At a Glance
- Tasks: Design and support enterprise authentication services while collaborating with engineering teams.
- Company: Join a leading quantitative finance firm focused on innovation and security.
- Benefits: Competitive pay, generous leave, healthcare, and a fun work environment.
- Other info: Enjoy a flexible dress code and excellent work-life balance.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in security while working with cutting-edge technology.
- Qualifications: Experience with IAM platforms and strong coding skills in languages like Python or Java.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
We tackle the most complex problems in quantitative finance, by bringing scientific clarity to financial complexity.
From our London HQ we unite world‑class researchers and engineers in an environment that values deep exploration and methodical execution – because the best ideas take time to evolve.
Together we’re building a world‑class platform to amplify our teams’ most powerful ideas.
Security is foundational to this mission and must be delivered in a way that supports how our engineering teams build and operate complex systems at scale.
Key responsibilities
- Designing, implementing and supporting enterprise authentication and identity federation services
- Developing standard onboarding patterns for applications using SAML, OAuth2 and Open ID Connect
- Improving and rationalising our identity provider estate, including Ping Federate, Ping AM and cloud identity platforms
- Engineering secure privileged access solutions using Teleport and Just‑in‑Time access principles
- Defining standards for service accounts, certificates, secrets and machine identities
- Building APIs and automation to simplify identity platform operations
- Partnering with engineering teams to deliver reusable, secure authentication services
- Improving operational maturity through monitoring, alerting, logging, documentation and automation
- Supporting migration away from bespoke authentication implementations towards enterprise IAM standards
Qualifications
- Experience engineering and operating enterprise IAM platforms
- Experience with enterprise identity providers such as Ping Federate, Ping AM, Microsoft Entra ID or Okta
- Strong understanding of authentication, authorisation, Active Directory, LDAP and privileged access management
- Experience applying modern platform engineering practices, including infrastructure as code, CI/CD, automation and observability
- Software engineering experience in languages such as C#, Java, Python or Go
- Experience building APIs and automating identity platform services
- Experience supporting hybrid on‑premises and cloud identity platforms, including Kubernetes
Benefits
- Highly competitive compensation plus annual discretionary bonus
- Lunch provided via Just Eat for Business and dedicated barista bar
- 35 days’ annual leave
- 9% company pension contributions
- Informal dress code and excellent work‑life balance
- Comprehensive healthcare and life assurance
- Cycle‑to‑work scheme
- Monthly company events
- Equal Employment Opportunity
G-Research is committed to cultivating and preserving an inclusive work environment.
We value diversity of experience and opinions and aim to provide a recruitment experience that enables applicants to perform at their best.
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IAM Platform Engineer - Authentication, Credentials & PAM employer: Barlowe LLP
At G-Research, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work culture that fosters innovation and collaboration among world-class researchers and engineers. Located in London, our team enjoys highly competitive compensation, generous annual leave, and a strong commitment to work/life balance, alongside unique perks like a dedicated barista bar and monthly company events. We are dedicated to employee growth, providing opportunities to work on cutting-edge security systems while ensuring an inclusive environment for all.
