IAM Engineer

The Engineer will play a key role in delivering and operating enterprise Identity & Access Management (IAM) capabilities. Design, develop, test and support the identity platform capabilities that deliver the IDAM 2.0 programme. Work collaboratively within an Agile delivery team to implement secure, scalable and resilient identity services whilst adhering to engineering standards and best practices.
The position works closely with IAM architects, business stakeholders and technology partners.

Client is undergoing a transformation of its IAM practices including the delivery of a set of net new tools to overhaul how IAM is carried out in the industry. We are seeking experienced and dynamic Engineer who have an excellent understanding of Identity Management, with a successful track record of working in complex global organisations at fast pace. The role will report to the program and be part of a dynamic and highly skilled team.

In this role, you will:

• Develop and maintain cloud-native identity services and platform components.
• Build APIs, microservices and event-driven integrations.
• Implement features in accordance with solution designs and engineering standards.
• Develop secure integrations with enterprise identity platforms and third-party services.
• Implement authentication, authorisation and identity federation capabilities.
• Support the implementation of Human Identity, Agent Identity and Workload Identity solutions.
• Develop Policy-as-Code integrations and authorisation services.
• Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code where required.
• Participate in peer code reviews and design reviews.
• Troubleshoot and resolve application and integration issues.
• Support deployment activities across development, test and production environments.
• Produce technical documentation and operational runbooks.
• Ensure solutions meet security, performance and resilience requirements.
• Collaborate with Platform Engineers, Security Engineers, Architects and Product Owners.
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.
• Support monitoring, logging and operational observability.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies including planning, refinement, stand-ups and retrospectives.
• Identify opportunities for automation and continuous improvement.
• Support production incidents and problem resolution as required.
• Maintain awareness of emerging technologies and engineering best practices.

To be successful in this role, you should meet the following requirements:

Key Skills & Experience

Essential Skills

• Software Engineering
• Cloud-native Development
• API Development
• Microservices Architecture
• Event-driven Architecture
• Kubernetes
• Git
• CI/CD
• Infrastructure as Code
• DevSecOps
• Identity Standards (OAuth2, OIDC, SAML, SCIM)
• REST APIs
• Secure Coding Practices
• Testing and Automation
• Problem Solving
• Team Collaboration
• Positive can-do attitude and solutioning in complex organisations