Enterprise Architect - Identity & Access Management

Division: Enterprise Architecture (EA)

You will be joining the Enterprise Architecture (EA) division at Euroclear, a leading post-trade financial market infrastructure.

The EA division is an experienced and multi-disciplinary group of architects responsible for:

• Defining the enterprise architecture directions & standards, aligned to the company strategies & goals;

• Defining the investment themes to develop or transform the IT capabilities supporting the business units’ strategies;

• Maintaining a multi-year strategic investment plan & technology roadmap and advising on IT investment decisions;

• Steering the definition & realisation of capabilities and solutions to support business objectives (process, applications, data and technology) in alignment with the enterprise architecture directions.

Role
You will be joining our Security squad and – as an Enterprise Architect – your role will be to define the target and transition architecture and roadmaps for our Security capabilities that provide safety in our interactions with customers, markets and in our own operations.

You will deliver and contribute to the following architectural services:

Strategy Enablement

• Assembling and analysing strategic Business and IT objectives and demonstrating understanding of external industry and market trends, to determine potential impact on the enterprise’s strategy, direction, and architecture

• Lead analysis of current and future-state capabilities and IT environment to detect gaps and opportunities, assess new technologies, and recommend solutions for improvement to drive the enterprise towards its targeted outcomes.

• Facilitating Business and IT alignment and supporting the translation into an executable change roadmap that will realise the strategic objectives and deliver the targeted value outcomes, requiring close collaboration with a wide range of collaborators.

• Delivering target and/or transition architectures and standards and ensuring they are properly maintained and governed, providing viable options and visibility of strategic direction and implications for the enterprise and for steering of delivery.

Strategy Implementation Oversight

• Providing visibility on the progress of the capability implementation and alignment with established targets and intended roadmaps.

• Providing transparency on the evolution of Technology Debt and the planning and implementation of mitigation and remediation actions.

Delivery Planning and Solutions

• Developing clear standards, reference architecture patterns, principles and guardrails, through the EA governance model, to support effective and efficient decision-making and provide clarity for delivery initiatives.

• Collaborating with security, delivery and infrastructure teams to ensure consistency with the enterprise architecture, to use shared technologies, tools and processes where appropriate, and provide continuous feedback towards the further evolution.

Architecture Advisory

• Providing consultative advice and support, adapted to collaborator context, to business leaders and organisational customers who seek actionable recommendations to support decision-making on strategy, delivery, M&A and/or other relevant topics.

Architecture Practice

• Collaborating with other architects and supporting delivery of transversal architectural topics and contributing to a positive working environment.

• Contributing to continuous improvement of architectural practice and effective delivery of architectural services.

Profile

• Demonstrable experience in Identity and Access Management Architecture, Security Architecture & governance, risk assessments, design and management reporting.

• Deep knowledge of the IAM and CIAM framework and industry standard process, Identity Governance, Logical and Privileged Access Management, Role Modelling, Access Recertification, and authentication mechanisms.

• Familiar with market leader’s products (e.g. CyberArk, SailPoint, Microsoft Azure AD, Microsoft AD, Beyond Trust, One Identity) and its implementation in a strong regulated and sophisticated environment.

• Knowledge and experience with Security technologies, Identity Management platforms, Secure Access Management and Federation, IDAAS (Identity As A Service), Single Sign On, SAML, OpenID ID Connect, OAUTH, multi-factor authentication, PKI and cryptographic solutions, web application firewalls, automated code review tools, Cloud SAAS solutions.

• Expert analytical, planning and organisational skills, and you are able to connect the dots and navigate in a constantly evolving environment.

• Committed to achieving business goals through collaboration.

• Able to balance out the longer term and short term views and implications of different options and paths of action.

• Self-motivated, eager to learn and you have a proactive working approach.

• Effective leadership skills. A proven standout colleague, able to work optimally at various levels of the organization, with a solid sense of ownership and ability to influence others to move toward consent.

• Good communicator and you can adapt your messages and style to different audiences and seniority. Fluency in English is required!

• Active listener

• Active contributor to the different communities and governance bodies as applicable.

• Master’s or bachelor’s degree in business, computer science, engineering, or a related field of study, or equivalent experience.

• Good understanding and knowledge of business and technology operating models, planning and cost-benefit analysis, security and risk management, information and data management, systems development methodologies and agile principles and frameworks, and/or IT service delivery, infrastructure and operations.

• You are certified in an Enterprise Architecture framework (e.g. TOGAF) and are familiar with Enterprise Architecture tools – considered as an advantage.

• You are certified in the area of Security (e.g. CISSP, CBCI, GIAC, ISO 22301/27001, LA/LI) – considered as a plus.

Our part of the deal

We offer an excellent opportunity to practice and develop your potential in a highly enthusiastic, motivated and passionate team. The exposure to a wide variety of topics (across functional & technical domains) and collaborators (across divisions, business lines & locations) as well as the opportunity to influence and provide direction for Euroclear’s most strategic files make it both a challenging but unique position to further develop your career.

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