Job Description
Technical Lead Identity & Access Management (IAM) Transformation Location: Hybrid / Remote Type: Contract / Permanent Salary/Day Rate: CompetitiveHelp Shape the Future of Identity Security Are you an experienced Technical Lead with a passion for Identity & Access Management (IAM), cloud security, and large-scale transformation programmes? We're seeking a highly capable Technical Lead to play a pivotal role in a major enterprise IAM transformation. This is an opportunity to help redefine how identity services are delivered across a complex, global organisation, implementing modern Identity-first and Zero Trust principles at scale. You'll be responsible for driving technical strategy, architecture, and delivery across a next-generation IAM programme, ensuring secure, scalable, and resilient identity services that underpin critical business operations worldwide.
The Opportunity As Technical Lead, you will own the technical direction for a strategic IAM workstream, guiding architecture, engineering teams, and stakeholders through the design and delivery of enterprise-grade identity solutions. Working closely with architects, engineers, security teams, and business stakeholders, you'll be responsible for ensuring solutions are secure, operationally robust, and aligned to long-term business objectives. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in complex environments, enjoys influencing technical direction, and has a strong background in identity technologies, security engineering, and enterprise architecture.
Key Responsibilities
Own the end-to-end technical solution for a strategic IAM workstream.
Define and maintain High-Level and Low-Level Solution Designs.
Lead technical decision-making and technology selection.
Drive the adoption of Zero Trust and Identity-first design principles.
Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture, security, risk, and regulatory requirements.
Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and guidance to engineering teams. Review architecture, code, infrastructure, and deployment designs.
Coordinate technical delivery across multiple teams and third-party suppliers.
Manage technical risks, dependencies, and implementation challenges.
Support project planning, estimation, and delivery governance.
Champion engineering excellence, automation, DevSecOps, and continuous improvement.
Ensure solutions are production-ready, operationally supportable, and scalable.
What We're Looking For
Essential Experience Significant Experience leading complex IAM or cybersecurity technology programmes.
Strong understanding of enterprise-scale Identity & Access Management.
Proven Experience delivering technical solutions within large, complex organisations.
Strong architectural design and technical leadership skills. Experience working within Agile delivery environments.
Ability to bridge the gap between technical teams and business stakeholders.
Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and influencing skills. Strong understanding of risk, governance, and compliance requirements.
Experience operating within highly regulated environments.
Desirable
Technical Expertise We're particularly interested in candidates with Experience across: Enterprise Identity & Access Management (IAM)Authentication and AuthorisationZero Trust ArchitectureHuman and Non-Human Identity ManagementWorkload and Agent IdentityIdentity Lifecycle ManagementSecrets ManagementCertificate Lifecycle ManagementAPI SecurityEvent-Driven Identity IntegrationCloud-Native SecurityDevSecOps and Security AutomationSecure Software Development Lifecycle (SSDLC)Observability, Monitoring, and Audit ControlsProduction Readiness and Operational SupportKey Attributes You'll be successful in this role if you are: A strategic thinker who remains hands-on when needed.
Comfortable making decisions in complex and evolving environments.
Passionate about security, identity, and modern architecture principles. A collaborative leader who enjoys mentoring and developing engineering teams. Curious, adaptable, and motivated to learn emerging technologies and industry best practices.
Effective at influencing stakeholders across multiple business and technology functions.
Why Apply? This is a rare opportunity to help deliver a transformative IAM programme that will shape the future of identity security across a global enterprise. You'll work with experienced architects, security specialists, and engineering teams while influencing the design and implementation of next-generation identity capabilities. If you're looking for a role where you can combine technical leadership, strategic thinking, and hands-on expertise to deliver meaningful change, we'd love to hear from you. Keywords: Technical Lead, IAM, Identity & Access Management, Cyber Security, Zero Trust, Authentication, Authorisation, DevSecOps, Cloud Security, Identity Governance, Secrets Management, API Security, Workload Identity, Architecture, Enterprise Security.
Job Title: IAM Tech LeadLocation: Sheffield, UKJob Type: ContractTrading as TEKsystems. Allegis Group Limited, Maxis 2, Western Road, Bracknell, RG12 1RT, United Kingdom.
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