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Need an identity solution designed, reviewed, or deployed? I'm a Lead IAM Architect with 20+ years across identity, infrastructure, engineering, and consulting. I help teams design and implement authentication solutions using Microsoft Entra ID, Ping Identity, federation standards, and PingOne DaVinci. My work combines architecture with hands-on delivery: understanding requirements, defining the solution, validating it through a proof of concept, and helping your team deploy and operate it. HOW I CAN HELP • Architecture and design reviews: Assess workforce IAM, CIAM, SSO, MFA, and application authentication designs. Deliver clear findings, diagrams, and practical recommendations. • Ping Identity solution design and deployment: Plan and implement PingFederate, PingAccess, PingOne, and PingID integrations. Define authentication policies, claims, application onboarding patterns, and upgrade approaches. • PingOne DaVinci orchestration: Design and implement reusable authentication journeys, integrate REST APIs, and document flows for engineering and operations teams. • Microsoft Entra ID solutions: Design enterprise application SSO, Conditional Access, MFA, hybrid identity, provisioning, PIM, and application/workload identity patterns. • Federation and modernization: Design SAML, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, and WS-Federation integrations. Plan AD FS transitions to Entra ID managed authentication and modernization of legacy application authentication. • Proofs of concept and implementation planning: Validate identity capabilities against your requirements, identify integration dependencies, and produce a phased deployment plan with test and handoff criteria. • Automation and knowledge transfer: Build PowerShell and REST API automation, create technical documentation, and help internal teams adopt the solution. EXPERIENCE BEHIND THE WORK In financial services, I own authentication architecture across Entra ID and Ping Identity. My work includes enterprise CIAM design and implementation, DaVinci orchestration, reusable authentication journeys, and PingFederate/PingAccess upgrades. Previously, I designed IAM solutions for a 280,000-user global enterprise, supported federation services spanning 3,000+ applications, and advised enterprise customers on mission-critical identity services. I'm available for scoped design reviews, solution design, proofs of concept, implementation projects, and ongoing part-time architecture and engineering support. Share your platforms, requirements, and intended outcome, and we can define a practical scope and delivery plan.