Role Overview
Seeking a Senior Enterprise Identity & Credentialing Architect to lead a strategic modernization initiative for an enterprise-wide physical credentialing program (NextGen Smart ID). This role will serve as the primary SME, bridging legacy Physical Access Control Systems (PACS) with modern Identity & Access Management (IAM) technologies to define future-state architecture, requirements, and implementation roadmaps.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Lead enterprise-wide requirements gathering across business, technical, operational, and cybersecurity stakeholders.
- Define future-state architectures integrating PACS, IAM, and supporting infrastructure.
- Develop strategic roadmaps, use cases, workflows, acceptance criteria, and deployment recommendations for multi-phase implementation programs.
- Conduct current-state assessments of credentialing systems, badge technologies, integrations, and operational processes to identify modernization opportunities.
- Research industry trends, standards, and emerging credentialing technologies across transportation, federal, and critical infrastructure sectors.
- Author key project deliverables including requirements documentation, use case catalogs, conceptual architecture diagrams, procurement inputs, and risk assessments.
- Provide oversight of vendor deliverables and ensure alignment with enterprise standards, governance, and operational objectives.
- Support credential lifecycle management, audit readiness, change management, and security best practices.
Qualifications
- 8+ years of hands-on experience in Enterprise Credentialing, Identity & Access Management (IAM), or Physical Security Architecture.
- Strong expertise in both physical and logical identity systems, including PACS platforms such as LenelS2, Genetec, Honeywell, and modern authentication technologies including Zero Trust, FIDO2, PKI, and passwordless authentication.
- Experience designing solutions aligned with NIST 800-63, FIPS 201, and related federal security frameworks.
- Proven experience conducting architecture assessments, requirements analysis, and enterprise roadmap development.
- Strong stakeholder management, consulting, and executive communication skills.
Preferred
- Experience within transportation, federal government, or critical infrastructure environments.
- Knowledge of smart card technologies, enterprise credential lifecycle management, and large-scale identity modernization initiatives.
- Experience supporting procurement planning, vendor evaluations, and multi-phase transformation programs.