IAM / AI / Enterprise Platforms Architect in NYC, NY

Role: IAM / AI / Enterprise Platforms Architect
Location: NYC, NY (Hybrid role)
Duration: Long Term

Overview
Senior architect role focused on identity, access management, AI integration, and enterprise-scale platforms.

Core Responsibilities
Architecture & Design
•    Define reference architectures and reusable patterns for AI agent identities, authentication, authorization, credential/token handling, and auditability across enterprise applications
•    Design secure access models for workflows, customers, and workloads
•    Partner with application teams to integrate modern auth protocols (OIDC/SAML) and service-to-service communication patterns
•    Build AI-enabled solutions using enterprise platforms, connectors, APIs, and orchestration capabilities
•    Define modular, scalable architecture covering APIs, middleware, policy enforcement, and lifecycle management
•    Improve AI/ML processes including:
o    Access request flows
o    Policy validation
o    Intelligent analytics
o    Documentation automation

Governance & Security
•    Implement AI control frameworks including:
o    Model controls and guardrails
o    Auditability and signed-to-NIST / risk frameworks
•    Apply AI security standards including OWASP Top 10 for LLM applications and MITRE ATLAS
•    Ensure governance, compliance, and privacy are embedded in architecture

Required Qualifications
Technical & Domain Expertise
•    Experience implementing:
o    Enterprise IAM systems (Azure AD/Entra, Okta)
o    Identity lifecycle management and privileged access management
o    OAuth, SAML, LDAP, Kerberos, and API security
•    Strong knowledge of:
o    AI/ML and platform engineering
o    Microservices and distributed architectures
o    Cloud-native patterns

Engineering Skills
•    Front-end: SPA frameworks (React/Angular) and JavaScript/TypeScript ecosystem
•    Back-end: Java/.NET, microservices, traditional 3-tier architecture
•    Scripting: Linux shell and PowerShell
•    Documentation and communication skills (technical + business audiences)

Cloud & Platform Knowledge
•    Strong understanding of:
o    IaaS/PaaS concepts
o    IoT/cloud integration (incl. Azure services)
o    Containerization and modern infrastructure

Preferred Qualifications
•    Financial Services domain experience
•    Experience developing enterprise standards / reference architectures
•    Exposure to multi-region enterprise solutions