Solution Architect Specialist

Ahold Delhaize Group is one of the world's largest food retail groups and a leader in both supermarkets and e-Commerce. Its family of great, local brands serves more than 50 million customers each week in Europe, the United States and Indonesia. Together, these brands employ more than 420,000 associates in more than 7,000 grocery and specialty stores. Our AD Group is based in Zaandam in the Netherlands, but AD Group associates also work in all the countries we serve.

This team supports all our great local brands in finance, HR, IT, legal, communications, sustainable retailing, and other key functions.

As the IGA Solution Architect, you will be part of the IGA Platform team. This team is accountable for all the IGA capabilities such as Identity Management, RBAC, Access Certification, Self Service Access Request, Identity Analytics, and External User Management. You will work closely with the Business stakeholders in requirements refinement, collaborating with Architects in creating designs and implementation of new projects as well as optimizing existing solutions.

We’re Ahold Delhaize, one of the world’s largest food retail groups and a leader in both supermarkets and e-commerce. Together with our 19 strong local retail brands all over the world, we aim to make a meaningful difference in the lives of our customers, our people and the world around us. We offer a highly dynamic, international work environment in which our employees thrive.

At Ahold Delhaize, you’ll join a diverse, international team that’s driving one of the most impactful digital and security transformations in the retail industry. This team is accountable for managing the BAU as well as driving a fast paced, super ambitious IGA transformation program.

Our Identity & Access Management (IAM) function plays a critical role in enabling secure and seamless access for thousands of users across brands, countries, and systems. You’ll be part of a collaborative and forward-thinking environment, where innovation, trust, and integrity are at the heart of everything we do.

Working closely with teams across Cybersecurity, Infrastructure, HR, and Business Technology, you’ll help shape how digital identities are governed and managed across the enterprise — ensuring that security and user experience go hand in hand.

We believe in flexibility, empowerment, and balance — you’ll have the autonomy to lead and design solutions, while being supported by talented peers who share a passion for secure and scalable digital transformation. You will be given the freedom and responsibility to take ownership of your work and broaden your horizons by working together with knowledgeable colleagues from different countries who have an abundance of expertise in many areas.

We will continually invest in you and help you build on your talents and skills for the future.

• Architect and design end-to-end IGA solutions covering identity lifecycle management, provisioning, access certification, and role-based access control (RBAC).
• Define and maintain the target-state IGA architecture, aligned with enterprise IAM strategy and security standards.
• Lead technical design sessions and collaborate with engineering teams for successful implementation and integration.
• Work closely with stakeholders (Security, HR, IT, Compliance, Business Units) to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Define and enforce governance models, role engineering, and SoD (Segregation of Duties) policies.
• Oversee integration of the IGA platform with Active Directory, Azure AD, HR systems, and cloud/on-prem apps.
• Evaluate emerging technologies, recommend improvements, and drive the migration from legacy IAM systems to modern IGA platforms.
• Develop and maintain architecture artifacts (HLDs, LLDs, integration diagrams, data flows).
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to IAM engineers and developers.
• Drive continuous improvement in IAM/IGA processes, automation, and security posture.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for incident troubleshooting during on‑call periods, adhering…