Architect: Infrastructure and Access Management - IAM architecture

Architect: Infrastructure andamp; Access Management The Opportunity Our client is a leading international law firm, recognised for representing the world''s major corporations, funds, and financial institutions in their most complex transactions and disputes. We are looking for a talented and experienced Architect: Infrastructure andamp; Access Management to join the firms IT department in London. This is a high-impact role at the heart of our global security and identity strategy, offering the chance to shape architecture at enterprise scale while collaborating with top-tier colleagues across regions. What You''ll Do You will lead the design and evolution of our Identity and Access Management (IAM) architecture across a complex, global environment. Key responsibilities include: Developing and maintaining IAM architecture covering identity life cycle, access governance, and privileged access controls Designing secure authentication and authorisation patterns (OpenID Connect, SAML, OAuth, Kerberos, LDAP) and Conditional Access policies aligned with Microsoft best practices Embedding zero trust and least privilege principles across all privileged roles and enterprise applications Owning global Firewall design and architecture Architecting and enhancing Privileged Access Management (PAM) capabilities, including approval workflows and continuous monitoring Championing Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR) solutions to proactively mitigate identity-based attacks Guiding ..... full job details .....