Location: Atlanta, GA
Company: IHG
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With over 370,000 colleagues in nearly 100 countries sharing our values, there’s countless opportunities at your fingertips. We’re growing; grow with us. Summary The Senior Technical Architect for IAM is a well-seasoned, full-stack, technical expert in identity, access management, directory, PKI, and the supporting technologies, patterns, practices, and principles behind them. You will be a key member of the leadership team,
deciding, building, and operating the modernization of IAM at IHG. Key Accountabilities As the architect and a member of the leadership team, you will wear two hats: deep technical subject matter expert and business operator.
You will: Be the deep technical counterpart to determining conceptual, functional, and product delivery roadmaps for IAM capabilities with a group of director-level peers Lead executive level briefings related to key capability delivery Evaluate technology for best-fit and have key influence in decision making Evangelize the team strategies into the core fabrics of other service/application teams Advise on the impact of proposed or required changes which may
be highly complex in nature (internally and by vendors) especially in the areas of hardware, software, performance, maintenance, and cost; provide recommendations to management with an impact backssment.
Support in the development of security policies, standards and plans to ensure the protection of corporate data against unauthorized use, access modification and manage the creation and maintenance of architectures across the IAM domain. Balance feedback provided by business stakeholders and product teams when evaluating products and solutions. Operate at a strategic level including incorporation of current technology trends, roadmap definition and interfacing with business teams’ leadership.
Translate technical security specifications or needs to business requirements. Serve as the highest level of technical escalation for design, implementation, and operational support. Ensure capabilities and deployments are done with a security and regulatory compliance mindset. Partner with cross functional IAM peers to ensure research of upcoming trends and technological capabilities are factored into the IAM roadmap. Key Skills & Experiences Education Bachelor's or Master’s degree in a relevant field of work or an equivalent combination of education and work-related experience.
Experience Typically, a minimum of 10+ years of progressive work-related experience with demonstrated proficiency in multiple disciplines, technologies, or processes related to the position. Preferred Qualifications: The optimal candidate will have expertise (implementation, operation, and ownership experience) in the following: Workforce Identity Governance Tools (E. g. Sail Point, Saviynt, Oracle Identity Manager, Microsoft Identity Manager) Demonstrating a proficiency in Authorization models Demonstrated proficiency in PKI. Customer Identity and Access Management (E.
g. GIGYA/SAP CDC, Okta, One Login, Forge Rock) Directory Services (E. g. Active Directory, Radiant Logic, Ping Directory) Access Management Solutions such as Ping Identity Secrets Management such as Cyber Ark, Thycotic and Centrify End Point Management Cloud IAM services (E. g. Azure, AWS, Google) Secure Remote Access Management & Integration, Adaptive Authentication, and two-factor authentication Deep understanding of role-based access, least privilege and segregation of duties access control concepts Consent, privacy, and regulatory compliance including information security enterprise risk backssments, PCI remediation, data protection and strategy.
Software development and scripting to extend or customize platforms. Operating and maintaining complex infrastructure deployments on a global scale. Well-rounded technical knowledge of technical architecture (systems, network, application), network communications/protocols, ITIL framework application Possesses industry certifications such as ITIL, CEH, CASP+, CISSP, AWS Certified Solutions Architect We’ll reward all your hard work with a great salary and benefits – including great room discount and superb training. Join us and you’ll become part of the global IHG family – and like all families, all our individual team members share some winning characteristics.
As a team, we work better together – we trust and support each other, we do the right thing and we welcome different perspectives. You need to show us you care, that you notice the little things that make a difference to guests as well as always looking for ways to improve - click here to find out more about us. At IHG Hotels & Resorts, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. IHG Hotels & Resorts provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to an individual’s, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, interaction, interactionual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or familial status, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
IHG is committed to promoting a culture of inclusion where everyone feels safe, respected and valued. We seek talent from all backgrounds to join our teams, and encourage our colleagues to bring their authentic and best selves to work. Not Applicable for Colorado Applicants. #LI-YM1 #Hybrid
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