IDAM Architect - DV Cleared

Salary: £48,000 - 88,000 per year

• Minimum 12 years of experience in Identity and Access Management, including at least 5 years in an architecture role
• Proven experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale IDAM solutions
• Experience in secure, regulated, or government-focused environments
• Expertise in modern identity platforms, including Microsoft Entra /Azure AD, Okta, Ping Identity, and Forge Rock
• Strong knowledge of Active Directory, LDAP, OAuth 2.0, SAML, OpenID Connect, and identity federation
• Experience with Privileged Access Management (PAM), Role-Based and Attribute-Based Access Control (RBAC/ABAC), Identity Governance and Administration (IGA), access certification, and entitlement management
• Understanding of cloud and hybrid identity architectures
• Strong knowledge of security architecture, cryptography, and secure authentication principles
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• DV clearance or active DV clearance
• Desirable: CISSP, CISM, or equivalent security certification
• Desirable:
  Microsoft Entra /Azure or Okta certifications
• Desirable: experience delivering Zero Trust architectures or working on Defence, Aerospace, or Central Government programmes
• Desirable: previous DV or SC clearance

• Design enterprise-scale Identity and Access Management architectures and develop authentication, authorisation, and MFA frameworks
• Design and implement RBAC, ABAC, and PAM solutions, and define identity governance, access lifecycle, and entitlement management strategies
• Evaluate emerging technologies and support platform selection
• Ensure identity architectures align with government and industry security standards
• Conduct security risk assessments and recommend mitigations
• Design audit, logging, monitoring, data protection, and encryption capabilities for identity platforms
• Support regulatory and security compliance requirements
• Lead the design and implementation of modern IDAM platforms, including Azure AD/Entra , Okta, Ping, and Forge Rock
• Architect cloud-native and hybrid identity solutions, and support API-driven identity services and microservices-based authentication models
• Lead identity migrations and transformation programmes
• Provide architectural leadership and mentoring to technical teams
• Define architecture standards, patterns, and governance frameworks
• Lead technical design reviews and architecture assurance activities, and produce and maintain architecture documentation
• Design identity integrations across enterprise applications and cloud platforms, including SSO, federation, and cross-domain authentication
• Facilitate workshops and stakeholder engagements, and present architecture recommendations to senior technical and business leaders

• API
• Active Directory
• Architect
• Azure
• Cloud
• Cryptography
• Support
• LDAP
• OAuth
• OpenID
• RBAC
• SAML
• Security
• microservices

We are hiring a permanent, full-time IDAM Architect for an onsite role in Farnborough, Hampshire, within our growing cybersecurity and digital identity practice. We support critical, secure environments and offer the opportunity to lead enterprise identity architecture and transformation in highly regulated sectors, working with technical teams, stakeholders, and programme leaders. We value respect, equality, diversity, inclusion, and partnership, and welcome applicants from all backgrounds and perspectives.

We can provide adjustments during the recruitment process.

last updated 40 week of 2026