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Role Title: IAM Technical Lead

Location: Sheffield (Hybrid - up to 3 days per week onsite)

Role Category: Inside IR35

Overview

We're recruiting for an experienced Technical Lead to join the Identity & Access Management team of a leading global financial services organisation.

This role offers the opportunity to play a key role in a major Next Generation IAM transformation programme, providing technical leadership across the design and delivery of secure, scalable and enterprise-grade identity services.

Responsibilities

Own the technical solution and architecture for the IAM workstream.Define and maintain High Level Designs (HLDs) and Low Level Designs (LLDs).Lead technical decision-making and technology selection.Drive adoption of Zero Trust and identity-first design principles.Provide technical leadership and mentoring to engineering teams.Review solution designs, code and infrastructure changes.Manage technical risks, assumptions, dependencies and integration activities.Work closely with Architecture, Engineering, Security, Operations and third-party suppliers.Support Agile delivery, planning, estimation and technical requirements.Define and assure non-functional requirements including security, resilience, performance, scalability and observability.Ensure solutions are production-ready and operationally supportable.Champion DevSecOps, automation and continuous improvement.Support architecture governance, design authorities and technical steering groups.

Required Skills

Strong experience in enterprise Identity & Access Management (IAM/IDAM).Proven experience as an IAM Technical Lead, IAM Architect, Identity Architect or similar.Strong experience in solution architecture, HLDs and LLDs.Experience delivering IAM transformation within complex enterprise environments.Strong understanding of Authentication, Authorisation and Identity Lifecycle Management.Experience with Agile delivery, requirements engineering and backlog management.Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.Experience working across Architecture, Engineering, Security and Operations teams.Strong understanding of security, risk and compliance within enterprise environments.Experience working within financial services or another regulated environment is highly desirable.

Desirable Skills

Human and Non-Human / Workload Identity.Zero Trust Architecture.Policy-as-Code.Secrets Management.Certificate Lifecycle Management.API Security.Event-driven Identity Integration.Cloud-native Security.Observability, Monitoring and Audit.Secure Software Development Lifecycle (SSDLC).DevSecOps and Automation.Experience managing third-party technology partners and suppliers.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a major Next Generation IAM transformation programme, providing technical leadership across enterprise identity architecture and delivering secure, scalable and modern identity capabilities within a global financial services environment.

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Role Summary:

We are seeking an experienced IAM Delivery Lead - who has a good understanding of Identity Management and a successful track record of working in complex and global organisations at fast pace. The role will report to the Programme Manager and be part of a dynamic and highly skilled team.

In this role, you will:

Manage several of the Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) Workstreams supporting the adoption of IAM across Global Business and Global FunctionsWork with the team using standard PM reporting practices ensuring JIRA & Confluence is kept up to dateSupport team in understanding and unblocking problems preventing progressWork with team to identify areas for continuous improvement across the programmeLead assigned internal stakeholders and vendors to deliver on the agreed scopeEngage with business and technology stakeholders to agree prioritiesProactively follow up with project resources and ensuring workstream delivers to the agreed scheduleHighlight any concerns with progress to the programme manager to ensure delivery stays on trackEffectively handing changes to plan, resourcing and new requirementsProvide weekly reporting of status, risks and issues across the workstream

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

Essential

Strong project management skillsGood technical understanding of DevOps, Jenkins, CI/CD Pipelines, Cloud and on-premise infrastructure platforms.Previous hands-on experience of delivering IAM projectsGood technical understanding of IAM and controls capabilities and requirementsStrong stakeholder engagement and excellent communication skills involving senior stakeholdersPositive, pro-active team player working as part of a large programme / global teamGood understanding of regulatory and audit requirementAn inquisitive nature with a rapid aptitude for learning

Desired

A PM qualification (Prince 2, PMP)Proven track record of working with technical, Cybersecurity and operations teamsPrevious experience as a Scrum Master or Lead for a complex programme or in a large organisationExperience working with JIRA and workflow management tools and agile project management approaches

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TECHNICAL LEAD - IDENTITY & ACCESS MANAGEMENT (IAM) - CONTRACT

Sheffield | Hybrid (1-3 Days On-Site)
Until 30th November 2026 | High Chance of Extension
£600-650 Per Day | Umbrella (Inside IR35)

THE PROJECT

A global financial services organisation is delivering a large-scale Identity & Access Management (IAM) transformation and is looking for an experienced Technical Lead to help shape and deliver next-generation identity services. This is an opportunity to lead the technical direction of a major enterprise programme, driving secure, scalable IAM solutions across a complex global environment.

