Senior Architect, Identity & Security

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West Monroe is seeking a Senior Architect Identity & Security to lead cross-functional teams in the design remediation and modernization of complex identity and cloud infrastructure solutions. This role focuses on securing and transforming critical IT environments for a diverse portfolio of clients helping them navigate complex Active Directory modernizations cloud identity migrations and security hardening initiatives. This opportunity provides technical leadership in transforming complex IT environments across key industry verticals including Healthcare Financial Services Private Equity and High Tech. While the scope spans hybrid and cloud identity the work is particularly grounded in Active Directory as a core Tier 0 platform with strong Microsoft Entra ID expertise to design and operate modern hybrid identity patterns.

Responsibilities :

• Partner with consultants and client leadership to architect build and deploy secure and modern Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID solutions .
• Assess current-state identity environments and processes interview stakeholders define critical requirements and present practical solution strategies and roadmaps to client executives.
• Lead the technical design of future-state Active Directory (AD DS) and Entra ID architectures including privileged access management (PAM) design tiered administrative access models (e.g. Microsofts Enterprise Access Model (EAM) and identity consolidation strategies.
• Establish and enforce identity architecture standards best practices and governance to deliver secure compliant and consistent solutions aligned with industry benchmarks (e.g. CIS and Microsoft baselines) .
• Lead security assessment and remediation planning including consolidating findings from tools (e.g. Purple Knight Maester CIS Benchmark-based configuration assessments (e.g. CIS-CAT) ) to create and manage prioritized risk-based remediation backlogs.
• Provide expert technical oversight for security remediation initiatives such as hardening domain controllers remediating privileged access resolving Entra Connect sync issues and restricting legacy protocols.
• Develop detailed implementation plans migration strategies and remediation backlogs (e.g. in Smartsheet or similar project management tools) for AD restructuring AD consolidation identity synchronization and legacy decommissioning.
• Establish and manage engagement-level governance quality and risk including defining quantitative success criteria RACI and clear communications to both technical and executive stakeholders.
• Support key decision-making on project direction including technology selections team workstreams and delivery methodologies.
• Mentor junior consultants on technical best practices solution design and client engagement.
• Assist business development efforts through proposals pre-sales technical discovery and client presentations.

Qualifications :

Nice to have :

Based on pay transparency guidelines the salaryrange for this role can vary based on your proximity to one of our West Monroe offices (see table below). Information on our competitive total rewards package including our bonus structure and benefits is here . Individual salaries are determined by evaluating a variety of factors including geography experience skills education and internal equity.

Employees (and their families) are covered by medical dental vision and basic life insurance. Employeesare able toenroll in our companys 401k plan purchase shares from our employee stock ownership program and be eligible to receive annual bonuses. Employees will also receive unlimited flexible time off and ten paid holidays throughout the calendar year. Eligibility for ten weeks of paid parental leave will also be available upon hire date.

Seattle or Washington D.C.

$203200 $239100 USD

Los Angeles

$212900 $250500 USD

New York City or San Francisco

$222500 $261900 USD

A location not listed above

$193500 $227700 USD

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Were a global business and technology consulting firm passionate about creating measurable value for our clients delivering real-world solutions.

The combination of business and technology is not new but how we bring them together is unique. Were fluent in both. We know that technology alone is not the answer but how we apply it is. We rely on data to constantly adapt and solve new challenges. Actions that work today with outcomes that generate value for years to come.

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Youll feel the difference in how we work. We show up personally. Were right there in the room with you co-creating through the challenges. With West Monroe collaboration isnt a lofty promise but a daily action. We work together with you to turn vision into clear action with lasting impact.

West Monroe is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

We believe in treating each employee and applicant for employment fairly and with dignity. We base our employment decisions on merit experience and potential without regard to race color national origin sex sexual orientation gender identity marital status age religion disability veteran status or any other characteristic prohibited by federal state or local law. To learn more about diversity equity and inclusion at West Monroe visit If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in our recruiting process please inquire by sending an email to .

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Required Experience :

Senior IC

Key Skills

Apache Hive,S3,Redshift,Spark,AWS,Solr,NoSQL,Data Warehouse,Internet Of Things,Kafka,DynamoDB,ZooKeeper

Employment Type : Full Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1