Architect-Tech Management

At Freeport-McMoRan, we are committed to providing an employment package that recognizes excellence, encourages safe production and a culture supported by our core values. Here, you’ll find a collaborative environment where safety is a top priority, all opinions are valued, and people are empowered to grow in their career.

Our global headquarters is in Phoenix, Arizona. Several hundred employees support global operations in finance, human resources, information technology, planning and more from the main office, satellite offices or online. As a Hybrid employee, you’ll engage in virtual collaboration as well as attend in-person meetings at our Collaboration Hub in Phoenix or at one of our site locations. The Collaboration Hub provides an open, flexible workspace for individuals and teams to come together for various business needs. Amenities at the Hub include a working café, phone booths and meeting rooms with technology tools for virtual and in-person collaboration.

It is the perfect place if you enjoy the outdoors, love sports, concerts and other big city amenities or technology. Lead the strategy and implementation of enterprise identity architecture across key domains, including Enterprise Identity Fabric, Microsoft Entra, Identity Governance & Administration, Agentic AI Security, Non‑Human Identity Management, and Identity Threat Detection & Response (ITDR). Collaborate with teams across Infrastructure, Enterprise Architecture, Security Operations, Applications, HRIS, and Compliance to develop AI‑secure, scalable patterns, standards, and multi‑year roadmaps that advance Zero Trust principles and support evolving business needs.

Lead enterprise identity reference architecture across directories (AD/Entra), authentication and authorization, Conditional Access, federation (SAML/OIDC/OAuth), identity lifecycle management, and IGA. Develop and publish architecture principles, security patterns, and guardrails while ensuring alignment with Zero Trust and enterprise standards.

Prioritize initiatives and monitor KPIs to drive risk reduction and audit readiness.

Produce HLD/LLD documentation, data flow diagrams, trust boundaries, and control mappings. Provide design oversight through build, testing, and deployment, ensuring operational runbooks and SLAs are established.

Define identity control objectives, metrics, and testing procedures, including joiner/mover/leaver processes, privileged access boundaries, access certification cycles, and passwordless adoption. Partner with Internal Audit and Compliance to ensure alignment with SOX and NIST CSF and support evidence collection.

Facilitate architecture reviews and lead design workshops with Infrastructure, Cloud, Application, SOC, OT, and HRIS teams. Monitor identity threat landscapes and platform advancements to recommend continuous improvements, deprecations, and optimizations across the enterprise identity ecosystem.

Bachelor’s Degree in Information Systems or related field and eight (8) years of experience in security systems technologies OR

Bachelor’s Degree in Information Systems or related field and six (6) years of experience in security systems technologies and ISACA, SANS, ISC (2), or CEH Certification or related security certification OR

Master’s degree in Information Systems or related field and six (6) years of experience in security systems technologies OR

Master’s Degree in Information Systems or related field and five (5) years of experience in security systems technologies and ISACA, SANS, ISC (2), or CEH Certification or related security certification

Entra Users, Groups, Policy & Access Management; IGA platform etc.

Understanding of workload/machine identity governance (managed identities, service accounts, certificates/secrets).

strong documentation and standards writing.

Ability to influence architecture decisions across distributed teams and communicate clearly to technical and non‑technical stakeholders.

Partner with Enterprise Architecture, Infrastructure, Cloud, SOC, Application Owners, Business Solutions Architects, HRIS, Internal Audit, and Compliance; Experience with passkeys/passwordless, Verified ID/external identity, workload CA policies, and identity automation.

Exposure to SAP/HRIS authoritative data integrations and JML orchestration.

Certifications: Microsoft Identity/Entra, CISSP, CISM, or relevant IGA/ITDR certifications.

This range reflects base salary only and does not include bonus payments, benefits or retirement contributions. This role is eligible for additional incentive compensation considerations based on company and individual performance. Affordable medical, dental and vision benefits

Company‑paid life and disability insurance

Paid time off, paid sick time, holiday pay, parental leave

Employee Assistance Program

Discounted insurance plans for auto, home and pet