Senior Enterprise Identity & Credentialing Architect

job summary:

Randstad is seeking a Senior Enterprise Identity & Credentialing Architect to lead a strategic, exploratory initiative to modernize and standardize a comprehensive enterprise physical credentialing program (NextGen Smart ID) for a major transportation and critical infrastructure client in the Washington, D.C. area. Serving as the primary Subject Matter Expert (SME), this individual will bridge legacy physical access control systems (PACS) with emerging logical identity technologies (IAM), ensuring seamless alignment with enterprise architecture, cybersecurity, and operational standards. This consultative, pre-implementation phase combines strategic leadership with hands-on technical guidance to conduct current-state assessments, drive enterprise requirements gathering, and design a conceptual future-state architecture and roadmap that informs future high-profile procurement and rollout phases.

location: Washington, Washington, D.C.

job type: Contract

salary: $35 - 45 per hour

work hours: 9am to 5pm

education: Bachelors



responsibilities:

Requirements & Governance: Lead comprehensive enterprise requirements gathering across complex business, technical, operational, and cybersecurity domains.

Architecture & Design: Define conceptual future-state architectures that seamlessly integrate Physical Access Control Systems (PACS), Identity & Access Management (IAM) frameworks, and supporting infrastructure.

Strategic Roadmapping: Develop the strategic sequencing, use cases, workflows, acceptance criteria, and roadmap for future multi-phase system deployment and implementation.

Current-State Assessment: Conduct deep-dive technical assessments of current credential usage, system capabilities, and active integrations to identify gaps and modernisation opportunities.

Industry Benchmarking: Conduct industry and regulatory research to benchmark credentialing best practices and emerging technologies across transportation, federal, and critical infrastructure sectors.

Deliverable Ownership: Author and validate critical project artifacts, including requirement specifications, use case catalogs, conceptual architecture diagrams, procurement inputs, and risk mitigation approaches.

Oversight & Support: Oversee vendor deliverables to ensure high quality and standard alignment, while providing operational guidance for credential lifecycle processes, change management, and audit readiness.

qualifications:

Experience: 8+ years of dedicated, hands-on experience in enterprise credentialing and Identity & Access Management (IAM) architectures.

Domain Expertise: Deep technical knowledge spanning both physical and logical identity systems, including legacy badge platforms (e.g., LenelS2, Genetec, Honeywell) and modern authentication technologies (e.g., Zero Trust, FIDO2, passwordless, PKI).

Frameworks & Compliance: Proven experience aligning architecture with federal standards and regulatory frameworks (e.g., NIST 800-63, FIPS 201).

Sector Experience: Prior experience designing identity solutions within the transportation industry, federal government, or highly regulated critical infrastructure environments is strongly preferred.

Consultative Skills: Strong track record of successful stakeholder engagement, strategic leadership, and translating complex technical concepts into structured enterprise roadmaps.

Equal Opportunity Employer: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.

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Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad Digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).

This posting is open for thirty (30) days.