Senior Identity & Privileged Access Management (IAM/PAM) ArchitectLocation: Dublin (Hybrid) Type: ContractOur client is seeking an experienced Senior... Read more
Location: Dublin (Hybrid)
Type: Contract
Our client is seeking an experienced Senior IAM/PAM Architect to lead the design, implementation and governance of enterprise-wide identity and privileged access management solutions within a highly secure and complex environment.
This is a key role for a senior security professional with deep expertise across Microsoft identity technologies, Identity Governance & Administration (IGA), Privileged Access Management (PAM) and Zero Trust security principles.
Key ResponsibilitiesDefine and drive the IAM and PAM architecture strategy across the organisation.Design, deploy and secure Microsoft identity platforms, including Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, Group Policy, DNS and privileged identities.Develop identity lifecycle processes covering Joiners, Movers and Leavers (JML), access governance, recertification and audit requirements.Implement and optimise Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Privileged Identity Management (PIM), Conditional Access and modern authentication solutions.Lead PAM initiatives including privileged account onboarding, credential vaulting, session monitoring and access request workflows.Integrate IAM/PAM capabilities with HR, ITSM and enterprise security platforms.Support compliance, risk and audit activities through robust identity governance and reporting.Provide senior technical leadership and guidance on identity security and Zero Trust best practices.Required Experience7+ years' experience in a senior IAM, infrastructure or identity-focused role within a large enterprise environment.Strong hands-on experience with:Active DirectoryMicrosoft Entra ID (Azure AD)Group PolicyDNSService AccountsPrivileged Identity Management (PIM)Conditional AccessMulti-Factor Authentication (MFA)Passwordless AuthenticationProven expertise in Identity Governance & Administration (IGA) and Role-Based Access Control (RBAC).Experience designing and operating hybrid identity environments.Strong understanding of identity security, privileged access controls and Zero Trust architecture.Desirable ExperienceExperience with enterprise PAM platforms such as:CyberArkBeyondTrustDelineaPublic sector, policing or other highly regulated enterprise experience.Relevant Microsoft Identity or Security certifications.CyberArk Defender or Privileged Access Manager certifications.
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IAM Technical Lead (Identity Transformation)We're supporting a major financial services organisation undertaking a large-scale Identity & Access Management... Read more
We're supporting a major financial services organisation undertaking a large-scale Identity & Access Management (IAM) transformation programme and are seeking an experienced IAM Technical Lead to drive architecture, design and delivery across a modern identity landscape.
This is a highly visible role focused on shaping next-generation identity capabilities across workforce, privileged, machine and emerging non-human identities within a complex enterprise environment.
Key ResponsibilitiesOwn the technical solution and architecture for IAM workstreamsProduce and maintain High Level Designs (HLDs) and Low Level Designs (LLDs)Lead technical decision-making and solution design activitiesDrive Zero Trust and Identity-First architecture principlesDefine security, scalability, resilience and operational requirementsSupport design authorities, governance forums and architecture reviewsWork closely with architects, engineers, security teams and third-party suppliersProvide technical leadership, mentoring and guidance to engineering teamsIdentify and manage technical risks, assumptions and dependenciesEnsure solutions are production-ready and operationally supportableEssential ExperienceStrong Identity & Access Management (IAM) architecture experienceEnterprise-scale IAM transformation programmesTechnical leadership within complex environmentsIAM governance, authentication and authorisationZero Trust ArchitectureIdentity Lifecycle ManagementPrivileged Access Management (PAM)Microsoft Entra ID / Azure ADHLDs, LLDs and architecture governanceSecurity-by-Design principlesAgile delivery environmentsStakeholder management across technical and business teamsFinancial Services, Banking or other regulated environmentsDesirable ExperienceHuman and Non-Human IdentityWorkload IdentityMachine IdentityAgent IdentityPolicy-as-CodeSecrets ManagementCertificate Lifecycle ManagementAPI SecurityDevSecOps and AutomationObservability, Monitoring and AuditCyberArk, SailPoint, Saviynt, Ping, ForgeRock or similar IAM technologiesCloud Security Architecture (Azure / AWS)Ideal BackgroundWe are particularly interested in candidates from:
BankingFinancial ServicesFinTechInsuranceEnterprise Security ArchitectureIAM ArchitectureIdentity Governance & Administration (IGA)Privileged Access Management (PAM)If you're an experienced IAM Architect or Technical Lead looking to play a key role in a major identity transformation programme, we'd love to hear from you.
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Role Title: IAM Technical LeadLocation: Sheffield (Hybrid - up to 3 days per week onsite)Role Category: Inside IR35... Read more
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... Read more
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 approachesGCS is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
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TECHNICAL LEAD - IDENTITY & ACCESS MANAGEMENT (IAM) - CONTRACTSheffield | Hybrid (1-3 Days On-Site)Until 30th November 2026... Read more
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)
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 IMPACTYou'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.
GCS is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
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TECHNICAL LEAD - IDENTITY & ACCESS MANAGEMENT (IAM) - CONTRACTSheffield | Hybrid (1-3 Days On-Site)Until 30th November 2026... Read more
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)
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 IMPACTYou'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.
GCS is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
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Job Title: Solution ArchitectJob Type: Contract Job Location: SheffieldMandatory Skills: IAM, GCPOverviewA leading global financial services organisation is... Read more
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
Desirable Experience
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 | HybridDesign the future of enterprise identity.Identity has become the new security... Read more
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 ManagementWhat 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 workingIf you'd like to hear more, get in touch for a confidential conversation.
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