DevOps Engineer - IAM Experience in Sheffield

They are undergoing a transformation of its Identity and Access Management practices including the delivery of a set of net new tools to overhaul how IAM is carried out in the industry. We are seeking experienced and dynamic DevOps Engineers who have a good understanding of cloud platforms and Identity Management including AWS, GCP and Azure, with a successful track record of working in complex global organisations at fast pace. The role will report to the Lead Architects and be part of a dynamic and highly skilled team.

In this role, you will:

• Design, build, and maintain CI/CD.
• Play a key role in delivering and operating enterprise Identity & Access Management (IAM) capabilities.
• Automate deployment, configuration, and lifecycle management of IAM platforms and integrations.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines, implement infrastructure as code, and ensure secure, scalable, and reliable IAM services across the organisation.
• Work closely with IAM architects, security engineers, platform teams, and application owners to support and deploy both cloud and on-prem IAM solutions.
• 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.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for .NET and configuration-based deployments (e.g., Azure DevOps/GitHub Actions/Jenkins).
• Automate environment provisioning and configuration using Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform, ARM/Bicep) and configuration management (e.g., Ansible, DSC).
• Implement automated deployment patterns for IAM components.
• Support secure delivery practices: secrets management, least privilege, vulnerability remediation, and audit-ready controls.
• Collaborate with L2/L3 teams to convert recurring incidents into automation and permanent fixes.
• 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.

Key Skills & Experience

• Technical Skills
• Infrastructure as code (Terraform & GCP Provisioning)
• Proven experience in a DevOps / SRE / Platform Engineering role supporting enterprise applications.
• Strong hands-on experience with CI/CD and source control (Git), including release pipelines and environment promotion.
• Working knowledge of .NET build/release processes and dependency management.
• Strong SQL Server experience for deployment automation and troubleshooting.
• Strong experience with Visual Studio (2019/2022): building and troubleshooting solutions, MSBuild, test runners.
• Scripting skills (PowerShell strongly preferred; Python desirable).
• Experience implementing monitoring/alerting and operational runbooks.
• DevSecOps & platform security, security scanning, IAM and identity, network security, compliance.
• Release engineering and governance, release ops, change management, documentation.
• Regionalisation and compliance, regional deployments and failover, data residency, conditional access.
• Experience with tools like GitHub, Jenkins, Ansible, Nexus.
• 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 management.
• Understanding and experience of technologies deployed at a large scale in a global IT enterprise.
• Experience of working in an Agile team – managing workload in Jira and engagements in Jira Service Desk.
• Ability to adapt and understand new technologies – being self-motivated to learn.
• Strong interpersonal, influencing, communication and report-writing skills.
• Ability to interact appropriately with users of various technical skill levels.
• Ability to work in a multi-country, culturally diverse and time-zone separated role.