Join Airbus as an IAM Software Architect in Bangalore, India on a permanent basis. You will own the technical roadmap for the IAM Self-Service Platform, leading the architectural shift toward Zero Trust Architecture and embedding security-by-design principles across hybrid and cloud environments.
Requirements
Graduate or postgraduate degree in Computer Science, IT, Cybersecurity, or related field.
12+ years of software engineering experience with 4+ years as an Enterprise, Software, or Solution Architect in IAM or enterprise security.
Expertise in microservices, cloud-native design, and IAM protocols like OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML, and FIDO2.
Certifications such as CISSP, TOGAF, or cloud architect credentials are nice to have.
Skills & Responsibilities
IAM Expertise: Own the technical roadmap and target architecture for the IAM Self-Service Platform, ensuring high availability and modern design patterns.
Zero Trust Strategy: Lead the architectural shift toward Zero Trust Principles through continuous authentication and dynamic authorization.
Platform Design: Design scalable integration patterns between the core self-service portal (Python/React) and hybrid cloud environments.
Technical Governance: Author Architecture Reference Documents (ARDs), conduct threat modeling, and represent the product on the Architecture Review Board.
Potential transition routes: People from Senior Security Engineer or Solutions Architect roles may bring strong cloud and protocol expertise, alongside meeting the required enterprise architecture background.
Job description
Job Description:
Software Architect - IAM, AI & Zero Trust
Location: Bangalore, India
Department: Digital Infrastructure & Platforms (IAM)
Role Description
Are you a visionary software architect with a deep passion for modern cybersecurity, platform engineering, and identity governance? Airbus is seeking a Software Development Architect to own and evolve the architectural vision of our IAM Self-Service Platform.
As Airbus accelerates its Digital Transformation, Identity & Access Management (IAM) is moving from a back-office utility to a core strategic product. In this role, you will define the target architecture for our self-service tools, ensure seamless integration across hybrid and cloud environments, and systematically guide our identity ecosystem toward a Zero Trust Architecture (Never Trust, Always Verify).
Operating within our leadership squad alongside the Product Manager, Technical Lead, and Techno-Functional BA, you will bridge business needs and security mandates into resilient, scalable, and developer-friendly technical blueprints.
Challenges & Strategic Impact
Agentic AI & Emerging Workloads: Preparing identity frameworks to support non-human identities, AI agents, and automated machine-to-machine interactions over the next two years.
DevSecOps Integration: Fully embedding Security by Design and DevSecOps principles into the software development architecture and release lifecycle.
Zero Trust Evolution: Transforming legacy identity mechanisms into continuous, dynamic, risk-based access controls and identity governance.
Architectural Designs: Architect highly performant, scalable software solutions that embed 'Security by Design' principles, driving rigorous quality and sustainability metrics while future-proofing the product roadmap which will be in-line with the IAM PSL objectives.
Developer & User Experience: Designing zero-trust architectures that simplify access requests and self-service workflows for 130,000+ Airbus employees and external supply chain partners without creating operational friction.
Enterprise Security Standards: Ensuring architectural alignment with Airbus Cybersecurity rules ("Blue Book"), global data privacy regulations (GDPR), EASA aviation compliance, and ITAR/EAR export control policies.
Identity & Access Management (IAM): Establishing comprehensive IAM domain leadership and strategic focus to align identity security practices with modern enterprise architecture.
Key Responsibilities
1. Architectural Vision & Zero Trust Strategy
Own the technical roadmap and target architecture for the IAM Self-Service Platform, ensuring high availability, security-by-design, and modern design patterns.
Lead the architectural shift toward Zero Trust Principles, designing mechanisms for continuous authentication, dynamic authorization (ABAC/RBAC/PBAC), least-privilege access, and micro-segmentation integration.
Apply and adopt standard protocols (OIDC/OAuth2, SAML, SCIM, FIDO2) across enterprise web applications, APIs, and services to ensure architectural compliance.
