IAM Engineer

Our client a large global enterprise are currently looking for an experience IAM professional to join their team on a long term basis.

The Security Operations and Enterprise Security team is responsible for protecting the organization's workforce and systems through proactive security engineering, governance, and monitoring.

Within this team, the Identity and Access Management (IAM) function focuses on securing employee access to enterprise systems, enforcing governance policies, and reducing identity-related risks.

This role reports to the Director of Security Operations and Enterprise Security and plays a key part in building a scalable and secure identity infrastructure, with a strong emphasis on SailPoint and zero trust principles.

Your Qualifications:

• Solid experience in identity and access management, ideally within a large or enterprise-scale organization.
• Extensive experience implementing and supporting SailPoint IdentityNow, including workflow development and connector configuration.
• Strong understanding of IAM concepts including identity lifecycle management, access provisioning, and privileged access governance.
• Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, Bash, or PowerShell, with experience integrating via RESTful APIs.
• Familiarity with identity standards and protocols such as SAML, OAuth, SCIM, and LDAP.
• Experience working with role-based access control (RBAC) models and automating provisioning/deprovisioning processes.
• Exposure to zero trust architecture and JIT access models.
• Knowledge of software development practices, SDLC, and Agile methodologies.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate across technical and business teams.

Preferred Skills:

• Background in workforce IAM within a corporate security function.
• Experience working in hybrid environments with both on-premise and cloud-based systems.
• Understanding of access governance frameworks and audit/compliance requirements.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, balancing complexity and speed of delivery.
• Desire to contribute to the growth and development of an internal IAM capability with a strong engineering focus.

Desirable:

• Experience of delivering a software project through the full software development lifecycle from design to deployment
• Understanding of identity concepts, including authentication protocols, Identity Lifecycle Management, Privileged Access Management, Role Based Access Control and Identity Governance
• Experience with automation and developer tooling (CI/CD)
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform
• Experience of design and delivery related to an Identity Management System, e.g. Okta, Entra ID, Ping, etc.

If this sounds of interest get in touch asap!