McLaren Strategic Solutions - Integration & iAM Architect

Description :

The ideal candidate brings specialized experience in SSO and identity federation, token-based authentication, API gateway patterns, EDI processing, and the design of web-native replacement architectures for virtualized desktop environments. This person will produce a practical, client-ready Citrix exit strategy and contribute rigorous integration architecture findings and recommendations across the broader platform.

Key Responsibilities :

- Lead the Citrix exit strategy workstream, assessing the current virtualized desktop access model and proposing web-based or non-virtualized alternatives with SSO-based authentication, token-based access, and a centralized landing page or menu system model

- Evaluate current-state identity and access management patterns, including authentication mechanisms, authorization models, elevated-access operational dependencies, and session management

- Design and document an SSO-based access architecture as the target-state replacement for the Citrix environment, including identity federation options, token issuance patterns, and centralized access management

- Lead the integration architecture workstream, assessing inbound and outbound interfaces including EDI/820 processing, upstream and downstream system dependencies, synchronous and asynchronous patterns, failure handling, and coupling risks

- Evaluate API gateway patterns in use or required, including routing, authentication enforcement, rate limiting, and observability at integration boundaries

- Assess event-driven and message-based integration patterns, including failure recovery and retry design

- Contribute integration and identity findings to the Current State Assessment, Recommendation Matrix, and Remediation Roadmap

- Participate in structured SME interviews covering Citrix access, SSO current state, EDI processing, and interface inventory

- Support the production of integration dependency diagrams and access model documentation for inclusion in the final deliverables

Requirements :

- 10+ years of integration and identity architecture experience in enterprise environments

- Deep experience designing SSO-based access models, including identity federation, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, and token-based authentication patterns

- Demonstrated experience designing or assessing Citrix, Parallels RAS, or equivalent virtual desktop exit strategies and web-native replacements

- Strong experience with EDI processing architectures and the integration patterns that support high-volume transactional data exchange

- Experience with API gateway design, centralized access management, and integration boundary security

- Strong understanding of synchronous and asynchronous integration patterns including event-driven messaging and failure recovery

- Ability to present Citrix exit options with clear tradeoff analysis appropriate for client decision-making and approval processes

- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to produce clear, evidence-based architecture recommendations

Preferred Qualifications :

- Experience with Medicaid EDI transactions including 820, 834, 835, or equivalent financial and enrollment data exchanges

- Familiarity with healthcare identity and access management requirements including HIPAA access controls and audit logging

- Exposure to centralized identity platforms such as Okta, Azure AD, Ping Identity, or AWS IAM Identity Center

- Experience assessing integration architectures in regulated healthcare or government IT environments

- Familiarity with API management platforms and their role in enterprise integration governance

- Experience contributing to architecture assessments or modernization engagements involving complex integration landscapes