Sr Principal Cybersecurity Architect

At Lilly, the work is demanding because patients are waiting. We unite caring with discovery to help make life better for people around the world, knowing that every decision, every detail, and every day matters. Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, our over 50,000 employees around the globe take on complex challenges to discover and deliver life-changing medicines, strengthen how health is understood and managed, and support the communities we serve. This is hard, urgent, selfless work—but it’s work worth doing. If you’re driven by purpose and ready to bring your best to work that truly matters for patients, we invite you to join us.

Ready to put your mark on the world of Cybersecurity? We’re looking for an Identity and Access Management (IAM) Security Architect who combines deep technical expertise with a mentoring mindset and the ability to drive broad business impact. In this role, you’ll shape how our organization delivers secure, seamless identity experiences spanning both workforce and external authentication use cases.

The Identity & Access Management (IAM) Security Architect will be part of the Lilly Cybersecurity team, responsible for establishing secure IAM architectural solutions and patterns. The position will develop and lead IAM capabilities to support cloud enablement across multiple cloud partners. The IAM Security Architect will work closely with partners in infrastructure, applications, and other security teams to ensure implementation of secure identity solutions. The role serves as an authority for enterprise Identity and Access Management and provides consultative direction to multiple partners including technical, business and management roles. There is an expectation that this role will challenge existing processes to drive continuous improvement and gains for identity initiatives that deliver broad business impact.

How You Will Succeed:

Strategic Leadership & Architecture

• Support the development of the long-term architectural strategy for Lilly’s Identity and Access Management capabilities.

• Establish architectural standards, patterns, and frameworks for Identity and Access Management services.

• Continuously evaluate and challenge the team to adopt emerging identity technologies — including agentic AI identity patterns, non-human identity (NHI) governance, and passwordless/passkey approaches — translating research into actionable adoption roadmaps.

Security

• Actively engage with Security Architecture reviews using a threat driven mindset to identify and mitigate risks.

• Architect NIST-aligned identity controls and collaborate with Cybersecurity teams on policy enforcement.

• Evaluates industry standard methodologies and applies them as appropriate, keeping cyber leaders apprised of trends and emerging technologies.

• Ensure IAM solutions meet regulatory and industry requirements and guidelines.

Automation & Innovation

• Be an automation leader with vision by continuously monitoring and advocating for automation efficiencies and expedited assessments employing automation tooling such as AI, PowerShell, Microsoft Graph API, AWS CLI/SDKs, GCP APIs, GitHub Actions, Terraform, and REST APIs

• Create executive ready dashboards using data visualization tools such as Splunk, Azure Monitor, AWS CloudWatch, KQL, and/or Power BI.

• Develop infrastructure-as-code solutions that work consistently across multi-cloud environment (e.g. Azure, AWS, and GCP).

• Drive innovation in identity space through industry research, proof-of-concept initiatives, and cloud-first/cloud-native approaches.

Multi-functional Collaboration

• Collaborates with other architects, and key partners to ensure alignment in solutions, technologies, roadmaps, and processes across all Identity and Access Management services to support cloud enablement.

• Ensure frequent, continuous, and effective communications with team members and partners to set expectations and negotiate priorities appropriately.

• Serve as trusted advisor to partners across Cybersecurity, Engineering, Operations, and Business units.

• Translate complex identity requirements into technical solutions and implementation plans

• Coach engineers, junior architects, and operational staff on IAM standard methodologies, — actively sharing specialized knowledge to increase technical depth across the team and expand the team’s collective impact on the business.

Basic Qualifications:

• Minimum education High School Diploma. Bachelor's degree in computer science, cybersecurity, or a related technical field is preferred.

• 6+ years of experience in Identity and Access Management, with deep expertise in areas such as Authentication Services, Identity Governance, Privileged Access Management, and related technologies (e.g., Okta, CyberArk, Microsoft Entra ID).

• 3+ years of experience in identity architecture, strategy, and roadmap planning in an enterprise environment.

• Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to be employed in the United States. Lilly does not anticipate providing sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H-1B or TN status) for this employment position.

Additional Skills/Preferences:

• Good eye for business with the ability to map technical capabilities to business needs and priorities.

• Successful track record building and maintaining business relationships.

• Demonstrated knowledge and expertise with respect to identity and cloud technologies.

• History of successfully delivering enterprise Identity and Access Management solutions.

• Experience with compliance frameworks such as NIST 800-63, HIPAA, and others.

• Relevant certifications preferred, including CISSP, CISM, Certified Identity and Access Manager (CIAM/CIDPRO), Microsoft Certified: Identity and Access Administrator, or equivalent Auth0/Okta professional certifications.

• Strong influence, communication, writing, and presentation skills.

• Demonstrated critical thinking and natural curiosity.

• Demonstrable ability to challenge existing team processes and recommend improvements that enhance security, increase delivery velocity, reduce operational risk, or improve the quality of identity services.

• Demonstrated ability to gain multi-functional support and influence adoption of identity architectural decisions at a functional or business-unit level.

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Lilly is proud to be an EEO Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender identity, sex, gender expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, ancestry, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.

Our employee resource groups (ERGs) offer strong support networks for their members and are open to all employees. Our current groups include: Africa, Middle East, Central Asia (AMECA), Black Employees at Lilly (BE@Lilly), Chinese Culture Network (CCN), EnAble, Evolve, Lilly Indian Network (LIN), Organization of Latinx at Lilly (OLA), Pride (LGBTQ+ Allies), Veterans Leadership Network (VLN) and Women’s Initiative for Leading at Lilly (WILL).

Actual compensation will depend on a candidate’s education, experience, skills, and geographic location. The anticipated wage for this position is $126,000 - $224,400

Full-time equivalent employees also will be eligible for a company bonus (depending, in part, on company and individual performance). In addition, Lilly offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees, including eligibility to participate in a company-sponsored 401(k); pension; vacation benefits; eligibility for medical, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits; flexible benefits (e.g., healthcare and/or dependent day care flexible spending accounts); life insurance and death benefits; certain time off and leave of absence benefits; and well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities).Lilly reserves the right to amend, modify, or terminate its compensation and benefit programs in its sole discretion and Lilly’s compensation practices and guidelines will apply regarding the details of any promotion or transfer of Lilly employees.

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