Senior Architect Identity Access Management (IAM)

Candidates should have a proven track record of leading IAM transformations that enhance both security and user experience at scale. Familiarity with modern authentication protocols such as SAML, OAuth, OpenID Connect, and SCIM is expected, along with the ability to align IAM architecture with enterprise risk and compliance needs. The role also requires strong collaboration skills and experience influencing cross-functional teams, including security, engineering, infrastructure, and business stakeholders. Experience in regulated environments (e.g., healthcare, finance, or retail) and with CI/CD and DevSecOps practices is highly desirable.

Job responsibilities:

• Develops/recommends modifications to application development, database design, networking, or infrastructure architecture with the goal of complying with internal information security policies and standards.
• Monitors emerging products, technologies, or best practices that will improve security for the organization and its stakeholders. May make recommendations
• Works as a team member on problems of moderate scope, or complexity.
• Assists senior team members in the development of security policies, standards, and strategies.
• Contributes to security audits, identifies security gaps, and develops and implements risk mitigation solutions.
• Designs and develops the organization's overall information security architecture to protect its information assets.
• May incorporate vendor solutions as part of the overall information security systems architecture.
• Performs as the subject matter expert in relation to network, data, application and/or cloud security and liaises with other areas of IT in the dissemination of this information to counter threats and internal and external vulnerabilities.
• Responsibilities include advanced researching and identifying information security products, services, and trends, testing security configurations, and developing configuration architectures.

About Walgreens
Founded in 1901, Walgreens ( www.walgreens.com ) has a storied heritage of caring for communities for generations and proudly serves nearly 9 million customers and patients each day across its approximately 8,500 stores throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico, and leading omni channel platforms. Walgreens has approximately 220,000 team members, including nearly 90,000 healthcare service providers, and is committed to being the first choice for retail pharmacy and health services, building trusted relationships that create healthier futures for customers, patients, team members and communities.
Walgreens is the flagship U.S. brand of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (Nasdaq: WBA), an integrated healthcare, pharmacy and retail leader. Its retail locations are a critical point of access and convenience in thousands of communities, with Walgreens pharmacists playing a greater role as part of the healthcare system and patients care teams than ever before. Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy provides critical care and pharmacy services to millions of patients with rare disease states and complex, chronic conditions.

The actual salary an employee can expect to receive, plus bonus pursuant to the terms of any bonus plan if applicable, will depend on experience, seniority, geographic location, and other factors permitted by law. To review benefits, please visit jobs.walgreens.com/benefits More Company information is available at www.walgreensbootsalliance.com .

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and at least 4 year(s) of experience in enterprise information security architectures and solutions OR a High School Diploma/GED and at least 7 years of experience in enterprise information security architectures and solutions.
• Experience researching and identifying information security products, services, and trends.
• Experience establishing & maintaining relationships with individuals at all levels of the organization, in the business community & with vendors.
• Experience using time management skills such as prioritizing/organizing and tracking details and meeting deadlines of multiple projects with varying completion dates.
• At least 2 years of experience contributing to financial decisions in the workplace.
• At least 2 years of direct leadership, indirect leadership and/or cross- functional team leadership.
• Willing to travel up to/at least (10%) of the time for business purposes (within state and out of state).

Preferred Qualifications

• Identity and Access Management Architecture
• Modern Identity Platforms (Microsoft Entra ID, Ping Identity, and other federation & directory services).
• Strong understanding of Identity lifecycle management, Access Governance, Privileged Access Management (PAM) and multi-factor authentication (MFA) is critical.
• Experience with Zero Trust Architecture and Integration of IAM Controls across hybrid and multi-cloud ecosystems will be key to success in this role.
• CISSP or CISA

We will consider employment of qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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Salary Range: $127500 - $204000 / Salaried

• Bachelor's degree and at least 4 year(s) of experience in enterprise information security architectures and solutions OR a High School Diploma/GED and at least 7 years of experience in enterprise information security architectures and solutions.
• Experience researching and identifying information security products, services, and trends.
• Experience establishing & maintaining relationships with individuals at all levels of the organization, in the business community & with vendors.
• Experience using time management skills such as prioritizing/organizing and tracking details and meeting deadlines of multiple projects with varying completion dates.
• At least 2 years of experience contributing to financial decisions in the workplace.
• At least 2 years of direct leadership, indirect leadership and/or cross- functional team leadership.
• Willing to travel up to/at least (10%) of the time for business purposes (within state and out of state).