2. Platform Design & Identity Integration
Design scalable integration patterns between the core self-service portal (Python/React) and identity systems, governance platforms, and hybrid cloud environments.
Define API-first governance, microservices architecture, and secure data access layers for identity workflow engines and automation scripts.
Establish non-functional requirements (NFRs) including system scalability, latency targets, failover resilience, and audit logging for security compliance.
Establish and mandate core architectural principles, enterprise design patterns, and robust application frameworks to drive scalable identity integrations.
Lead ARD (Architecture Reference Document) management, translating complex IAM requirements into precise network models, Zero Trust security views, and modular software architecture breakdowns.
Design comprehensive Observability and Telemetry strategies (logging, tracing, and monitoring) to ensure real-time visibility into identity workflows, system health, and security events.
Partner with the Product Manager (PM) / Product Owner (PO) to translate business vision and security roadmaps into architecturally sound product epics.
Work in tandem with the Technical Lead to guide engineering teams, ensuring implementation details adhere to the master architectural design without creating technical debt.
Collaborate with the Techno-Functional BA to validate technical feasibility, security constraints, and boundary conditions for new self-service workflows.
Collaborate with cross-functional domain leaders-including Enterprise, Cyber Security, Infrastructure, and PSL Architects, alongside Data Officers and Quality/Eco-Design Experts-to drive comprehensive architectural reviews and integrate strategic recommendations.
Partner closely with Enterprise, Product, and PSL Architects to align platform design with overall IAM domain strategy and enterprise architecture principles.
4. Technical Governance & Innovation
Serve as the primary representative for the product on the internal Architecture Review Board (ARB) and Cybersecurity committees.
Conduct Proof of Concepts (PoCs) for emerging identity technologies, passwordless access, and identity threat detection and response (ITDR).
Author and govern comprehensive Architectural Requirements Dossiers (ARDs), technical standards, engineering specifications, and integration patterns, providing actionable blueprints that guide and accelerate internal development teams.
Drive proactive Threat Modeling (e.g., STRIDE) and risk assessments during the design phase to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities before development begins.
Qualifications & Experience
Education: Graduate/Postgraduate degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or a related field.
Experience: 12+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 4+ years operating as an Enterprise/Software/Solution Architect in large-scale IAM or enterprise security environments.
Architecture & Frameworks: Expertise in Microservices, Event-Driven Architecture, API Gateway patterns, RESTful APIs, and Cloud-native designs (Azure/AWS/GCP).
Identity Domain Mastery (Preferred): Comprehensive Identity & Access Management (IAM) domain expertise, including familiarity with IGA, PAM, or core IAM frameworks, as well as strong architectural knowledge of:
Technical Stack Literacy: Strong architectural knowledge of Python, React, SQL Server, and PowerShell/Automation workflows.
Soft Skills: Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills within a multi-cultural, international environment (India Europe), capable of bridging executive strategy, security auditing, and engineering teams.
Certifications (Nice to Have): CISSP, CCSP, TOGAF, Microsoft Certified: Cybersecurity Architect Expert, or AWS/Azure Solutions Architect Professional, Archimate.
Alignment within the IAM Product Quad
Boundary Area
Product Architect
(This Role)
Technical Lead
Product Manager / PO
Core Ownership
System Structure & Security Standards
Code Execution & Team Velocity
Business Value & Backlog Priority
Key Output
Architecture Blueprints, Zero Trust Roadmap, Tech Stack Rules
Clean Python/React Code, CI/CD, Working APIs
Product Roadmap, Feature Epics, User Stories
Core Focus
Is the system secure, scalable, and aligned with Zero Trust?
Is the code performant, maintainable, and bug-free?
Does this feature solve a high-value user problem?
This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company’s success, reputation and sustainable growth.
Company: Airbus India Private Limited
Employment Type: Permanent -------
Experience Level: Professional
Job Family: Digital
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