This is a ICAM Engineering Lead (Identity, Credential & Access Management) role with Accenture based in Canberra, ACT, AU
== Accenture ==
Role Seniority - senior
More about the ICAM Engineering Lead (Identity, Credential & Access Management) role at Accenture
About Accenture
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About the role
We are seeking an experienced ICAM Lead to provide end‑to‑end architecture leadership and delivery oversight across enterprise identity, access management, and credential platforms. This role is accountable for technical direction, solution integrity, and successful delivery outcomes across multiple identity capabilities and teams.
You will act as the senior point of accountability for ICAM architecture and delivery, working closely with client stakeholders, platform leads, and delivery teams to ensure solutions are secure, scalable, and aligned to business and regulatory requirements.
What you’ll be responsible for
* Owning the overall ICAM architecture and delivery outcomes across identity governance, authentication, authorisation, privileged access, and cryptographic services.
* Defining and governing the target state ICAM architecture, including integration patterns and cross‑platform alignment.
* Acting as the primary client-facing technical authority for ICAM, supporting workshops, design decisions, and executive discussions.
* Providing architectural oversight and guidance to delivery teams across:
o Identity governance and lifecycle management
o Authentication and access management
o Privileged access and secrets management
o Policy‑based authorisation
* Ensuring consistency, security, and quality across ICAM implementations.
* Managing technical risks, dependencies, and cross‑stream impacts.
* Supporting delivery planning, sequencing, and prioritisation across ICAM initiatives.
* Contributing to governance artefacts, architectural documentation, and delivery assurance.
What we’re looking for
* 10+ years’ experience in identity, access management, or security architecture roles.
* Proven experience leading large‑scale ICAM programs or portfolios.
* Strong background across multiple IAM disciplines (IGA, PAM, AuthN/AuthZ).
* Demonstrated ability to engage senior client stakeholders and influence outcomes.
* Strong architectural judgement and delivery pragmatism.
Security clearance
Current Baseline Australian Government security clearance
Must be willing to work onsite 5 days a week
Benefits of working at Accenture:
· 18 weeks paid parental leave
· Long & short-term career break opportunities
· Structured career development program
· Local and international career opportunities.
· Certified as a Family Inclusive Workplace™
· Flexible Work Arrangements - centered around Accenture’s Truly Human ethos and our commitment to supporting the health and wellbeing of our people.
· We are proud to be in the top 3 of last year’s Diversity & Inclusion Index!
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About Accenture
Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.
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At Accenture, our intention is to foster a culture and a workplace in which all of our people feel a sense of belonging and are respected and empowered to do their best work.
As part of our talent strategy, we hire and develop people who have different backgrounds, different perspectives and different lived experiences. These differences ensure that we have and attract the cognitive diversity to deliver a variety of perspectives, observations and insights which are essential to drive the innovation needed to reinvent, and we hold our leaders accountable for ensuring we have the most innovative and talented people in our industry.
We encourage applications from all people, and we are committed to removing barriers to the recruitment process and employee lifecycle. All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, disability status, ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, religion or sexual orientation and we do not tolerate discrimination. If you require adjustments to the recruitment process or have a preferred communication method, please email **********@accenture.com and cite the relevant Job Number, or contact us on +61 2 9005 5000.
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Before we jump into the responsibilities of the role. No matter what you come in knowing, you’ll be learning new things all the time and the Accenture team will be there to support your growth.
🟢 Please consider applying even if you don't meet 100% of what’s outlined 🟢
Key Responsibilities
* 🔑 Owning the overall ICAM architecture and delivery outcomes
* 📊 Defining and governing the target state ICAM architecture
* 🤝 Acting as the primary client-facing technical authority for ICAM
Key Strengths
* 🔒 Identity and access management expertise
* 🧠 Architectural judgement
* 📞 Stakeholder engagement
* 🛡️ Security architecture experience
* 📅 Project management skills
* 📄 Governance documentation skills
A Final Note: This is a role with Accenture not with Hatch.