**Introduction**

A career in IBM Consulting is built on long-term client relationships and close collaboration worldwide. You'll work with leading companies across industries, helping them shape their hybrid cloud and AI journeys. With support from our strategic partners, robust IBM technology, and Red Hat, you'll have the tools to drive meaningful change and accelerate client impact. At IBM Consulting, curiosity fuels success. You'll be encouraged to challenge the norm, explore new ideas, and create innovative solutions that deliver real results. Our culture of growth and empathy focuses on your long-term career development while valuing your unique skills and experiences.

**Your Role and Responsibilities** **Security Architect - IAM \& Machine Identities**

The Security Architect designs and implements the organization's security infrastructure, with a particular focus on Identity and Access Management (IAM). The role ensures that both human and non-human identities (applications, workloads, APIs, AI agents) are properly governed and protected, while supporting innovation and digital transformation initiatives.

**Key Responsibilities**

* Design and deploy secure network and system architectures.
* Ensure the security of hybrid environments (cloud and on-premises).
* Define and evolve the IAM architecture, including Identity Governance and Administration (IGA), Access Management (SSO, MFA, federation), Privileged Access Management (PAM), and Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM).
* Secure machine-to-machine communications, including workload identities, service accounts, secrets and certificate management, OAuth2/OIDC authentication, mTLS, and PKI.
* Integrate AI into IAM processes through behavioral analytics, identity threat detection and response (ITDR), access recommendations, role mining, and automated access reviews.
* Define and govern the identity and permissions model for AI agents, including authentication, delegation, least-privilege principles, and auditability of actions.
* Recommend innovative security solutions to address business and technology requirements.
* Collaborate with IT and DevOps teams to embed security by design across projects and platforms.
* Ensure security architectures comply with applicable regulations and standards, including GDPR, PCI DSS, and ISO 27001.

**Required Education**

* Master's Degree

**Preferred Education**

* Master's Degree

**Required Technical and Professional Expertise**

**Required Profile**

A minimum of 8 years of experience in security architecture design is required, including significant experience delivering IAM-related projects. Strong knowledge of cybersecurity standards, a keen interest in artificial intelligence, and the ability to work effectively in a collaborative team environment are essential assets.

**Key Skills**

* Strong expertise in secure architecture design, including Zero Trust and IAM frameworks.
* Deep knowledge of identity protocols and standards, including SAML, OAuth2, OIDC, SCIM, and SPIFFE/SPIRE.
* Hands-on experience with leading IAM solutions covering IGA, PAM, Access Management, and secrets management platforms such as HashiCorp Vault and CyberArk.
* Understanding of AI-related IAM use cases and the security challenges associated with AI agents.
* Expertise in cloud environments (IBM Cloud, AWS, Azure), including native identity and access management services.
* Solid understanding of cybersecurity standards and security best practices.
* Relevant certifications are highly desirable, including CISSP/ISSAP, CCSP, SABSA, and vendor certifications from SailPoint, CyberArk, Okta, or Microsoft.
* Fluent in French and English (spoken and written).

**Preferred Technical and Professional Experience**

* **Advanced Security Technologies:** Deep expertise in emerging security technologies, such as cloud security, artificial intelligence, and machine learning, to design and implement innovative security solutions.
* **Industry-Specific Security Knowledge:** Experience with industry-specific security regulations and standards, such as HIPAA, PCI-DSS, and GDPR, to ensure compliance and risk management.
* **Enterprise Security Architecture:** Experience with designing and implementing enterprise security architectures, including security information and event management (SIEM) systems, identity and access management (IAM) systems, and network security protocols.

**About Business Unit**

IBM Consulting is IBM's consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients' businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.

**Your Life @ IBM**

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that dedication to our clients' success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships live in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you'll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career; you'll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment every day, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

Our IBMers are growth-minded, always staying curious, open to feedback, and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide ongoing feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team-focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions every day is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude, and always striving for an outcome-focused approach within everything that they do.

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**About IBM**

IBM's greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason, and science, we can improve business, society, and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.

Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we're also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 500 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and blockchain. Now it's time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

**Other Relevant Job Details**

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