IAM Career Roadmap 2026–2027

Your path from Beginner to IAM Architect

34 membership videos in the order to work through them, following the six career stages from the roadmap video. Open any video to see what it covers.

1Work top to bottom
2At Stage 3, pick one platform track
3Apply for roles at the checkpoint, then keep going
Video types: Core lessonsHands-on labCase studiesInterview prepCareer
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Understand the career

Understand the profession before you try to master the technology.

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Stage 1

IAM Beginner

Your goal isn’t to become an expert. Your goal is to understand how identity works.

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Stage 2

IAM Analyst

Access requests, JML, MFA and SSO problems, access reviews and audits. Start thinking like an IAM Analyst.

Checkpoint

Apply for your first IAM role

Learn → Lab → Certify → Build projects → Apply. Come back to these at every later stage.

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Stage 3

IAM Specialist

Go deep on one area. Pick one platform track below, then carry on to Stage 4.

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Stage 4

IAM Engineer

From I manage identities to I engineer identity solutions.

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Stage 5

Senior IAM Engineer

Enterprise scale: hybrid identity, governance, PAM, resilience and major incidents. Understand the bigger picture.

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Stage 6

IAM Architect / Leader

How should this organization manage identity over the next three to five years?

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