Enterprise Architect Principal – Identity and Access Management (IAM)

Location: This position will work a hybrid model (remote and in office one day per week). Ideal candidates will live within 50 miles of one of our Pulse Point locations in Atlanta, GA, Indianapolis, IN, Norfolk, VA, Mason, OH, Tampa, FL, Grand Prairie, TX, Portland, ME St. Louis, MO, Wallingford, CT or Louisville, KY.

The Enterprise Architect Principal – Identity and Access Management (IAM) works with business and technology stakeholders to build a holistic view of the organization’s strategy, processes, information and technical assets to ensure business and IT alignment.

How you will make an impact:

• Evaluates, compares and recommends new IAM technology solutions for domains based upon business value drivers and return on investment.

• Drives new IAM technologies towards implementation and exploitation.

• Articulates and maintains an overall IAM systems architecture vision and ensures specific components are appropriately designed and leveraged.

• Leads the technical evaluation and selection process for improving performance by overseeing gap analysis studies, feasible alternative solutions, and recommending and/or approving the scope of modifications.

• Develops and implements an architectural blueprint and evolutionary IAM roadmap that align with business objectives and are technologically feasible and prudent.

• Assists in creating process and workflows to facilitate reporting, monitoring and compliance.

• Creates and maintains a culture and set of processes for optimizing IAM operational efficiency and continuously improving security posture.

• Showcases how the roadmap delivers cost effectiveness, business value, and competitiveness.

• Defines IAM systems, technical, and application architectures for new strategic initiatives in compliance with regulatory, compliance and relevant security frameworks.

• Collaborates with enterprise architecture team to make sure current IAM products and architecture is evaluated for any new business or integrations

• Champions the integration of IAM into Enterprise Architecture from inception to minimize re-work and build cost efficient solution that adhere to audit and compliance requirements.

• Maintains and constantly refreshes components of architecture strategy, vision and enterprise level blueprints.

• Coordinates all enterprise-level conceptual architectures such as data, application, technical to design-integrated IAM architectures across all major disciplines.

• Monitors and ensures optimal usage of IAM architectural components and assumes responsibility for reuse.

• Drives system migration based upon roadmaps defined in enterprise and domain blueprints.

• Leads IAM architecture strategy and vision for enterprise.

• Ensures blueprints are refreshed as needs emerge or in accordance to plan of record changes.

• Provides continuous consulting services and direction in projects and architectures.

• Champions enterprise level technology and architectural standards, guidelines, principles, frameworks, and reference models.

Minimum Requirements:

Requires an BA/BS degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or related field of study and a minimum of 8 years of experience in architecture/design in relevant technology disciplines; or any combination of education and experience, which would provide an equivalent background.

Preferred Skills, Capabilities and Experiences:

• Experience in health care industry strongly preferred.

• Cross-functional experience (e.g., strategy, change management, business process management strongly preferred.

• Broad knowledge in identity providers, directory services, single sign-on, multifactor authentication, identity federation, privileged access management, identity governance and administration, RBAC, access request/certification, and user behavior analytics strongly preferred. 

• Ability to configure, customize, test IAM tools and components and troubleshoot issues during implementation strongly preferred.

• Solid understanding of IAM-related protocols and standards strongly preferred.

• Ability to coach and mentor IAM engineers strongly preferred.

• Ability to use and communicate system design patterns and anti-patterns to improve system quality strongly preferred.

• Ability to manage solution architecture design to align to business value preferred.

• Ability to document and articulate clearly impact of changes and downstream implications preferred.

• Identity and Access Governance including role-based access control, access request and certification preferred.

• Ability to identify and mitigate IAM risks and threats preferred.

• Ability to update security policies to meet industry requirements preferred.

• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills preferred.

• Security and IAM certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, etc. preferred.

Please be advised that Elevance Health only accepts resumes for compensation from agencies that have a signed agreement with Elevance Health. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Elevance Health.

Who We Are

Elevance Health is a health company dedicated to improving lives and communities – and making healthcare simpler. We are a Fortune 25 company with a longstanding history in the healthcare industry, looking for leaders at all levels of the organization who are passionate about making an impact on our members and the communities we serve.

How We Work

At Elevance Health, we are creating a culture that is designed to advance our strategy but will also lead to personal and professional growth for our associates. Our values and behaviors are the root of our culture. They are how we achieve our strategy, power our business outcomes and drive our shared success - for our consumers, our associates, our communities and our business.

We offer a range of market-competitive total rewards that include merit increases, paid holidays, Paid Time Off, and incentive bonus programs (unless covered by a collective bargaining agreement), medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability benefits, 401(k) +match, stock purchase plan, life insurance, wellness programs and financial education resources, to name a few.

Elevance Health operates in a Hybrid Workforce Strategy. Unless specified as primarily virtual by the hiring manager, associates are required to work at an Elevance Health location at least once per week, and potentially several times per week. Specific requirements and expectations for time onsite will be discussed as part of the hiring process. Candidates must reside within 50 miles or 1-hour commute each way of a relevant Elevance Health location.

The health of our associates and communities is a top priority for Elevance Health. We require all new candidates in certain patient/member-facing roles to become vaccinated against COVID-19 and Influenza. If you are not vaccinated, your offer will be rescinded unless you provide an acceptable explanation. Elevance Health will also follow all relevant federal, state and local laws.

Elevance Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, citizenship status, color, creed, disability, ethnicity, genetic information, gender (including gender identity and gender expression), marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other status or condition protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact elevancehealthjobssupport@elevancehealth.com for assistance.

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws, including, but not limited to, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act.