Cybersecurity IGA & SSO Architect (Contract W2 - Jersey City, NJ)

Years of Experience

• 10+ years of experience designing, architecting, implementing, and leading enterprise Identity Governance & Administration (IGA) and Single Sign-On (SSO) solutions. 
• Proven experience delivering large-scale IAM transformations across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments.

• Serve as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Identity Governance, Access Management, Authentication, and Federation technologies. 
• Define enterprise IAM strategy, target architecture, operating models, and governance frameworks aligned with business and security objectives. 
• Lead customer workshops, architecture assessments, discovery sessions, and solution design engagements. 
• Collaborate with security, infrastructure, application, cloud, and business teams to deliver scalable identity governance and access management solutions. 
• Assess existing IAM environments and define modernization roadmaps focusing on automation, compliance, identity lifecycle management, and Zero Trust principles. 
• Provide architectural governance, solution reviews, technical leadership, and implementation oversight for IGA and SSO initiatives.

• Extensive experience designing and deploying Identity Governance solutions using Saviynt, Microsoft Entra ID Governance, or equivalent platforms. 
• Strong expertise in identity lifecycle management including provisioning, de-provisioning, birthright access, role management, certifications, access requests, and SoD controls. 
• Experience designing Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC), governance groups, and entitlement management frameworks. 
• Deep understanding of SSO, authentication, authorization, federation, and identity protocols such as SAML 2.0, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SCIM, Kerberos, LDAP, and WS-Federation. 
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Entra ID, Okta, Ping Identity, ForgeRock, or similar IAM platforms. 
• Design High-Level Design (HLD) and Low-Level Design (LLD) documents for IAM solutions supporting cloud, on-premises, and hybrid architectures. 
• Lead application onboarding strategies for SaaS, custom, legacy, cloud, and enterprise applications. 
• Experience integrating IAM platforms with Active Directory, Entra ID, HR systems, ServiceNow, MFA solutions, SIEM tools, and enterprise applications. 
• Expertise in governance reporting, compliance management, certification campaigns, access reviews, and audit remediation activities. 
• Strong understanding of Zero Trust Architecture and modern identity-centric security models. 
• Experience developing integration solutions using REST APIs, web services, SCIM, PowerShell, java, or other automation technologies. 
• Knowledge of regulatory and compliance frameworks including SOX, GDPR, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, ISO 27001, NIST, and CIS Controls. 
• Ability to support RFPs, solution proposals, architecture reviews, and customer-facing technical discussions.

• Excellent Verbal and written communication skills in English.
• Ability to present solutions to clients in person and remotely if needed.
• Good documentation skills that will enable creation of design documents for the technical solutions proposed.
• Excellent problem-solving skills.
• Good collaboration skills in working with virtual and distributed teams.

• Good to have relevant IAM certifications such as:
• Saviynt L100, L200 trainings
• Microsoft Azure Security Engineer
• AZ- 900 Azure Fundamentals
• Educational Qualifications
• University degree in IT or/and IT Security