Lead IAM Engineer - Customer IAM Authentication & Access Control

UBS; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm is seeking an experienced Senior IAM Engineer to oversee the Customer Identity & Access Management strategy. This role requires expertise in IAM products, project management, and application security within the financial industry, contributing directly to substantial global initiatives. A collaborative approach and strong communication skills are essential for this position, which offers opportunities for professional growth and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Supportive team environment

Opportunities for growth

Qualifications

• Proven experience in Customer Identity & Access Management.
• Hands-on experience with security solutions in financial services.
• Strong technical design management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic work in IAM and drive key initiatives.
• Manage technical project delivery from concept to deployment.
• Contribute to development of CIAM technical vision and architecture.

Skills

Customer IAM Products knowledge

Application/Cloud Security concepts

Agile methodologies

Security Architecture understanding

Interpersonal skills

Public speaking

Education

Security certification (CISSP, CISA, etc.)

Tools

Ping Identity

ForgeRock

IBM

Okta

Job description

We are looking for an experienced Senior IAM Engineer to lead strategic work in the Customer Identity & Access Management and drive key initiatives for our business divisions globally.

• Work on the end-to-end Customer IAM vision and strategy in alignment with the firm's strategic technical direction, the Technology Services Strategy, and the Organisation Cyber Information Security Strategy and overall Identity & Access Management
• Partner with Crew and Pod Leads, Capability Owners, business stakeholders and Transformation to translate strategies and reference models into designs to enable our teams to successfully execute to deliver the vision
• Lead the solution management in CIAM. Managing the technical design, overseeing senior engineers and vendor consultants and coordinating engineering delivery across several PODs in CIAM
• Drive technical project delivery from early ideas to production rollout, improvements, and retirement.
• Contribute to the CIAM technical vision and strategy and support the development of architecture and engineering skills within the team
• Contribute directly (hands‑on) to engineering delivery in early stage of projects, POCs to validate solution proposals and in the support of the evaluation of commercial products.
  Hands on experience with a few Customer IAM Products from vendors such as Ping Identity, ForgeRock, IBM, Okta, Transmit Security, RSA, biometrics, identity proofing, ideally in Customer IAM.
• Excellent and proven knowledge of Application/Cloud Security concepts and the IT Security Domain with experience working in the financial industry in a similar role.
• Working knowledge & experience with Internet Facing Applications (Application Firewalls, DMZ, proxies)
• Solid understanding of Security Architecture with knowledge of enterprise architecture practices, strategies, processes and methodologies, bringing a passion for strategy, architecture and software engineering excellence
• Knowledge of Agile, Cloud, DevOps, Open Source and a programming language is of substantial advantage as well as practical experience of driving architecture good practice and encouraging creative or forward-thinking in a traditional and modern IT environment
• Strong interpersonal and multi-tasking skills that enable you to quickly gain trust and build up efficient relationships to collaborate with internal partners on global & regional initiatives/ programs
• Confident, assertive, and effective communicator with strong influencing skills and able to prepare and deliver professional presentations to senior level audience
• Experience and good knowledge of global jurisdictional practices/financial regulators requirements
• Security certification is an advantage: CISSP, CISA, CSSLP, TOGAF
  At UBS, we know that it's our people, with their diverse skills, experiences and backgrounds, who drive our ongoing success. We're dedicated to our craft and passionate about putting our people first, with new challenges, a supportive team, opportunities to grow and flexible working options when possible. Our inclusive culture brings out the best in our employees, wherever they are on their career journey. And we use artificial intelligence (AI) to work smarter and more efficiently. We also recognize that great work is never done alone. That's why collaboration is at the heart of everything we do. Because together, we're more than ourselves., You'll be working in the Customer Identity & Access Management Team which is part of Identity & Access Management. This role specifically is aligned with our External Authentication products which provide solutions for UBS clients globally. Our team consists of highly skilled technical experts across the globe. Your team has an amazing opportunity to make significant positive impact to UBS, our clients and our stakeholders., UBS is the worlds largest and the only truly global wealth manager. We operate through four business divisions: Global Wealth Management, Personal & Corporate Banking, Asset Management and the Investment Bank. Our global reach and the breadth of our expertise set us apart from our competitors.
• We have a presence in all major financial centers in more than 50 countries.