At Avanade, cybersecurity consultants are innovators, risk-takers, and challengers of the status quo. If you’re a seasoned Digital Identity Architect / Manager, with a proven ability to bridge business requirements with technical solutions, and if you're excited to contribute to enhancing customer experiences while ensuring data security, we encourage you to apply and become a key player in our innovative team.

Come join us

In a client-facing consulting role, we are seeking an experienced and highly skilled Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) Architect to join our dynamic team. You will work on exciting projects that transforms our client’s technology ecosystem with a focus on the Microsoft Digital Identity capabilities as well as other leading market vendors (e.g., Saviynt, One Identity, Okta, Ping Identity etc.).

The ideal candidate should possess a deep understanding of various IAM and CIAM technologies, with a proven track record of working collaboratively with multiple business stakeholders to define customer engagement journeys and experiences. The CIAM Architect will play a pivotal role in integrating CIAM solutions with ERP and CRM technologies (e.g., SAP S/4HANA, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Salesforce etc.). The candidate should be adept at comprehending existing customer capabilities, including custom applications, to architect solutions that maximize client investments while ensuring scalability and security. As a member of our security practice, you will work for both Avanade and Accenture clients, ranging from medium to large global enterprise clients.

Together we do what matters

About you

• Experienced in consulting and advisory discussions with clients and other consulting firms.   

• Talented in designing and implementing technology solutions.

• Experienced in working with or leading medium to large teams.   

• Able to collaborate within a large global organization.    

• Seen as a role model and acts as a leader.

• Have proven experience as a CIAM Architect or in a similar role, demonstrating successful implementation of CIAM solutions in complex environments.

• Have expertise in various IAM and CIAM technologies, including Microsoft Identity solutions, IBM Security Verify, Okta, Ping Identity, ForgeRock, and more.

• Hands-on experience with integrating CIAM solutions with ERP (e.g., SAP S/4HANA) and CRM (e.g., Salesforce) technologies.

• Strong understanding of customer engagement strategies, user experience (UX), and user journey mapping.

• Familiarity with custom application development related to IAM/CIAM capabilities.

• In-depth knowledge of authentication protocols (OAuth, SAML, OpenID Connect), multi-factor authentication (MFA), and single sign-on (SSO).

• Experience with API security and authorization mechanisms.

• You take full accountability to lead and manage projects, providing operational leadership for work efforts requiring significant coordination.

• You create and implement work plans for assigned projects, programs and clients against established operational objectives.

• You lead small to large project general design and delivery (solution architecture and associated infrastructure or business and functional requirements)

What you'll do

• You solve complex problems that consistently span work domains, requiring considerable judgement of contextual factors.

• You have wide latitude in approach to work, including ability to reshape work plans, guided by professional best practices and domain expertise.

• You develop a strong client relationship and contribute to sales outcomes.

• You work independently, with occasional validation of work efforts against strategic and operational objectives.

• You orchestrate the development lifecycle and facilitate building specialty skills as required by the project.

• You ensure that quality tools and processes are in place and are implemented by the development team.

• You act as a Delivery Lead/ Technical Architect for small and medium projects.

About the Role

• Subject matter thought leader, who has experience working on the multiple platforms along with:

• Collaborating with business stakeholders to define and design customer engagement journeys and experiences using CIAM solutions.

• Assessing existing IAM/CIAM capabilities, including custom applications, and strategize solutions for decoupling to enhance client investments.

• Providing technical expertise in CIAM, guiding the selection and integration of technologies that align with business objectives and security requirements.

• Architecting and implementing CIAM solutions that enhance customer onboarding, authentication, authorization, and overall security.

Enjoy your career! Some of the best things about working at Avanade:

• Opportunity to work for Microsoft’s Global Alliance Partner of the Year (14 years in a row), with exceptional development and training (minimum 80 hours per year for training and paid certifications)   

• Real-time access to technical and skilled resources globally

• Dedicated career advisor to encourage your growth.  

• Engaged and helpful coworkers genuinely interested in you.  

• A great place to work

As you bring your skills and abilities to Avanade, you’ll get distinctive experiences, limitless learning, and ambitious growth in return. As we continue to build our diverse and inclusive culture, we become even more innovative and creative, helping us better serve our clients and communities. You’ll join a community of smart, supportive collaborators to lift, mentor, and guide you, and to lean on your expertise. You get a company purpose-built for business-critical, leading-edge technology solutions, committed to improving the way humans work, interact, and live. It’s all here, so take a closer look!

We work hard to provide an inclusive, diverse culture with a deep sense of belonging for all our employees. Visit our Inclusion & Diversity page (https://www.avanade.com/en/about-avanade/inclusion-and-diversity).

Create a future for our people that focuses on:

• Expanding your thinking   • Experimenting courageously   • Learning and pivoting 

Inspire greatness in our people by:

• Empowering every voice   • Encouraging boldness   • Celebrating progress  

Accelerate the impact of our people by: 

• Amazing the client  

• Prioritizing what matters   

• Acting as one 

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