Identity and Access Management (IAM) Engineer

Outside IR35 | Remote based | Rate DOE | 6 months

SR2 is working with a major public sector digital programme looking to bring in an experienced IAM Engineer to support the design, implementation and ongoing improvement of secure identity and access management capabilities across a complex cloud-based environment.

This is a hands-on engineering role focused on authentication, authorisation and identity federation across modern platforms and services. You’ll be working closely with security, platform and application teams to help deliver scalable, secure and compliant access management solutions within a highly regulated environment.

Responsibilities:

• Design, implement and maintain IAM / IDAM solutions across cloud and enterprise platforms
• Configure and support SSO, MFA and federation services across internal and external applications
• Implement role-based and attribute-based access controls
• Support identity lifecycle management including provisioning, deprovisioning and privileged access controls
• Work closely with DevOps, Platform and Security teams to embed secure authentication and authorisation into services
• Support cloud identity integrations across AWS environments
• Troubleshoot authentication, federation and access-related issues
• Contribute towards security compliance, governance and audit readiness activities
• Support automation and Infrastructure as Code approaches for IAM configuration and deployment

Requirements:

• Strong experience as an IAM / IDAM Engineer within enterprise or public sector environments
• Experience with IAM platforms such as Okta, Azure AD / Entra ID, Ping Identity, ForgeRock or Keycloak
• Strong understanding of SSO, SAML, OAuth2, OpenID Connect and LDAP
• Experience managing identity federation and access controls across cloud-hosted systems
• Experience within AWS cloud environments
• Knowledge of privileged access management and identity governance concepts
• Experience automating infrastructure or IAM configuration using Terraform or similar IaC tooling
• Strong understanding of security best practices and zero trust principles
• Experience working within Agile delivery environments

Please apply with a copy of your CV and Emma from SR2 will contact potential candidates regarding next steps.