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# IAM Platform Architect

- **Company:** IDR, Inc.
- **Location:** Chantilly, VA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Active Directory, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Software as a Service, Cloud Computing, Identity and Access Management, Key Management, Lightweight Directory Access Protocols (LDAP), OAuth, OpenID, Role-Based Access Control, Azure Active Directory, Zero Trust Network Access, Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), Systems Integration, Pingfederate, SailPoint
- **Published:** October 31, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/18058c42-2143-463c-93cf-883f0c71251e

## About the Role

* 10+ years of progressive IAM architecture, engineering, or solution design experience in complex enterprise environments
 * Strong expertise across IAM fundamentals including identity lifecycle, OAuth/OIDC, SAML, LDAP, APIs, SCIM, RBAC, and Zero Trust concepts
 * Hands-on experience with SailPoint (IdentityIQ and/or Identity Security Cloud) and Microsoft Entra/Active Directory
 * Experience designing and integrating federation and directory platforms (e.g., PingFederate and PingDirectory)
 * Ability to communicate and influence across technical and non-technical stakeholders, producing clear architecture documentation and recommendations

## Description

IDR is seeking a IAM Platform Architect to join one of our top clients for an opportunity in McLean, Virginia. This role will define enterprise strategy, standards, and governance for Identity & Access Management (IAM) across a large, complex environment in the hospitality industry. You'll partner across security, infrastructure, application, and risk teams to deliver scalable, secure identity capabilities spanning cloud, on-prem, SaaS, and emerging AI/agent identity use cases., * Define enterprise IAM target-state architecture, principles, and multi-year roadmaps for human and non-human identities

 * Lead architecture/design reviews and produce diagrams, decision records, capability models, and transition plans
 * Establish standards and reusable patterns across IGA, SSO/federation, directory services, PAM, and secrets management
 * Translate business, security, risk, and regulatory requirements into durable, scalable IAM designs
 * Drive adoption of common IAM approaches across applications (e.g., SSO, provisioning, RBAC, access request workflows)