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Cybersecurity Identity Architect
3M Company · 🇺🇸 2 Locations
Sponsorship verdict
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One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 17 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 6 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What 3M Company paid sponsored hires in similar roles1 certified filing for “Information Security Architect” (Software Developers) in TX: $183k–$183k, median $183k. Most were filed at wage level IV (100%) — 4 lottery entries, ≈61% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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The US Department of Labor certified 17 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 6 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
Job Description: Cybersecurity Identity Architect Collaborate with Innovative 3Mers Around the World Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it’s equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a wide variety of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with other curious, creative 3Mers. This position provides an opportunity to transition from other private, public, government or military experience to a 3M career. The Impact You’ll Make in this Role With 3M’s continued commitment to security and its path toward modernization and improvement, we are seeking a strategic and technically skilled Cybersecurity Identity Architect to lead the design and implementation of enterprise identity and access management (IAM) solutions. This role will define the architecture for identity governance, authentication, authorization, and privileged access across cloud and on-prem environments, ensuring alignment with business goals and regulatory requirements. In addition, the architect is responsible for coordinating and integrating into other IT, Cybersecurity, and business solutions. Key Responsibilities: • Architect and design scalable IAM solutions including SSO, MFA, identity federation, IDV, IGA and privileged access management • Develop and maintain identity architecture blueprints , standards, and roadmaps • Collaborate with engineering, compliance, and business teams to translate security requirements into technical designs, including authorization mappings • Collaborate with detection and response teams and the scaling of ITDR services • Lead technical evaluations of IAM tools and platforms, and oversee their integration • Partner with cybersecurity engineers and architects on integrating IAM into the IT and cybersecurity tooling ecosystem (e.g. SOC, Data Security, AI, Network, etc.) • Ensure new identity solutions align with zero trust principles , data protection policies, and compliance frameworks (e.g., NIST, ISO, GDPR) • When required, provide technical leadership to incident response and identity-related threat mitigation • Stay current with emerging IAM technologies, trends, and threats • Evaluate and incorporate emerging technologies such as passwordless authentication, continuous adaptive trust, or AI-driven access decisions while creating and optimizing associated process with associated teams • Manage vendor relationships • Define KPIs and metrics with IAM Program lead to measure IAM program effectiveness Your Skills and Expertise To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications: • Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or related field (completed and verified prior to start) • Ten (1 0) years experience in enterprise identity management in a private, public, government or military environment Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include: • Certified Identity and Access Manager (CIAM) • Experience operating in a multi-national and large enterprise • Deep understanding of identity protocols (SAML, OAuth, OpenID Connect, LDAP, Kerberos, etc.) • Ability to design and articulate identity, authentication, authorization, and lifecycle management solutions for modern IT systems (APIs, containers, agentic agents, etc.) • Deep understanding of non-human identities, including service accounts, machine identities, AI agents, and delegated (on-behalf-of) authentication flows. • Understanding of API gateways (mTLS, SPIFFE/SPIRE), and token management • Experience with IAM platforms (e.g., Azure