Principal Software Architect- IGA

Company Description

About CyberArk

CyberArk, a Palo Alto Networks company, is the global leader in identity security, trusted by organizations around the world to secure human and machine identities in the modern enterprise. CyberArk’s AI-powered Identity Security Platform applies intelligent privilege controls to every identity with continuous threat prevention, detection and response across the identity lifecycle. With Identity Security, organizations can reduce operational and security risks by enabling zero trust and least privilege with complete visibility, empowering all users and identities, including workforce, IT, developers and machines, to securely access any resource, located anywhere, from everywhere. Learn more at cyberark.com.

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Job Description

As our Principal Architect for Identity Governance and Administration (IGA), you will be the visionary lead for our identity lifecycle management, compliance, and access control strategies.

Design the integration approach between Palo Alto services and IGA and between the on-prem applications and the IGA cloud service. Join the IGA team to strengthen the overall IGA capabilities across Palo Alto and improve its scalability.

Qualifications

• A minimum of 10 years of professional experience, with demonstrated expertise in SaaS-based and On-prem software architecture.
• A collaborative technical leader who develops those around them and works constructively with peer architects to advance shared architectural goals.
• Strong track record of leading POCs and hands-on technical exploration to introduce new technologies and continuously advance the product architecture.
• A proactive, results-driven mindset with strong decision-making skills that balance architectural excellence and business priorities.
• Strong understanding of system integration design patterns, with the ability to anticipate, assess, and mitigate technical risks.
• Experience with containerized environments (Kubernetes, Docker, EKS, ECS, etc.) and/or serverless technologies (e.g., AWS Lambda).
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with full professional fluency in English.
• Highly self-directed, with a strong commitment to quality, continuous improvement, and technical excellence.
• A self-learner with a passion for exploring new technologies and sharing knowledge across the team.
  
  

• Strong hands-on experience with AWS cloud services.
• Good understanding in on-prem systems
• Deep understanding of security principles and best practices for building highly scalable systems.