Identity Specialist

Computacenter AG & Co. oHG; Reading; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Computacenter is seeking an experienced Identity Specialist to join our Cyber Security team in the UK. You will design, implement and maintain secure, scalable identity solutions, protecting employees, customers, partners and third parties.

You will collaborate with Identity Management and Cyber Operations across the organisation, translating policies into effective controls, maintaining AD and Entra ID health, and supporting 24/7 identity incident response while fostering cross-functional

Qualifications

• 5+ years in identity or IT security roles
• Experience with identity lifecycle management (provisioning/deprovisioning)
• Experience with authentication protocols (SAML, OAuth 2.0, Kerberos)
• Experience influencing senior stakeholders
• Strong organizational and communication skills
• Proactive approach to identity security developments and best practices
• Relevant Microsoft certifications (AZ-500, SC-300) preferred

Responsibilities

• Implement and maintain automated Joiner, Mover and Leaver processes for timely account management
• Support privileged identity solutions with provisioning, deprovisioning and access controls
• Monitor and respond to identity-related security incidents and assist remediation
• Manage workload identities and credential rotation/lifecycle tracking
• Translate identity policies into technical controls and maintain governance tools
• Maintain Active Directory and Entra ID health, resolve stale or misconfigured accounts
• Produce reports and dashboards on identity performance, risks and indicators
• Represent Identity Management in corporate and cross-functional projects
• Contribute to ongoing development of the identity strategy
• Participate in 24/7 identity-related incident response

Skills

Active Directory

Microsoft Entra ID

SAML

OAuth 2.0

Kerberos

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/IT or equivalent

Tools

Azure AD tooling

Job description

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Identity Specialist

Location: UK - Reading, UK - Birmingham, UK - Bristol, UK - Cardiff, UK - Edinburgh, UK - London, UK - Manchester, UK - Milton Keynes, UK - Nottingham Job-ID: 220404 Contract type: Standard Business Unit: Cyber Security

Life on the team

Join Computacenter’s globally distributed Cyber Operations team and play a key role in strengthening our Identity and Access Management capability.

Working closely with the Identity Manager and colleagues across Cyber Operations, you’ll help protect the digital identities of our employees, customers, partners and third parties. This is a hands‑on technical role where you’ll design, implement and maintain secure, scalable and resilient identity solutions across Computacenter’s digital environment.

You’ll work with a broad range of stakeholders and contribute to projects that improve identity security, strengthen governance and help protect the organisation against evolving cyber threats.

What you’ll do

• Implement and maintain automated Joiner, Mover and Leaver processes, ensuring accounts are created, updated and removed accurately and promptly.
• Support the implementation and ongoing management of privileged identity solutions, including provisioning, deprovisioning and administrative access controls.
• Monitor and respond to identity-related security incidents, investigate unusual activity and support incident remediation.
• Manage workload identities, including service accounts and managed identities, with responsibility for credential rotation and lifecycle tracking.
• Translate identity policies into effective technical controls and maintain identity governance tools in line with security and audit requirements.
• Maintain the health and integrity of Active Directory and Entra ID, identifying and resolving stale, orphaned or incorrectly configured accounts.
• Produce reports and dashboards covering identity performance, anomalies, risks and threat indicators.
• Represent Identity Management in corporate and cross-functional projects, ensuring identity requirements are understood and implemented.
• Contribute technical expertise to the ongoing development of Computacenter’s identity strategy.
• Participate in a 24/7 response capability for identity‑related incidents.

What you’ll need

• At least five years’ experience working with directory services, including Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID.
• Experience with authentication protocols such as SAML, OAuth 2.0 and Kerberos.
• Practical knowledge of identity lifecycle management, including automated provisioning and deprovisioning.
• Experience working with and influencing senior stakeholders.
• The ability to work effectively within a challenging commercial environment.
• Strong organisational, communication and time‑management skills.
• A proactive approach to learning and keeping up to date with identity security developments and industry best practice.
• Relevant Microsoft technical certifications, ideally AZ‑500 and SC‑300.

It would be great if you also have

• Knowledge of frameworks and standards such as CIS, NIST, ISO 27001, Cyber Essentials and GDPR.
• An SC‑100 or CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst+ certification.
• Existing Security Check clearance, or the ability to obtain it.
• Strong presentation and facilitation skills, with clear and confident written and verbal communication.

About us

Computacenter is a leading independent provider of IT infrastructure services, with about 21,000 employees worldwide. We work at the heart of digitisation, advising organisations on IT strategy, implementing the most appropriate technology and managing our customers’ infrastructures.

We offer a friendly, open working environment without too much fuss about hierarchy. We are looking for professionals with diverse competencies, personalities and strengths who want to live our shared value of teamwork and performance.

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