IAM Solutions Architect Contract

Solution Architect - Identity & Access Management (IAM) Hybrid Sheffield - 3 days per week onsite £ per day Inside IR35 Initial contract until end of the year with view to extend long-term We're looking for an experienced Solution Architect to join a major financial services transformation programme focused on modernising enterprise Identity & Access Management (IAM) capabilities. This is an opportunity to play a key technical leadership role in designing the next generation of identity services, helping shape secure, scalable and cloud-native solutions within a large, complex enterprise environment. Working closely with architects, engineering teams, security specialists and business stakeholders, you'll define solution architecture, establish technical standards and guide delivery across a large-scale IAM transformation programme. What You'll Be Doing • Define end-to-end solution architecture across business, application, data and infrastructure domains. • Produce High Level Designs (HLDs), Low Level Designs (LLDs) and Architecture Decision Records (ADRs). • Translate business, security and regulatory requirements into secure technical solutions. • Design modern IAM capabilities covering: • Authentication and Authorisation • Human, Agent and Workload Identity • Identity Federation • API Security • Policy-as-Code • Secrets Management and PKI • Design cloud-native architectures using Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Kubernetes. • Define integration patterns between identity platforms, applications and infrastructure. • Develop resilient, highly available and scalable architectures. • Support Architecture Review Boards and technical governance. • Review supplier designs and provide technical assurance across multiple workstreams. • Work closely with Product Owners and engineering teams throughout delivery. • Mentor engineers and promote architectural best practice. • Evaluate new technologies and contribute to the long-term architecture roadmap. Essential Skills & Experience • Strong background in Enterprise Solution Architecture • Extensive experience delivering Identity & Access Management (IAM) solutions • Authentication, Authorisation and Identity Federation (OIDC, OAuth2, SAML, SCIM) • Zero Trust Architecture • Agent Identity and Workload Identity • Cloud Architecture, particularly Google Cloud Platform (GCP) • Kubernetes and Service Mesh • API Architecture and API Security • Event-Driven Architecture • Policy-as-Code (OPA, Cedar or similar) • PKI, Certificates and Secrets Management • DevSecOps and CI/CD • High Availability, Disaster Recovery and Resilience Design • Security Architecture • Architecture Governance and Design Reviews • Strong stakeholder management and technical leadership experience If you're an experienced Solution Architect with a strong IAM background and enjoy designing secure, enterprise-scale cloud solutions, we'd love to speak with you. Cathcart Technology is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.