Identity & Access Lead Engineer (Hybrid/Remote)

Allstate Northern Ireland Limited; Belfast City District; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Private medical insurance

Dental insurance

Flexible working options

Hybrid working

Two paid volunteering days per year

Job summary

Allstate Northern Ireland Limited is seeking a Systems Engineer Lead Consultant focused on Identity & Authentication. You will drive design, planning and maintenance of IAM components in a hybrid/remote setup, lead incident resolution, and mentor a team of engineers.

The role emphasizes Active Directory, ADFS, Entra ID, and secure access technologies, with a strong scripting and automation emphasis across Windows Server ecosystems.

Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years designing and supporting enterprise IAM in complex hybrid environments.
• At least 1 year leading and mentoring a team in Identity and Authentication.
• Strong experience with ADDS, ADFS, Entra ID and Hybrid Identity.
• Proficient in PowerShell, automation and IaC practices.
• Familiar with LDAP, Kerberos, SAML, OAuth, OIDC and certificate-based auth.

Responsibilities

• Lead changes for complex network hardware/software components to prevent incidents.
• Resolve incidents and perform root-cause analysis for resiliency.
• Develop and maintain tools for managing hardware/software components.
• Oversee testing, debugging, and performance analysis of IAM systems.
• Collaborate with engineers to ensure data conversion and system interoperability.

Skills

IAM

Active Directory

PowerShell scripting

Hybrid Identity

Leadership

Tools

GitHub

CI/CD

Infrastructure as Code

Job description

Allstate Northern Ireland Limited is seeking a Systems Engineer Lead Consultant focused on Identity & Authentication. You will drive design, planning and maintenance of IAM components in a hybrid/remote setup, lead incident resolution, and mentor a team of engineers.

The role emphasizes Active Directory, ADFS, Entra ID, and secure access technologies, with a strong scripting and automation emphasis across Windows Server ecosystems.