At Danaher, an Identity Security Architect is responsible for designing and implementing identity-security architecture across all Danaher digital principles. In this role, enterprise strategy is set collaboratively by business, IT, and security stakeholders. The role shapes and refines the identity-security requirements, then owns turning it into adoptable designs for authentication, authorization, lifecycle, governance, federation, conditional access, and identity threat detection. The role requires that individuals work both independently and integrates with stakeholders in HR, ITSM, infrastructure, cloud, and application teams.
This position reports to the Director, Identity Security & Privileged Access Management and is part of the enterprise-wide Danaher Information Security (DIS) Identity & Privileged Access Management team; this position is remote.
In this role, you will have the opportunity to:
Architect identity security across workforce, privileged, machine, customer, and partner identities: authentication, authorization, lifecycle, IGA, federation, conditional access, ITDR.
Design safe authenticator recovery and service-desk anti-social-engineering controls.
Engineer/prototype integration patterns (HRIS, directories, IdP, SIEM/UEBA) to validate designs.
Design the sustainability & governance model: role/entitlement models, identity analytics, and architecture review cadence.
The essential requirements of the job include:
Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field.
9+ years of cybersecurity experience with a focus on identity and access management (GCRF P4 Bachelor's-track minimum; recommended, pending Comp sign-off).
Experience designing identity security architecture across workforce, privileged, machine, or customer identities — including authentication, authorization, Joiner-Mover-Leaver lifecycle, role/entitlement modeling, access certification, and Segregation of Duties.
Hands-on experience with enterprise identity platforms (such as Microsoft Entra ID, Okta, Ping, SailPoint, or Saviynt) and identity protocols (SAML, OIDC, OAuth, SCIM).
Experience working independently with HR, IT service management, infrastructure, and application teams to design and govern identity controls.
It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:
Experience with identity threat detection and response (ITDR), identity analytics/UEBA, or non-human / machine identity governance (NHI).
CISSP, CISM, Microsoft SC-300, or a relevant IAM platform certification.
Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.
For more information, visit www.danaher.com.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field.
- 9+ years of cybersecurity experience focused on identity and access management.
- Experience designing identity security architecture across workforce, privileged, machine, or customer identities including authentication, authorization, Joiner-Mover-Leaver lifecycle, role/entitlement modeling, access certification, and Segregation of Duties.
- Hands-on experience with enterprise identity platforms (Microsoft Entra ID, Okta, Ping, SailPoint, Saviynt) and identity protocols (SAML, OIDC, OAuth, SCIM).
- Experience working independently with HR, ITSM, infrastructure, and application teams to design and govern identity controls.
- Experience with identity threat detection and response (ITDR), identity analytics/UEBA, or non-human/machine identity governance (NHI).
- Relevant certifications such as CISSP, CISM, Microsoft SC-300, or IAM platform certifications.
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Danaher is a global science and technology innovator committed to helping our customers solve complex challenges and improve quality of life around the world. A global network of more than 25 operating companies, we drive meaningful innovation in some of today’s most dynamic industries through our operating companies in four strategic platforms: Life Sciences, Diagnostics, Water Quality and Product Identification. The engine at the heart of our success is the Danaher Business System (DBS), a set of tools that enables continuous improvement around lean, growth and leadership. Through the ingenuity of our people, the power of DBS and the impact of our meaningful technologies, we help realize life’s potential in ourselves and for those we serve.
