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Lead IAM Architect

Chicago💼 Full-time💰 $150,000–$150,000🗓 2026-09-11 → 2026-09-25

Core

Designing the overarching architectural blueprint to transition DRW from legacy identity infrastructure to a unified, enterprise-grade identity platform, decoupling authentication from authorization.

Role type

Lead IAM Architect (Technical Visionary)

Builds

Enterprise Identity Provider (IdP), Zero-trust token exchange architecture, Custom glue-code and SDKs for identity integration

Domain

Financial Trading / Cybersecurity / Identity Management

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Modern identity protocols (OIDC, OAuth 2.0, SAML), Applied cryptography (JWT, JWKS, RS256), Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Programming (Go/Python), Machine identity paradigms (HashiCorp Vault, AWS IAM Roles), Legacy technical debt management, System design

Preferred skills

Experience with Identity-Aware Proxies (IAPs), Vendor evaluation of commercial IdP/IGA tools

Technologies

HashiCorp Vault, AWS IAM Roles, OIDC, OAuth 2.0, SAML, JWT, JWKS, RS256, Go, Python

Responsibilities

Design and own the migration architecture to a modern enterprise IdP; Lead vendor evaluations and pressure-test commercial tools; Design zero-trust token exchange for internal APIs and microservices; Act as technical diplomat between security, compliance, and engineering teams; Partner with engineering to integrate new IdP into custom applications; Build proof of concept integrations and custom glue-code

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with strategic vision

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