CIAM Solution Architect

CIAM Solution Architect (Consumer Identity & Access Management)

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Location:

Reading, full‑time hybrid working with 3 days in the office.

Do you have knowledge in the Consumer IAM domain and are you looking to gain experience in an ever‑growing and advanced technology environment? Looking to work within a small and agile team, then this role is for you.

• Opportunity to drive impactful projects alongside high‑profile global clients across a dynamic and diverse portfolio spanning finance and retail organisations
• Work with a worldwide team where your career development and progression will be supported

Reporting to the Cybersecurity & Digital Identity Manager, the CIAM Solution Architect will play a pivotal role in bridging the gap between business requirements and technological implementation, ensuring that our systems and applications are scalable, secure, and aligned with our long‑term vision and support hybrid work from our Reading office.

Following CIAM SaaS platform onboarding, you’ll work in multidisciplinary, customer‑facing project teams composed of architects, project managers, and fellow consultants. Together, you’ll sign off on best‑of‑breed CIAM solutions for corporate clients. Together with colleagues, you’ll help customers get the most out of the platform. CIAM solutions span a wide spectrum of systems/end‑users and are deployed in complex architectures. The usual suspects include client‑side architects/developers and business users.

After all, they can often provide invaluable empirical information on the needs of their CIAM end users.

• Enforce Information Systems Security Policies for projects, products, services, and customers
• Provide tools and resources to implement and maintain security requirements
• Manage vulnerabilities and risks affecting customers
• Detect, analyse, and qualify security incidents and threats; identify sources and block access
• Conduct security assessments of implementations in specific contexts
• Assist customers in Operational Technology security, including asset discovery, threat guidance, and compliance monitoring

• Attractive CDI Sales Commission Plan
• Pension match like‑for‑like up to 7% of annual base salary
• Life Assurance 2× base salary minimum (8× salary if part of the pension scheme)
• Income Protection 50% of salary less state benefits for 5 years
• Annual Leave 201 hours, bank holidays, plus 1 company day
• Private Medical Insurance – Couples cover
• Half day every Friday, usually finishing around 1:00 pm
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
• 24 hours paid leave for volunteering activities
• Access to flexible benefits and discounts (dental insurance, buying & selling annual leave, cycle to work, and many more)

At Thales, we are committed to equal opportunities and welcome all talented individuals to consider joining our team. So even if you don't match every statement below but feel you have some of the experience, knowledge or skills needed for this role, we encourage you to apply.

• Proven relevant experience in a similar CIAM role and degree and/ or Masters degree or equivalent in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field specialising in Control Systems, or Cybersecurity
• Strong expertise in data analysis, cybersecurity, programming languages, and IT systems
• Proven experience in cybersecurity risk analysis and providing technical environment recommendations
• Excellent problem‑solving, communication, and customer‑focused skills with ability to explain security procedures clearly
• Collaborative team player with diplomacy, listening and persuasion skills to ensure compliance with security measures
• Meticulous, detail‑oriented, and continuously updated on emerging risks and countermeasures
• Comprehensive skills across security protocols, APIs (XML/JSON/REST/SOAP), enterprise systems (ESB/CRM/OMS), modelling (Archi Mate, BPMN), programming (Java/Python/JavaScript/HTML), and cloud platforms (AWS)
• Skills across containerisation (Docker/Kubernetes) are desirable, although not essential

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