Lead the technical design and architecture for enterprise IAM solutions.Define and maintain High & Low Level Designs (HLDs/LLDs).Drive technical decision-making, solution governance, and technology selection.Ensure alignment with security, enterprise architecture, and regulatory standards.Champion Zero Trust and Identity-First security principles.Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and design assurance across engineering teams.Support delivery planning, technical risk management, and cross-team integration.Ensure solutions are secure, resilient, scalable, and production-ready.SKILLS NEEDEDProven experience leading enterprise IAM programmes within Financial Services.Strong background in Identity & Access Management, Authentication, and Authorisation.Experience designing secure, scalable architectures in complex enterprise environments.Knowledge of Zero Trust, Identity Lifecycle Management, Secrets Management, and API Security.Experience with DevSecOps, Secure SDLC, cloud-native security, and automation.Strong stakeholder management and communication skills across technical and business teams.Experience working within Agile delivery environments.

Bonus: Experience with Workload Identity, Policy-as-Code, Certificate Lifecycle Management, Event-Driven Identity Integration, and Observability.

YOUR IMPACT

You'll play a key role in transforming enterprise Identity & Access Management for a global banking organisation, helping deliver secure, scalable identity services that underpin critical business operations. Your technical leadership will shape future architecture, improve operational resilience, and support the delivery of one of the organisation's largest security transformation programmes.

Sound good? Apply ASAP - this opportunity is expected to move quickly.

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TECHNICAL LEAD - IDENTITY & ACCESS MANAGEMENT (IAM) - CONTRACT

Sheffield | Hybrid (1-3 Days On-Site)
Until 30th November 2026 | High Chance of Extension
£600-650 Per Day | Umbrella (Inside IR35)

THE PROJECT

A global financial services organisation is delivering a large-scale Identity & Access Management (IAM) transformation and is looking for an experienced Technical Lead to help shape and deliver next-generation identity services. This is an opportunity to lead the technical direction of a major enterprise programme, driving secure, scalable IAM solutions across a complex global environment.

Lead the technical design and architecture for enterprise IAM solutions.Define and maintain High & Low Level Designs (HLDs/LLDs).Drive technical decision-making, solution governance, and technology selection.Ensure alignment with security, enterprise architecture, and regulatory standards.Champion Zero Trust and Identity-First security principles.Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and design assurance across engineering teams.Support delivery planning, technical risk management, and cross-team integration.Ensure solutions are secure, resilient, scalable, and production-ready.SKILLS NEEDEDProven experience leading enterprise IAM programmes within Financial Services.Strong background in Identity & Access Management, Authentication, and Authorisation.Experience designing secure, scalable architectures in complex enterprise environments.Knowledge of Zero Trust, Identity Lifecycle Management, Secrets Management, and API Security.Experience with DevSecOps, Secure SDLC, cloud-native security, and automation.Strong stakeholder management and communication skills across technical and business teams.Experience working within Agile delivery environments.

Bonus: Experience with Workload Identity, Policy-as-Code, Certificate Lifecycle Management, Event-Driven Identity Integration, and Observability.

YOUR IMPACT

You'll play a key role in transforming enterprise Identity & Access Management for a global banking organisation, helping deliver secure, scalable identity services that underpin critical business operations. Your technical leadership will shape future architecture, improve operational resilience, and support the delivery of one of the organisation's largest security transformation programmes.

Sound good? Apply ASAP - this opportunity is expected to move quickly.

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Job Title: Solution Architect
Job Type: Contract
Job Location: Sheffield
Mandatory Skills: IAM, GCP

Overview
A leading global financial services organisation is undertaking a major multi-year Identity & Access Management (IAM) transformation programme to modernise and enhance identity services across a complex international technology landscape.
The programme will redefine how identities are managed across the enterprise, spanning workforce, privileged, machine, agent, and workload identities. As part of this transformation, a number of next-generation identity capabilities and platforms will be designed and implemented using modern cloud-native technologies and security principles.
We are seeking an experienced Solution Architect / Design Engineer to provide technical leadership across the programme, define target-state architectures, and ensure the successful delivery of secure, scalable, resilient, and supportable identity solutions.
The successful candidate will work closely with architects, engineering teams, security stakeholders, and technology partners to translate business, security, and regulatory requirements into enterprise-grade IAM solutions.

