IAM Platform Engineer - Authentication, Credentials & PAM

G-Research; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

35 days' annual leave

9% pension contributions

Healthcare

Cycle-to-work scheme

Lunch & barista bar

Monthly company events

Life assurance

Job summary

G-Research is seeking an experienced Identity and Access Management Platform Engineer to own and evolve our authentication, identity federation and privileged access platforms from London HQ. You will replace bespoke patterns with scalable, standards-based IAM services that are secure, automated and easy for engineering teams to consume.

You will shape the future of authentication and privileged access within one of the world’s leading quantitative research firms, tackling large-scale

Qualifications

• Experience engineering and operating enterprise IAM platforms.
• Experience with PingFederate, PingAM, 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.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and support enterprise authentication and identity federation services.
• Develop standard onboarding patterns for applications using SAML, OAuth2 and OpenID Connect.
• Improve and rationalise our identity provider estate including PingFederate, PingAM and cloud identity platforms.
• Engineer secure privileged access solutions using Teleport and Just-in-Time access principles.
• Define standards for service accounts, certificates, secrets and machine identities.
• Build APIs and automation to simplify identity platform operations.
• Partner with engineering teams to deliver reusable, secure authentication services.
• Improve operational maturity through monitoring, alerting, logging, documentation and automation.

Skills

IAM platforms

OAuth2/OpenID Connect

SAML

Active Directory/LDAP

Infrastructure as Code

CI/CD

Observability

Programming (C#/Java/Python/Go)

APIs & automation

Kubernetes

Tools

PingFederate

PingAM

Microsoft Entra ID

Okta

Teleport

Kubernetes

Job description

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.

Take the next step in your career.

The role

We're looking for an experienced Identity and Access Management (IAM) Platform Engineer to own and evolve our authentication, identity federation, credential management and privileged access platforms.

You will help modernise our identity infrastructure, replacing bespoke authentication patterns with scalable, standards-based IAM services that are secure, automated and easy for engineering teams to consume.

You'll help shape the future of authentication and privileged access within one of the world's leading quantitative research firms, working on large-scale engineering problems rather than traditional operational IAM.

Key responsibilities

• Designing, implementing and supporting enterprise authentication and identity federation services
• Developing standard onboarding patterns for applications using SAML, OAuth2 and OpenID Connect
• Improving and rationalising our identity provider estate, including PingFederate, PingAM 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

Who are we looking for?

The ideal candidate will have the following skills and experience:

• Experience engineering and operating enterprise IAM platforms
• Experience with enterprise identity providers such as PingFederate, PingAM, 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

Why join us?

• 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.

G-Research is committed to cultivating and preserving an inclusive work environment. We are an ideas-driven business and we place great value on diversity of experience and opinions.

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