At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead the design of secure, scalable IAM solutions in a dynamic financial services environment.
- Company: Join a major player in financial services transformation with a focus on modern technology.
- Benefits: Hybrid work model, competitive salary, and opportunities for long-term career growth.
- Other info: Collaborate with top professionals in a supportive and innovative culture.
- Why this job: Shape the future of identity management while working with cutting-edge cloud technologies.
- Qualifications: Strong background in IAM solutions and enterprise architecture required.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
Requirements
- Strong background in Enterprise Solution Architecture
- Extensive experience delivering Identity & Access Management (IAM) solutions
- Experience with authentication, authorisation and identity federation (OIDC, OAuth2, SAML, SCIM)
- Experience with Zero Trust Architecture
- Experience with agent identity and workload identity
- Cloud architecture experience, particularly Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- Experience with Kubernetes and service mesh
- Experience with API architecture and API security
- Experience with event-driven architecture
- Experience with policy-as-code (OPA, Cedar or similar)
- Experience with PKI, certificates and secrets management
- Experience with Dev Sec Ops and CI/CD
- Experience designing high availability, disaster recovery and resilience solutions
- Experience in security architecture
- Experience with architecture governance and design reviews
- Strong stakeholder management and technical leadership experience
Responsibilities
- Define end-to-end solution architecture across business, application, data and infrastructure domains
- Produce High Level Designs (HLDs), Low Level Designs (LLDs) and Architecture Decision Records (ADRs)
- Translate business, security and regulatory requirements into secure technical solutions Design modern IAM capabilities covering authentication, authorisation, human identity, agent identity, workload identity, identity federation, API security, policy-as-code, secrets management and PKI
- Design cloud-native architectures using Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Kubernetes
- Define integration patterns between identity platforms, applications and infrastructure
- Develop resilient, highly available and scalable architectures
- Support Architecture Review Boards and technical governance
- Review supplier designs and provide technical assurance across multiple workstreams
- Work closely with Product Owners and engineering teams throughout delivery
- Mentor engineers and promote architectural best practice
- Evaluate new technologies and contribute to the long-term architecture roadmap
- Technologies
- API
- CI/CD
- Cloud
- Dev Sec Ops
- GCP
- IAM
- Support
- Kubernetes
- SAML
- Security
- Architect
- More
We are supporting a major financial services transformation programme focused on modernising enterprise Identity & Access Management (IAM) capabilities.
This is a hybrid role based in Sheffield, with three days per week onsite.
The contract is initial until the end of the year with a view to extend long-term, and it sits inside IR35.
You will play a key technical leadership role in shaping secure, scalable and cloud-native identity services within a large, complex enterprise environment, working closely with architects, engineering teams, security specialists and business stakeholders.
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IAM Solutions Architect in Sheffield employer: Cathcart Technology
Cathcart Technology is an excellent employer, offering a vibrant and inclusive work culture that fosters collaboration and innovation. With opportunities for professional growth through mentorship and hands-on experience in cutting-edge AI and ML projects, employees can thrive in a supportive environment while enjoying the flexibility of hybrid working in the beautiful city of Edinburgh.
