Senior IAM Architect (Advisory & Pre-Sales)

You’ll be the architect who designs the identity solution and writes the SoW that wins it. This role sits on both sides of the sale: hands-on architecture across IAM, IGA and PAM, plus leading discovery, scoping and estimates. The employer is a specialist identity security partner working with critical infrastructure, energy, government, higher education and financial services clients.

The essentials

- $180,000 to $220,000 base plus super
- Brisbane, Adelaide or Perth, hybrid with 2 to 3 days in the office. Sydney or Melbourne considered for exceptional experience.
- Permanent senior role reporting to the Head of Engineering, with a dotted line to Sales

What you’ll actually do

- Lead technical discovery and requirements workshops with CISOs, business stakeholders and technical teams
- Design and validate IdP, IGA, PAM, MFA and identity lifecycle solutions, from high-level design through to architecture assurance for delivery teams
- Scope solutions, estimate effort and own the technical content of SoWs, proposals and tenders through to customer-ready draft
- Deliver billable advisory work, including architecture reviews, maturity assessments and identity roadmaps
- Act as trusted technical adviser to assigned customers under Technical Account Management and managed services arrangements
- Translate SOCI,



AESCSF and Essential Eight requirements into practical identity controls

What you’ll need

- Hands-on architecture experience across IAM, IGA and PAM
- A track record of leading discovery, scoping and effort estimation, and writing the technical content of SoWs or tenders without heavy oversight
- Practical experience with several of SailPoint, Saviynt, Microsoft Entra ID and Entra ID Governance, CyberArk, Delinea and Okta
- Working knowledge of the IAM implications of SOCI, AESCSF and the Essential Eight
- A background in consulting, systems integration, managed services or Cyber Security professional services
- Confidence presenting architecture to CISOs and non-technical stakeholders

Nice to have

- Identity threat detection and protection tooling
- NIST CSF, NIST SP 800-53, MITRE ATT&CK; and Zero Trust
- Integrations with SAP, SuccessFactors, Workday or ServiceNow
- Mentoring colleagues and building reusable architecture patterns

You’ll need to be able to obtain a national police check.

What’s in it for you

- Complex IAM, IGA and PAM programmes for organisations that keep Australia’s critical services running
- A customised training plan built around your goals
- Flexible schedule by agreement, an Employee Assistance Program and a perks discount network
- Peers who are senior architects and pod leads, not a solo seat

📌 Senior IAM Architect (Advisory & Pre Sales) (Brisbane)
🏢 LT Harper Recruitment Group
📍 Brisbane