Engineer - Identity & Access Management (IAM)

We’re looking for an IAM Engineer in the Identity & Access Management Team within our Infrastructure & Operations Group who are focused on delivering the best possible infrastructure to our end users and the FT as a whole. You’ll collaborate closely with engineers in all Product and Tech teams, as well as product managers, project managers, delivery managers, and third‑party suppliers and vendors to design, build and support scalable IAM solutions that allow secure, resilient and manageable access to FT Services and Data.

Key responsibilities

• Deliver continual service improvement of all IAM services and troubleshoot problem areas as required.
• Provide in‑depth support to support and project teams, proactively managing and administering IAM systems such as Okta, Entra, and Active Directory.
• Maintain user accounts, directory sync, Okta groups, administration roles, Okta workflows, SAML 2.0 integrations (SSO, OIDC), attribute mappings, and other IAM configurations.
• Design and implement OU structures, permissions, and manage active directory configurations.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders across product, technology, and delivery teams.
• Diagnose issues across code, test, and environment, demonstrating analytical skills.
• Communicate clearly across product and technology teams and to different stakeholders and audiences.
• Maintain a passion for delivering excellence and demonstrate self‑management and ownership of technical issues.
• Use Agile methodologies—including Jira, sprints, retrospectives, and planning—to manage work.
• Monitor and alert using tools such as Grafana and Splunk; automate processes where appropriate.
• Apply scripting skills in PowerShell and shell; optionally use Visual Studio, Github, and Zapier.

We don’t expect candidates to meet every requirement listed above. If you have a willingness to learn and are collaborative we encourage you to apply. This role is an opportunity to develop the skills you already have in a supportive environment, working alongside experienced engineers across the FT Product and Tech teams. This role is targeting Engineer level, but we are open to candidates looking to grow into the role with the right support, mentorship and opportunity to develop platform engineering skills.

What’s in it for you – Our benefits

• Extensive learning and development opportunities including 10% time, tech talks, internal conferences and opportunities to attend external conferences and training.
• 25 days annual leave, increasing to 30 days after 2 years’ service.
• Generous parental leave.
• Very competitive pension plan, with the company doubling your contribution.
• We currently operate a hybrid model which requires staff to work onsite 50% of the time, subject to role requirements and regular review. Flexible working requests will be considered but not all patterns are suitable for all roles.

Accessibility

We are a disability confident employer and Valuable 500 signatory. Please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments or personalisation as part of the application process or to enable you to attend an interview. If you would like to discuss your requirements or have any questions, email talent@ft.com and a member of our team will be happy to help.

Further information

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