IAM Technical Lead

GCS Recruitment; Bolsterstone; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

GCS Recruitment is seeking an experienced IAM Technical Lead to join the Identity & Access Management team in Sheffield. The role leads the design and delivery of secure, scalable enterprise identity services within a Next Generation IAM transformation programme.

You will own the IAM solution, drive architecture decisions, and mentor engineering teams while aligning with security, risk and compliance requirements in a financial services environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in enterprise IAM/IDAM environments.
• Proven track record as IAM Lead/Architect or similar.
• Experience delivering IAM transformations in complex enterprises.
• Strong understanding of authentication, authorization and identity lifecycle management.
• Experience with Agile delivery and backlog management.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience working across Architecture, Engineering, Security and Operations teams.
• Knowledge of security, risk and compliance in enterprise environments.
• Experience in financial services or regulated environments is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical solution and architecture for the IAM workstream.
• Define and maintain High Level Designs (HLDs) and Low Level Designs (LLDs).
• Lead technical decision-making and technology selection.
• Drive adoption of Zero Trust and identity-first design principles.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to engineering teams.
• Review solution designs, code and infrastructure changes.
• Manage technical risks, assumptions, dependencies and integration activities.
• Work closely with Architecture, Engineering, Security, Operations and third-party suppliers.
• Support Agile delivery, planning, estimation and technical requirements.
• Define and assure non-functional requirements including security, resilience, performance, scalability and observability.
• Ensure solutions are production-ready and operationally supportable.
• Champion DevSecOps, automation and continuous improvement.
• Support architecture governance, design authorities and technical steering groups.

Skills

IAM/IDAM

IAM Lead

Solution Architecture

HLDs/LLDs

Authentication/Authorization

Agile Delivery

Stakeholder Management

Security & Compliance

Financial Services experience

Job description

Role Title: IAM Technical Lead

Location: Sheffield (Hybrid - up to 3 days per week onsite)

Role Category: Inside IR35

Overview

We're recruiting for an experienced Technical Lead to join the Identity & Access Management team of a leading global financial services organisation.

This role offers the opportunity to play a key role in a major Next Generation IAM transformation programme, providing technical leadership across the design and delivery of secure, scalable and enterprise-grade identity services.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical solution and architecture for the IAM workstream.
• Define and maintain High Level Designs (HLDs) and Low Level Designs (LLDs).
• Lead technical decision-making and technology selection.
• Drive adoption of Zero Trust and identity-first design principles.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to engineering teams.
• Review solution designs, code and infrastructure changes.
• Manage technical risks, assumptions, dependencies and integration activities.
• Work closely with Architecture, Engineering, Security, Operations and third-party suppliers.
• Support Agile delivery, planning, estimation and technical requirements.
• Define and assure non-functional requirements including security, resilience, performance, scalability and observability.
• Ensure solutions are production-ready and operationally supportable.
• Champion DevSecOps, automation and continuous improvement.
• Support architecture governance, design authorities and technical steering groups.

Required Skills

• Strong experience in enterprise Identity & Access Management (IAM/IDAM).
• Proven experience as an IAM Technical Lead, IAM Architect, Identity Architect or similar.
• Strong experience in solution architecture, HLDs and LLDs.
• Experience delivering IAM transformation within complex enterprise environments.
• Strong understanding of Authentication, Authorisation and Identity Lifecycle Management.
• Experience with Agile delivery, requirements engineering and backlog management.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience working across Architecture, Engineering, Security and Operations teams.
• Strong understanding of security, risk and compliance within enterprise environments.
• Experience working within financial services or another regulated environment is highly desirable.

Desirable Skills

• Human and Non-Human / Workload Identity.
• Zero Trust Architecture.
• Policy-as-Code.
• Secrets Management.
• Certificate Lifecycle Management.
• API Security.Event-driven Identity Integration.
• Cloud-native Security.
• Observability, Monitoring and Audit.
• Secure Software Development Lifecycle (SSDLC).
• DevSecOps and Automation.
• Experience managing third-party technology partners and suppliers.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a major Next Generation IAM transformation programme, providing technical leadership across enterprise identity architecture and delivering secure, scalable and modern identity capabilities within a global financial services environment.