IAM Security Engineer — Zero Trust & Cloud

Synechron; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Synechron is seeking a Security Engineer specializing in Identity & Access Management (IAM) to drive an enterprise-scale transformation. You will design and implement security controls across the IDAM 2.0 platform, applying Zero Trust and Secure by Design principles.

The role covers cloud security (GCP), PKI, TLS, mTLS, secrets management, and collaboration with architects, security operations, and engineers to advance DevSecOps and threat modelling.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in Identity & Access Management (IAM)
• Proficiency in Zero Trust architectures
• Experience with cloud security (GCP) and modern security practices
• Knowledge of PKI, certificate lifecycle management and secrets handling
• Familiarity withThreat modelling, SSDLC and DevSecOps practices

Responsibilities

• Design and implement security controls across the IDAM 2.0 platform
• Embed Secure by Design principles throughout solution delivery
• Implement and maintain Zero Trust security controls
• Secure authentication, authorisation, and service-to-service communications
• Implement mTLS, PKI, certificate lifecycles and secrets management
• Support Workload, Human and Agent Identity controls
• Build and maintain Policy-as-Code using OPA and related tools
• Collaborate with architects, engineers, security ops and stakeholders
• Produce security standards, hardening guides, and operational docs

Skills

IAM

Zero Trust

Authentication/Authorisation

Cloud Security (GCP)

PKI & Certificate Mgmt

Secrets Management

Job description

Synechron is seeking a Security Engineer specializing in Identity & Access Management (IAM) to drive an enterprise-scale transformation. You will design and implement security controls across the IDAM 2.0 platform, applying Zero Trust and Secure by Design principles.

The role covers cloud security (GCP), PKI, TLS, mTLS, secrets management, and collaboration with architects, security operations, and engineers to advance DevSecOps and threat modelling.