Key Responsibilities

Produce High-Level Designs (HLDs) and Low-Level Designs (LLDs) for identity capabilities.Define end-to-end solution architectures across business, application, data, security, and infrastructure domains.Translate business, security, operational, and regulatory requirements into technical solutions.Develop architecture patterns, standards, and reference designs.Define integration patterns between identity platforms, applications, infrastructure, and cloud services.Design cloud-native identity solutions within containerised and cloud environments.Define authentication, authorisation, federation, and access control architectures.Design and support Human Identity, Agent Identity, and Workload Identity capabilities.Develop Zero Trust security architectures and trust boundary models.Design API security, service-to-service authentication, and workload authentication frameworks.Develop event-driven integration patterns using messaging and asynchronous processing technologies.Design Policy Decision Point (PDP) and Policy Enforcement Point (PEP) architectures using Policy-as-Code principles.Define PKI, certificate lifecycle management, secrets management, and cryptographic integration patterns.Design highly available, resilient, and disaster recovery capable solutions.Ensure solutions meet security, performance, scalability, resilience, and operational requirements.Produce architecture decision records (ADRs) and technical design documentation.Participate in Architecture Reviews, Design Authorities, and governance processes.Conduct technical assurance and solution reviews across internal and third-party deliveries.Identify risks, assumptions, issues, constraints, and dependencies across programme workstreams.Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture teams to ensure alignment to strategic target-state architecture.Support engineering teams throughout implementation, testing, and production readiness activities.Mentor engineers and promote architecture and engineering best practices.Evaluate emerging technologies and identity solutions against programme requirements.Support roadmap planning and future-state architecture development.

Essential Experience & Skills

Identity & Access ManagementEnterprise Identity & Access Management (IAM)Authentication and AuthorisationIdentity FederationIdentity Governance & Administration (IGA)Privileged Access Management (PAM)Non-Human Identity ManagementWorkload and Service IdentityIdentity Standards & ProtocolsOAuth 2.0OpenID Connect (OIDC)SAMLSCIMSecurity ArchitectureZero Trust ArchitectureSecurity Architecture and Security ControlsAPI SecurityService-to-Service AuthenticationSecrets ManagementPKI and Certificate ManagementCloud & Platform TechnologiesGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP)KubernetesCloud-Native ArchitectureMicroservicesContainer PlatformsService Mesh ConceptsModern ArchitectureEvent-Driven ArchitectureMessaging and Asynchronous ProcessingPolicy-as-CodeOPA (Open Policy Agent) and/or CedarPDP / PEP Design PatternsDelivery & GovernanceEnterprise Solution ArchitectureArchitecture GovernanceRisk ManagementTechnical LeadershipStakeholder ManagementArchitecture Review BoardsTechnical Design Assurance

Desirable Experience

Financial Services or other highly regulated environments.Large-scale transformation programmes.Identity modernisation initiatives.Cloud security and platform engineering.DevSecOps and CI/CD practices.Machine Identity and Agent Identity frameworks.Experience working across global, distributed delivery teams.

Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate will be an experienced Solution Architect with strong Identity & Access Management expertise and a proven track record delivering complex security and identity solutions within enterprise-scale environments. They will be comfortable operating across strategy, architecture, governance, and technical delivery while influencing senior stakeholders and driving architectural decisions across multiple workstreams.

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Identity & Access Management Architect

📍 Ireland | Hybrid

Design the future of enterprise identity.

Identity has become the new security perimeter, and we're looking for an Identity & Access Management Architect who wants to solve some of the most challenging IAM problems in enterprise environments.

You'll join a growing Cyber Security practice delivering large-scale identity transformation projects for some of Ireland's most recognised organisations. This isn't a support role and it isn't BAU. You'll be designing solutions, leading technical conversations and helping organisations modernise how they manage identity across cloud-first environments.

