standards for continuous improvement and future-state architecture planning


• Collaborate with vendors and service providers to resolve complex issues, assess capabilities, and support proof-of-concept initiatives


• Partner with business stakeholders and technology teams to deliver solutions aligned with enterprise standards and business objectives

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree with 10+ years of experience, or advanced degree with 8+ years of experience in information technology, cybersecurity, software engineering, or related technical disciplines


• 5+ years of experience serving as a Technical Architect for a Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) or Identity and Access Management (IAM) enterprise platform


• 5+ years of experience designing, implementing, or supporting identity and access management solutions at enterprise scale


• 5+ years of experience in information security engineering, cybersecurity engineering, or software development


• For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree satisfying 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required


• U.S. work authorization requirements apply; unrestricted U.S. work authorization is required for roles below Principal level


• Active CISSP certification or comparable industry-recognized security certification preferred


• 2+ years of experience as a Product Owner or comparable platform ownership role preferred


• Prior Medtronic experience preferred


• Advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical discipline preferred


• Experience developing and implementing large-scale consumer identity and access management solutions preferred


• Experience leading cross-functional and global teams in complex technology transformation or security initiatives preferred

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in leading architecture and technical strategy for Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) platforms, ensuring security, performance, and operational readiness. Proficient in translating business requirements into scalable identity solutions while maintaining technology architecture standards.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Technical Architecture Leadership


• Customer Identity And Access Management (CIAM)


• Information Security Engineering


• CISSP Certification


• Cross-Functional Team Leadership

Hard Skills

• Architecture Design


• Identity Solutions Implementation


• Cybersecurity Engineering


• Software Development


• Operational Readiness


• Technology Standards Definition


• Emerging Technologies Evaluation


• Identity Standards Knowledge


• Scalable Solutions Development


• Audit Documentation

Soft Skills

• Collaboration


• Problem-Solving


• Stakeholder Engagement


• Technical Leadership


• Communication

Certifications & Qualifications

• CISSP Certification

Industry Keywords

• Customer Identity And Access Management (CIAM)


• Identity And Access Management (IAM)


• Information Technology


• Cybersecurity


• Technical Strategy


• Enterprise Standards


• Operational Sustainability


• Complex Technology Transformation


• Global Teams Leadership


• Proof-Of-Concept Initiatives