Identity & Access Management (IAM) Architect

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Applied Materials is a global leader in materials engineering solutions used to produce virtually every new chip and advanced display in the world. We design, build and service cutting-edge equipment that helps our customers manufacture display and semiconductor chips – the brains of devices we use every day. As the foundation of the global electronics industry, Applied enables the exciting technologies that literally connect our world – like AI and IoT.

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Location:

Santa Clara, CA

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We are seeking a highly experienced and strategic Identity & Access Management (IAM) Architect to lead the design, implementation, and governance of enterprise-grade identity, authentication, and access services. This is an onsite based position at our Santa Clara, CA campus. This role is critical to securing user identities, credentials, application access, and cryptographic trust across enterprise and cloud-connected environments. The architect will drive modernization initiatives, strengthen access controls, and ensure compliance with global security standards.

This is an onsite role and requires regular presence at the office. It is not a remote position.

• Lead the architecture, design, and governance of enterprise IAM services, supporting business, security, and operational requirements.
• Design and manage directory and identity services including enterprise directory platforms and LDAP-based systems.
• Architect authentication and access control mechanisms for users, applications, and infrastructure, including strong and adaptive authentication models.
• Define and govern identity lifecycle processes covering onboarding, access changes, and offboarding for employees, contractors, and partners.
• Design secure access enforcement and entitlement models for enterprise systems and applications.
• Drive authentication modernization initiatives, reducing credential risk while improving user experience.
• Architect and integrate vault and secrets management capabilities for applications, services, and infrastructure.
• Familiarity with Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), certificate-based trust models for enterprise use cases, certificate lifecycle processes including issuance, renewal, revocation, and automation.
• Support secure application integrations using certificates for TLS, mutual authentication, smart credentials, and signing use cases.
• Integrate IAM services with cloud identity platforms and hybrid environments as required.
• Work with federation standards and protocols such as SAML, OAuth, and OpenID Connect.
• Ensure IAM services are designed for high availability, resilience, and disaster recovery.
• Perform regular health checks, access reviews, and security assessments across IAM platforms.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex identity, authentication, and access issues.
• Align IAM architecture and controls with ISO 27001, SOC 2, NIST, GDPR, and enterprise security policies.
• Support internal and external audits by providing documentation, evidence, and remediation plans.
• Define and track service metrics, SLAs, KPIs, and risk indicators for IAM services.
• Collaborate closely with IAM, Infrastructure, Security, Cloud, and Application teams globally.
• Provide architectural guidance, design reviews, and technical leadership across IAM initiatives.
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