Identity Architec

We’ve been trusted to serve Aussie communities since 1914 and grown to become a top 30-listed on the ASX with 120,000 team members and a portfolio of iconic brands. At Coles Group, you’ll not only get to make a difference to millions of Aussie lives—you’ll also get to see your impact.

**About the team**

Technology is the backbone of our business. Every day, our team solves complex and meaningful problems. Those solutions help thousands of our fellow team members succeed and make millions of customers lives easier every day.

The security team at Coles is proud on their successful delivery of customer-focused solutions. There are a lot of exciting initiatives on the horizon as protecting our customers, team members and reputation is essential to being the most trusted retailer.

**About the role**

Directly reporting to our Head of Identity this is a highly sought-after opportunity for an experienced Identity Architect to provide architecture for identity and access management technologies, assist in developing patterns and managing roadmaps whilst providing recommendations in relation to Coles’ enterprise security architecture, control frameworks, governance activities and security strategy.

As the Identity Architect, you can expect to:

- Develop and maintain frameworks and roadmaps across all Identity and Access Management domains to ensure alignment with Coles IT and business objectives;
- Maintain and enhance Coles’ enterprise Identity and Access Management architecture and control frameworks;
- Perform security control assessments using the Coles CSF and other frameworks across all domains including cloud platforms;
- Assist with the development of the Coles Identity and Access Management strategy, ensuring that the strategy aligns to the overall Coles, Technology and Information Security strategies and is continually updated to address the ever-evolving Identity and Access Management landscape;
- Contribute to architecture governance forums such as the Design Authority (DA) and Joint Architecture Group (JAG), providing broader governance over other initiatives and activities to ensure quality outcome;
- Provide advice or guidance to projects or teams that require high level advice or Identity and Access Management scoping;
- Mentor and provide guidance to Identity and Access Management engineers;

**About you & your skills**

You are passionate about driving change, diversity, and delivery across the organisation as an experienced Identity and Access Management Architect.

As part of your toolkit, you will have:

- Experience across multiple information security roles with the focus on Identity and Access Management architectures and security control frameworks (NIST, MITRE, ISO 27001 etc);
- Broad experience across multiple security domains;
- Experience in developing and maintaining formal architectural governance frameworks and governing initiatives;
- Experience with Identity and Access Management technology and solutions such as Azure AD, CyberArk, Microfocus, SailPoint;
- Detailed knowledge of industry standards including: SCIM, SAML, OAuth, OIDC and LDAP

With us it’s not about the discounts (although you do get those), it’s about joining a team where your wellbeing and professional development is our investment and celebrating your contributions is the norm. And because everyone leads unique lives, we offer flexible work, additional leave and parental leave entitlements.

Job ID: 132838

Employment Type: Full time