Job title: Solutions Architect
Job type: Contract
Emp type: Full-time
Functional Expertise: Skills
Pay interval: Hourly
Pay rate: GBP £680.00
Location: Manchester
Job published: 22/08/2025
Job ID: 86432

Job Description

Solutions Architect (IAM & SailPoint)

Duration: 18 Months

Rate: £680 per day

Location: Hybrid – Manchester & Remote

IR35 Status: Inside

Start: ASAP

 

 

Role Overview:

We are seeking a Solution Architect for our higher education client with strong expertise in Identity and Access Management (IAM), particularly with SailPoint, to be part of the Client's Strategy & Architecture team. This team leads architectural design and governance, translating IT strategy into actionable design principles, standards, and guidance. It plays a key role in shaping the Client's IT landscape across information architecture, solution architecture, business analysis, and business architecture.

As the Solution Architect you will initially be assigned to a specific programme, which aims to deliver stable, secure, and future-ready IT services. This role will focus on IAM-related initiatives within the programme, ensuring robust identity governance and access controls are embedded across their systems.

 

Essential Skills & Experience required:

As the Solutions Architect you will possess a solid technical foundation in IAM with hands-on experience in SailPoint solutions - *essential*

Experienced in SailPoint IdentityIQ and SailPoint IndentityNow

Very customer-focused with excellent collaboration and influencing skills.

Also proficient in navigating complex, integrated system landscapes and passionate about delivering long-term value through secure, future-focused architectures.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead the design and implementation of IAM solutions, with a focus on SailPoint IdentityIQ or SailPoint IdentityNow.
  • Conduct stakeholder engagement, product fit/gap analysis, and produce High-Level Design documentation.
  • Provide technical leadership in IAM architecture, ensuring alignment with organisational security and compliance standards.
  • Drive service design quality to ensure IAM solutions are scalable, maintainable, and user-centric.

IAM-Focused Workstreams

  • Enhance identity provisioning and lifecycle management for the Client's managed devices.
  • Integrate IAM capabilities into PC cluster provisioning and automation strategies.
  • Strengthen collaboration between their IT Services and their teaching and learning community through secure access controls.

Environments

  • Deliver secure, on-demand environments with integrated identity governance.
  • Implement automated builds with embedded access policies and role-based controls.
  • Improve release management through identity-aware processes and data obfuscation techniques.

 

To apply for this role please call Joanne Stanley - Tel: 01675 468926 or email: joanne.stanley@certes.co.uk

 

Certes IT Service Solutions welcome applications from all sections of the community and from people with diverse experience and backgrounds