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# Senior Manager - Identity & Access Management (IAM) Architect

- **Company:** Ernst & Young LLP
- **Location:** Dallas, TX, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $185,800
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Software as a Service, Cloud Computing, Cyber Security, Multi-Factor Authentication, Identity and Access Management, Intrusion Detection and Prevention, Lightweight Directory Access Protocols (LDAP), Microsoft Software, OAuth, Public Key Infrastructure, Openid Connect, Azure Active Directory, Ping Identity, Zero Trust Network Access, Sherwood Applied Business Security Architecture, Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), Single Sign-On, Policy as Code, Google Cloud, Okta, Cyberark, Multi-Cloud, Agentic-AI, Togaf, Customer Identity Access Management, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Cloud Migration, SailPoint, Restful APIs, Terraform
- **Published:** November 12, 2026
- **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/1D122A8FE73B4111B35F0DE37836A9CB/job/

## About the Role

* 10+ years of experience in IAM, cybersecurity, or security architecture, including leadership of large-scale IAM transformation initiatives.
 * Deep expertise in identity lifecycle management, authentication, authorization, federation, access governance, and privileged access.
 * Experience designing IAM solutions across cloud, hybrid, SaaS, and multi-cloud environments.
 * Strong leadership, executive communication, client-facing, and stakeholder management capabilities.
 * Ability to translate emerging AI and non-human identity risks into practical architecture, governance, and operating-model requirements.

Preferred Skills & Technologies

 * IAM platforms: SailPoint, Saviynt, Microsoft Entra ID, Okta, Ping Identity, ForgeRock, CyberArk, Delinea, and BeyondTrust.
 * Cloud and standards: Microsoft Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, SAML, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SCIM, LDAP, PKI, and policy-based authorization.
 * Innovative identity capabilities: AI security, agentic AI governance, AI-agent identity management, non-human identity management, machine identity, secrets management, ITDR, CIEM, identity analytics, and access intelligence.
 * Engineering and automation: REST APIs, Infrastructure as Code, Terraform, CI/CD integration, and policy-as-code.

Preferred Certifications

CISSP, CISM, CISA, CRISC, TOGAF or SABSA, plus relevant SailPoint, CyberArk, Okta, Microsoft, AWS, or Google Cloud security certifications.

What You'll Bring

A forward-thinking approach to modern identity security, with the ability to secure human and non-human identities at scale, shape governance for autonomous AI agents, reduce access-related risk, and accelerate responsible digital transformation.

## Description

We are seeking a Senior Manager, IAM Architect to lead the strategy, design, and implementation of next-generation identity security solutions. This role will drive enterprise transformation across workforce, customer, privileged, machine, workload, and AI-agent identities while enabling Zero Trust, cloud adoption, and digital innovation., * Define and execute enterprise IAM strategy, target-state architecture, roadmaps, standards, and transformation programs.

 * Architect and lead implementations spanning Identity Governance & Administration (IGA), Privileged Access Management (PAM), Single Sign-On (SSO), Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), Customer IAM (CIAM), and directory services.
 * Design governance and access controls for non-human identities, including service accounts, APIs, workloads, bots, autonomous AI agents, and agent-to-agent interactions.
 * Establish identity patterns for AI agents covering registration, authentication, authorization, least privilege, delegated authority, credential and secret management, monitoring, revocation, and lifecycle governance.
 * Embed Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR), Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management (CIEM), passwordless authentication, adaptive access, and identity analytics into the architecture.
 * Partner with business, cybersecurity, cloud, data, AI, application, and enterprise architecture leaders to deliver secure and scalable identity capabilities.
 * Provide architectural oversight for complex programs, advise executives on identity risk and investment priorities, and mentor architects, engineers, and consultants.