Technical Architect Staff – Workforce Identity and Access Management

USAA

. Set the technology strategy and direction for workforce Identity and Access Management across USAA’s hybrid technology environment .

Posted 11/6/2026full-timeUnited StatesLead💰 $143,320 - $273,930 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in Identity and Access Management (IAM) technology, including architecture standards, risk management, and security engineering. Proven ability to lead technology strategy, collaborate with stakeholders, and mentor IT professionals in a hybrid environment.

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Identity And Access ManagementTechnical LeadershipSecurity ArchitectureRisk ManagementIAM Tooling

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Hard Skills

Identity Governance And AdministrationSAML 2.0OIDCOAuth 2.0SCIMThreat ModelingService Account GovernanceAPI Keys ManagementCertificates ManagementWorkload Identities

Soft Skills

Effective CommunicationRelationship BuildingMentoring

Tools & Technologies

Hybrid EnvironmentsCloud SystemsTechnical Security Standards

Industry Keywords

FFIECNYDFSPCI-DSSEnterprise ArchitectureAccess Controls

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cloud

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Set the technology strategy and direction for workforce Identity and Access Management across USAA’s hybrid technology environment
Partner with security, infrastructure, application, and engineering teams to design secure identity solutions
Modernize authentication and access capabilities
Guide key IAM transformation initiatives
Establish enterprise standards and influence technology decisions that strengthen access controls, reduce risk, and align with USAA’s mission and strategic priorities
Collaborate with business and IT stakeholders to understand strategy, requirements, measures, risks, and controls
Create technology decisions and architecture artifacts, and develop evolutionary strategies and roadmaps
Provide leadership and guidance to influence priorities, cost transparency, architecture solution execution, and domain direction
Assess domain applications with business and application owners to identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats, and risks
Advise business owners on proposed courses of action
Define and document architecture standards and evaluate or approve/reject waivers
Participate in workstream planning, solution design reviews, code reviews, test case definition, and troubleshooting Availability Command Center incidents
Mentor architects, engineers, and IT community colleagues
Maintain architecture domain documentation and complete deliverables
Establish relationships with industry organizations, government boards, and marketplace vendors
Pursue external eminence through certifications, conference presentations, technical publications, open-source contributions, and patents
Identify, measure, monitor, and control risks in accordance with risk and compliance policies

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree; OR 4 years of relevant education and/or experience
8 years of experience in the Information Technology field, including at least 2 years in a technical leadership role within IT
Experience in technology application development, infrastructure and operational implementation, and/or security engineering
4 years of experience in the Identity and Access Management technology domain
Experience explaining complex technology decisions to technical and nontechnical audiences at all organizational levels
Experience communicating effectively and developing high-trust relationships with frontline and second-level management and stakeholders
Experience producing and maintaining technical security standards and guidance documents for a large enterprise
Experience analyzing proposed application architectures and providing security guidance
Experience working in hybrid environments with on-premise and cloud systems
2+ years of experience acting as a security architect in a large federally regulated enterprise environment (preferred)
Familiarity with FFIEC, NYDFS, and PCI-DSS (preferred)
Experience producing threat models for proposed application architectures (preferred)
Experience with Identity Governance and Administration, Identity Provider, Directory Services, Privileged Access Management, and other IAM tooling (preferred)
Deep working knowledge of SAML 2.0, OIDC, OAuth 2.0, and/or SCIM (preferred)
Experience managing non-human identity systems, including service account governance, API keys, certificates, and workload identities (SPIFFE) (preferred)
Must not require immigration support now or in the future; USAA does not provide visa sponsorship

Benefits

Comp & perks

Flexible work environment with remote or hybrid flexibility for active-duty military spouses, consistent with policy and business needs
Pay incentives based on overall corporate and individual performance, at the discretion of the USAA Board of Directors
Comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans
401(k)
Pension
Life insurance
Parental benefits
Adoption assistance
Paid time off program
Paid holidays
16 paid volunteer hours
Various wellness programs
Career path planning
Continuing education assistance