Senior Identity and Access Manager Engineer (IAM)
UST are currently recruiting for a senior IAM Engineer to work for one of our clients on a six-month fixed term Contract.
Duration : 6 Months FTC
Location: Southampton or London (1 day per week in the office)
What you’ll be doing
- Provide ideas in design and development of a comprehensive IAM architecture that ensures secure access controls and integrates seamlessly with existing systems.
- Implement the principle of least privilege, ensuring that users and systems have the minimum levels of access necessary to perform their functions.
- Deployment of IAM solutions, ensuring they adhere to industry best practices, security standards, and regulatory requirements.
- Provide technical expertise in IAM principles, including authentication, authorization, identity lifecycle management, role-based access control (RBAC), and privileged access security.
- Work closely with cross-functional teams, including IT, security, and business stakeholders, to integrate IAM solutions effectively across all projects and initiatives.
- Stay current with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in IAM to drive continuous improvement and innovation.
- Configuration and development within the Microsoft Identity Management (MIM) and Entra ID toolset
- Actively support and contribute to project and programme initiatives ensuring successful delivery of roadmap initiatives
- Identify and deliver service improvement initiatives to bring operational efficiencies, streamline repeatable tasks, etc
- Driving consistency across locations, ensuring compliance to group standards and processes
Desirable Experience:
- Significant experience in senior IAM engineering roles, with a proven track record in designing and implementing enterprise-level identity and privileged access solutions, ideally in a global organisation.
- In-depth knowledge of IAM technologies, including identity governance, access management, multi-factor authentication (MFA), single sign-on (SSO), privileged account security, and directory services
- Ability to think strategically about identity and access management within the broader cybersecurity landscape, emphasizing risk reduction and secure access.
- Strong communication skills, capable of explaining complex IAM and PAM concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, focusing on designing secure, scalable IAM and PAM solutions that align with business needs and security principles.
Required Skills
- Strong understanding of directory services (e.g., Active Directory, LDAP).
- Expertise in IAM tools and frameworks (e.g., SAML, OAuth, OpenID Connect, SCIM).
- Expertise in Microsoft Identity Manager 2016
- Proficiency in scripting and programming (e.g., PowerShell, Java, C#) for automation and integration.
- Knowledge of cloud IAM (e.g., Azure AD, AWS IAM, Google Cloud Platform).
- Knowledge of the Microsoft Licensing landscape (F3/E5)
