Job Description
Position : Security Architect
Location : Jersey City NJ
Duration : Fulltime
Job Description:
Must Have Technical/Functional Skills
Key Responsibilities
1. Discovery & Assessment
2. Requirements Gathering & Analysis
3. IAM Architecture Design
4. IAM Security Pattern Development
5. Security Architecture Reviews
6. Documentation & Standards Management
Location : Jersey City NJ
Duration : Fulltime
Job Description:
Must Have Technical/Functional Skills
Key Responsibilities
1. Discovery & Assessment
- Assess the organization's current IAM landscape, including:
- Identity Governance & Administration (IGA)
- Privileged Access Management (PAM)
- Authentication and Single Sign-On (SSO)
- Access Certification and Governance processes
- Directory Services and Identity Stores
- Evaluate existing IAM security controls, architecture standards, and operational processes.
- Identify security, compliance, and operational gaps.
- Produce current-state architecture assessments and recommendations.
2. Requirements Gathering & Analysis
- Conduct workshops and stakeholder interviews with business, security, risk, compliance, and application teams.
- Gather functional and non-functional IAM requirements.
- Translate business and regulatory requirements into IAM architecture principles.
- Document use cases and security requirements.
3. IAM Architecture Design
- Define enterprise IAM architecture standards and frameworks.
- Design:
- Authentication architectures
- Authorization models
- Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
- Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC)
- Federation and Single Sign-On architectures
- Privileged Access Management frameworks
- Ensure architecture alignment with Zero Trust and cybersecurity policies.
4. IAM Security Pattern Development
- Develop reusable IAM security patterns for common business scenarios.
- Establish standard design templates and implementation blueprints.
- Create approved reference architectures covering:
- Joiner-Mover-Leaver processes
- Application onboarding
- Privileged access management
- API and service account security
- Federation and external identity integrations
- MFA and passwordless authentication
- Maintain a catalog of approximately 160+ enterprise IAM patterns.
5. Security Architecture Reviews
- Conduct architecture reviews for IAM solutions and integrations.
- Collaborate with Security, Risk, Compliance, Infrastructure, and Engineering teams.
- Review technical designs against security standards and control requirements.
- Drive remediation of architecture and security control gaps.
6. Documentation & Standards Management
- Develop and maintain:
- IAM Architecture Frameworks
- Security Standards
- Architecture Decision Records (ADRs)
- Technical Reference Architectures
- Pattern Catalogs
- Implementation Guidance Documents
- Ensure architecture artifacts remain current and accessible.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | JERSEY CITY, NJ |
| Industry | Computer/IT Services |
| Company Size | 500 to 999 employees |
| Year Founded | 1990 |
| Website | http://q1tech.com/ |
About Company
Q1 consists of experienced and recognized experts providing the capability to respond to market demand in order to provide professional services for our clients including Enterprise software implementations, application integration and technical / functional support.
Q1 has steadily grown into a Quality IT services and solutions organization with the average experience of our team being over 10 years. We have continuously met or exceeded client expectations by delivering professional services and project implementations on time and under budget to help clients truly recognize return on investment.
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