About The Role
We are seeking an experienced Authentication & Authorisation Technical Lead to lead the architecture, design, and delivery of enterprise authentication and authorization platforms. This role combines ownership of Keycloak (authentication, federation, SSO) and Axiomatics (policy‐based authorization) into a single, senior technical leadership position. You will be accountable for technical outcomes, architectural integrity, and delivery quality across modern authentication, identity federation, and fine‐grained, external‐ised authorization, working closely with client stakeholders and delivery teams in complex, regulated environments.
Responsibilities
* Owning the end‐to‐end technical delivery of authentication and authorization capabilities.
* Defining and governing the target state architecture across authentication, federation, and policy‐based authorization platforms.
* Acting as the primary client‐facing technical authority for authentication and authorization design decisions.
* Leading solution architecture and detailed technical design across user and service authentication, single sign‐on (SSO) and federation, OAuth2 / OpenID Connect (OIDC) / SAML integrations, external‐ised, policy‐based authorization (ABAC / RBAC / hybrid), and attribute sourcing and context enrichment for access decisions.
* Leading Keycloak architecture and implementation, including realm, client and authentication flow design, federation with enterprise identity sources, MFA and strong authentication patterns, and configuration‐as‐code and environment promotion.
* Leading Axiomatics architecture and implementation, including policy administration, decision, and enforcement components, policy‐as‐code using XACML and/or ALFA, attribute modeling and policy information points, and integration with applications, APIs, and gateways.
* Defining and enforcing secure development and deployment standards, including CI/CD and configuration‐as‐code practices.
* Providing hands‐on technical leadership to engineers and testers across AuthN and AuthZ streams.
* Managing cross‐platform dependencies between authentication, identity governance, and privileged access layers.
* Producing and approving architectural artifacts, design standards, and operational handover documentation.
Qualifications
* 10+ years' experience in IAM, security architecture, or platform delivery roles.
* Strong hands‐on experience delivering authentication platforms (Keycloak or equivalent).
* Strong hands‐on experience delivering external‐ised authorization platforms (Axiomatics or equivalent ABAC/XACML solutions).
* Proven experience leading multi‐stream AuthN/AuthZ delivery teams.
* Deep understanding of modern identity and access patterns across users, services, and APIs.
* Strong stakeholder engagement skills and architectural decision authority.
* Experience operating in regulated or security‐sensitive environments.
Security Clearance
Current NV2 Security Clearance
Worksite Requirements
Must be willing to work onsite 5 days a week.
Benefits
* 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 WorkplaceTM
* Flexible work arrangements centered around Accenture's Truly Human ethos and commitment to supporting the health and wellbeing of our people
* Proud to be in the top 3 of last year's Diversity & Inclusion Index
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