Kforce has a client that is seeking an Identity & Access Management Architect in Redwood City, CA. Summary: As an Identity & Access Management Architect, you will support the Information Security Identity Access & Management (IAM) team, reporting to the Vice President - Information Security. You will work with Information Security, Technology and various Business departments to design and help implement the next generation of identity controls for a growing global financial operation. The successful candidate will be risk minded, has experience implementing a global identity portal, designing solutions at scale and collaborating with stakeholders at all levels of the organization. The Day-to-Day: * Design solutions to improve scalability, resiliency and maturity of the existing Company Worker Identity process in collaboration with IAM teams and guiding their implementation by proposing appropriate toolset * Collaborate with interdepartmental teams to improve scalability, resiliency and maturity of the existing Company Client Identity management process * Identify opportunities for process optimization and automation, and work with Information Security, or Technology, project teams to get them implemented * Work in an Agile/Scrum environment * Bring industry best practices into the technology and functional architecture of target IAM platform at our client * Provide feedback to Information Security leadership for road mapping purposes * Document standards, training, procedures and policies * Coordinate and manage vendor relationships