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# Lead IAM Architect

- **Company:** DRW Holdings, LLC.
- **Location:** Chicago, IL, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $150,000 - $200,000
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Active Directory, Active Directory Federation Services, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Amazon Web Services, Application Services, User Authentication, Microsoft Azure, Software as a Service, Cloud Computing, DevOps, Design of User Interfaces, Human-Computer Interaction, Identity and Access Management, Mobile Application Software, Python (Programming Language), Lightweight Directory Access Protocols (LDAP), Linux System Administration, OAuth, OpenID, Performance Tuning, Ping (Networking Utility), Windows PowerShell, Openid Connect, Azure Active Directory, Ansible, Prometheus, Zero Trust Network Access, JSON Web Token, Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), Systems Integration, Scripting, Software Security, Customer Identity Access Management, Containerization, Pingfederate, Kubernetes, Data Management, Terraform, Splunk, Docker, Ci Server, Golang
- **Published:** November 10, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/lead-iam-architect-chicago-il--e2a4e710-e609-4f07-9632-4abd00b07170

## About the Role

Risk, Fixed Income Investments, Venture Capital, Real Estate, Authentication, Identity Data Management, Continuous Improvement, Service Level Agreement (SLA), Cloud Computing, User Interface/Experience (UI/UX), * Strong written and verbal communication, stakeholder management, and cross-team collaboration skills.

 * 5+ years of experience in Identity & Access Management (IAM), or equivalent hands-on experience.
 * Strong hands-on experience implementing and operating commercial identity platforms and enterprise identity services (Ping AIC and PingFederate preferred, or the ability to implement required features in Ping).
 * Deep knowledge of SSO, federation, and authentication/authorization protocols (SAML 2.0, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, JWT).
 * Experience integrating with directory and lifecycle systems (Active Directory/LDAP, Azure AD/Entra ID, ADFS) and provisioning (SCIM/API).
 * Practical experience with MFA, adaptive authentication, fine-grained authorization, and access policy enforcement.
 * Strong troubleshooting skills across authentication flows, certificates, TLS, networking, and related infrastructure.
 * Scripting/automation skills (Shell, Python, Go, PowerShell) and familiarity with IaC/CI-CD tools (Terraform, Ansible, or similar).
 * Comfortable working in Linux environments and producing operational runbooks and technical documentation.

Bonus Points:

 * Experience in banking or financial services (regulated enterprise environments).
 * Hands-on cloud experience (AWS, Azure/Entra, or GCP) and container platforms (Docker, Kubernetes).
 * Experience with API security, OAuth/OIDC for APIs, and zero-trust architectures/use cases.
 * Practical experience with CIAM or customer identity projects.
 * Ping Identity certifications or other security/identity certifications.
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 * Observability and monitoring experience for identity services (Prometheus, ELK, Splunk, etc.)

## Description

We are seeking an experienced Identity Engineer to own the delivery, operation, and continuous improvement of our enterprise authentication and authorization services. The IAM team is responsible for the security, compliance, availability, and user experience of these services; you''ll execute implementations, participate in and influence design decisions, and ensure integrations across on-prem and cloud environments meet SLAs and control requirements. The role focuses on SSO, federation, MFA, and secure access management., * Own, implement, and operate end-to-end enterprise authentication and federation solutions; drive architecture reviews and collaborate to influence design decisions, ensuring security, compliance, availability, and performance.

 * Implement, configure, and support SAML 2.0, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect (OIDC), LDAP, and JWT-based integrations.
 * Integrate identity solutions with enterprise, third-party applications, APIs, SaaS platforms, and custom web/mobile apps, including SSO, provisioning (SCIM/API), and secure API authentication.
 * Implement MFA, adaptive authentication, fine-grained access policies, and authorization models that meet security standards.
 * Support identity lifecycle and directory integrations with IAM and directory services (e.g., Entra ID/Azure AD, Active Directory, ADFS) and provisioning systems.
 * Troubleshoot authentication/authorization flows; perform root-cause analysis, incident response, and performance tuning.
 * Ensure compliance with security, audit, and regulatory requirements and support related assessments.
 * Collaborate closely with security, infrastructure, application, and DevOps teams to deliver and operate identity services.
 * Create and maintain runbooks, SOPs, operational procedures, and technical documentation.