Lead Identity Manager Engineer

Hayward Hawk; Belfast; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency seeks a Lead Identity Manager Engineer for a Fintech client in Belfast. This role involves taking ownership of the IDM platform, leading development, and supporting integrations. Candidates should have a strong background in enterprise IDM solutions and experience with Active Directory and Azure AD. This permanent position mainly requires onsite work, three days per week.

Qualifications

• Strong background with enterprise Identity Manager platforms.
• Hands-on experience developing connectors and workflows.
• Solid SQL skills and scripting experience required.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and support for enterprise Identity Manager platform.
• Deliver end-to-end changes including requirements gathering.
• Integrate IDM with key enterprise systems.

Skills

Enterprise Identity Manager platforms

Hands-on experience developing connectors

Knowledge of directory services

Solid SQL skills

Incident management

Tools

Azure AD

Active Directory

PowerShell

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Overview

Lead Identity Manager Engineer

Belfast - 3 days per week

Hayward Hawk are exclusively recruiting for a Lead Identity Manager Engineer for their Fintech client in Belfast. This is a permanent role and will be 3 days onsite per week.

The Role

They are looking for an experienced Identity Manager (IDM) specialist to take ownership of their IDM platform. This is a hands-on technical leadership role, driving system enhancements, supporting integrations, and ensuring smooth delivery of identity-related change initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and support for the enterprise Identity Manager platform (e.g., One Identity or similar).
• Deliver end-to-end changes: requirements gathering, solution design, development, testing, and release.
• Configure and maintain connectors, provisioning processes, and role-based access models.
• Support onboarding/offboarding workflows, access requests, and entitlement reviews.
• Provide Level 3 production support, troubleshoot incidents, and carry out root-cause analysis.
• Integrate IDM with key enterprise systems (such as Active Directory, Azure AD, ERP applications, and other business-critical platforms).
• Document technical processes, design materials, and operational runbooks.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across technology, security, and the business to align IDM strategy with requirements.

Requirements

• Strong background with enterprise Identity Manager platforms (One Identity Manager highly advantageous).
• Hands-on experience developing connectors, provisioning workflows, and automating identity lifecycles.
• Knowledge of directory services (Active Directory / Azure AD) and integration with IDM platforms.
• Solid SQL skills and scripting experience (PowerShell, VB.Net or similar).
• Background in application and system integration within large-scale environments.
• Strong incident management and troubleshooting at L3 level.

Desirable

• Familiarity with ERP systems (SAP/Oracle) and IDM integration.
• Exposure to web services, APIs, and middleware integration.
• Experience with configuration management tools and ticketing platforms (e.g., Jira, Confluence, Service Desk).
• Application development experience (C#, Angular, or other) beneficial but not essential.
• Previous work in financial services or another highly regulated industry.

Skills

IDM IAM