If you've built your career around Microsoft Identity and enjoy working directly with customers to solve complex security challenges, this is a fantastic opportunity to take the next step.

You'll be working with technologies including:

Microsoft Entra IDSailPointMicrosoft 365 SecurityIdentity Governance & AdministrationConditional AccessRBAC & Privileged Identity ManagementIdentity Lifecycle Management

What we're looking for

✔ 5-10 years' experience within Identity & Access Management

✔ Strong Microsoft Identity background

✔ Hands-on Entra ID experience

✔ SailPoint implementation experience

✔ Experience designing secure IAM solutions

✔ Strong stakeholder engagement and consulting skills

Why consider this role?

Join a rapidly growing Cyber Security teamWork on enterprise-scale identity transformation programmesClear progression from Senior Consultant into Manager and beyondStrong investment in certifications and professional developmentExcellent bonus and benefits packageHybrid working

If you'd like to hear more, get in touch for a confidential conversation.

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IAM Programme Manager

Contract

Industry: Global Healthcare Group
Location: Remote with travel to Netherlands
Contract Length: 12-18 months

About the Role

A global healthcare provider is launching a far‑reaching identity transformation. They require an experienced IAM Programme Manager to lead multiple workstreams spanning workforce identity, privileged access, lifecycle automation, and compliance uplift.

Key Responsibilities

Own the IAM programme roadmap, scope, budget, and stakeholder governance.Oversee delivery of projects including PAM enhancements, MFA rollout, SSO migration, and onboarding automation.Liaise with clinical, compliance, and IT teams to ensure identity solutions integrate with operational workflows.Manage vendor relationships and technical delivery partners.Provide reporting, risk tracking, and programme governance to senior leadership.

Skills & Experience

Proven track record running multi‑stream IAM programmes.Experience with stacks such as SailPoint, Okta, CyberArk, and Azure AD.Background in regulated environments (healthcare, pharma, government) preferred.

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In this role, you will:

Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for IAM components, policies, connectors, microservices, and integrations.Enable automated testing, security scanning, and controlled deployments across DEV/TEST/PROD environments.Implement continuous improvement to streamline IAM release processes.Develop and maintain IaC (Terraform, Ansible for deploying IAM infrastructure, identity policies, directories, and supporting platforms.Ensure consistent, repeatable environments and compliance with architectural standards.Develop scripts and automation for account lifecycle operations, access provisioning, and system integrations.Deploy IAM services or related microservices on Kubernetes, cloud-native platforms, and serverless environments.Manage containerisation, service mesh integrations, certificates, and secrets for IAM workloads.Embed security into the build and deployment process, including vulnerability scanning, secrets detection, and code quality checks.Work with cybersecurity teams to ensure compliance with Zero Trust principles and IAM security policies.Collaborate with IAM architects, security teams, and application owners on design and integration requirements.Create and maintain documentation for pipelines, IaC, deployment patterns, and operational processes.

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

Key Skills & Experience

Technical Skills

Infrastructure as code (Terraform & GCP Provisioning) Terraform core, GCP Infra, Policy as code, develop the capability to manage, maintain and write policies,Containerization & Kubernetes (GKE), Docker, Kubernetes, Helm / Kustomize, GKE OpsCI/CD engineering, pipeline authoring, artifacts management, testing automation, deployment strategyData pipeline and DevOps (KAFKA / PubSub) - Kafka basics, schema registry, streaming infra and monitoringGraph platform engineering, Neo4j basics, backups, recovery and DR GDS/APOC, observabilityDevSecOps & platform security, security scanning, IAM and identity, network security, complianceRelease engineering and governance, release ops, change management, documentationRegionalisation and compliance, regional deployments and failover, data residency, conditional access

Soft Skills

Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting capabilities.Ability to work collaboratively across security, engineering, and operations teams.Excellent communication and documentation skills.Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.Experience of Privileged Access Management and identity access managementUnderstanding and experience of technologies deployed at a large scale in a global IT enterpriseExperience of working in an Agile team - managing workload in Jira and engagements in Jira Service DeskAbility to adapt and understand new technologies - being self-motivated to learnStrong interpersonal, influencing, communication and report-writing skillsAbility to interact appropriately with users of various technical skill levelsAbility to work in a multi country, culturally diverse and time-zone separated role.

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