
CIAM Solutions Architect
- Brisbane, QLD
- Contract
- Full-time
- Provide technical leadership for an Azure-native CIAM platform for both individual and organisational identities.
- Own the solution architecture for various components, including Azure AD B2C custom policies, API Management, the back-end-for-front-end (BFF)/micro-API layer, Cosmos DB data models, and role-based access control (RBAC).
- Ensure designs adhere to enterprise architecture standards, Australian privacy law, TDIF controls, and cybersecurity best practices.
- Guide delivery teams on building services for identity linking, legacy-account migration, data-quality validation, and address verification.
- Create and maintain reference architecture, data-flow diagrams, threat models, and transition-to-support documentation.
- Define operational readiness, including monitoring for latency, deployment strategies, and service-level objectives.
- Proven leadership as a Solution or Domain Architect on large-scale digital identity or security programs, preferably in a public-sector or regulated environment.
- Extensive expertise with Microsoft Azure services, including Azure AD B2C, API Management, Functions, App Services, Key Vault, Cosmos DB, Front Door, and Azure Relay.
- Hands-on architecture experience with .NET 8 back-ends and React/TypeScript front-ends.
- In-depth knowledge of OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect (PKCE), RBAC, and step-up authentication flows.
- Demonstrated experience designing solutions for identity linking, account migration, and data-quality-driven user-lifecycle management.
- Familiarity with the Trusted Digital Identity Framework (TDIF) and integration with services like MyID/myGovID, Australian Business Register (ABR), and ASIC web services.
- Strong documentation and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to explain complex identity concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Experience leading multi-disciplinary Agile teams and governing architecture from epics to implementation.
- Experience with advanced Cosmos DB partitioning, consistency-level tuning, and serverless cost optimisation.
- Familiarity with designing monitoring and alerting for queue throughput and processor failure spikes.
- Experience with Power Platform & Dataverse data modelling and plug-in development.
- Background in information-security risk management, including Australian Privacy Principles (APPs).