Lead Identity & Security Engineer (12 Month FTC)

Hire Digital; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Blended working

Career development

Training budget

Team socials

Job summary

AND Digital is seeking a Lead Identity & Security Engineer to shape authentication and authorization across the Accounts platform. You will provide technical leadership across identity and security, partnering with engineering, architecture and security teams to embed identity practices across applications and integrations.

In this role you will design secure identity solutions, drive secure API patterns, and mentor engineers while advancing reliability, scalability and security maturity of our

Qualifications

• Experience with OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect implementations.
• Proficient with JWT token-based auth and lifecycle management.
• Experience with IdP solutions and enterprise IAM.
• Strong Java backend development for secure, production systems.
• Familiarity with Git-based delivery and modern CI/CD practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development and operation of identity and access management across the Accounts platform.
• Provide technical leadership for token-based authentication services, incl. JWTs.
• Design secure identity solutions using industry standards and protocols.
• Lead development of secure API patterns across applications and integrations.
• Establish and promote standards for identity and security across teams.
• Mentor engineers in identity and security best practices.
• Collaborate with architecture, platform and security teams to resolve identity challenges.
• Improve reliability, scalability, observability and operational maturity of identity services.
• Produce and review security guidance and architecture decisions.

Skills

OAuth 2.0 / OIDC

JWT tokens

IdPs

Java backend

CI/CD

Kubernetes

AWS

APIs & integrations

Security by design

Tools

Git

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Lead Identity & Security Engineer - 12 Month FTC

Who We Are:

AND Digital are a tech company focused on accelerating digital delivery and dedicated to closing the digital skills gap. We've been helping organisations build better digital products and stronger digital teams since 2014.

We believe our work should always leave a legacy for the client. We do this through close relationships with our offices (or 'Clubs') so that our partners are always prioritised by a regional team close to them.

This unique model has driven success for our clients and ourselves, evidenced by our remarkable organic growth since 2014. Today we number more than 1,300 people with Clubs all over the UK and Europe with plans for global expansion in the next couple of years.

Join us - and help us fulfil our mission to close the world's digital skills gap.

The Role

We are looking for a Lead Identity & Security Engineer to take a leading role in the design, development and operation of the services that underpin authentication and authorisation across the Accounts platform.

You will provide technical leadership across identity and security engineering, helping to build resilient, secure and scalable identity capabilities aligned with industry standards and best practice. You will work closely with engineering, architecture and security teams to ensure identity is embedded effectively across applications and integrations.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development and operation of identity and access management capabilities across the Accounts platform.
• Provide technical leadership for token-based authentication and authorisation services, including JWT token services.
• Design and implement secure identity solutions using established industry standards and protocols.
• Lead the development of secure application and integration patterns, ensuring authentication and authorisation requirements are considered from design through to implementation.
• Establish and promote engineering standards, patterns and best practices for identity and security.
• Provide technical guidance and mentoring to other engineers across identity and security.
• Work collaboratively with architecture, platform, application engineering and security teams to solve complex identity challenges.
• Contribute to the reliability, scalability, observability and operational maturity of identity services.
• Produce, maintain and review technical documentation, architecture decisions, standards and security guidance.
• Identify and address security risks and continuously improve the security posture of the platform.

Experience & Technical Skills

We are particularly interested in candidates with strong experience in:

• OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect, including practical implementation and troubleshooting.
• JSON Web Tokens (JWT) and token-based authentication and authorisation.
• Identity Providers (IdPs) and enterprise identity and access management solutions.
• Java and development of secure, production-grade backend services.
• Git-based software delivery, including modern CI/CD practices.
• Kubernetes and containerised application environments.
• AWS and cloud-based security and infrastructure.
• Designing and implementing secure APIs, integrations and distributed systems.
• Security principles including authentication, authorisation, token lifecycle management, secrets management and least-privilege access.

Why join AND Digital?

We have three values: wonder, share, and delight. These values inform how we work with clients, and our culture: what it feels like to work for AND. We believe collaboration, ambition, curiosity and fun can drive innovation by creating a better environment for problem-solving.

By joining AND, we'll provide:

• A "Blended Working" model, meaning you will be able to work in a range of locations from; your home, in your clubhouse, on a client, as well as just a change of scenery.
• A dedicated career scrum team, designed to help you reach your career goals and develop the skills you need to be your best self.
• An annual budget for training and upskilling, including allocated days off so you don't have to study in your own free time.
• Monthly and quarterly team socials - on us - ranging from after work drinks, to driving experience days with your fellow club members.
• A safe environment for you to be yourself and challenge yourself.

Equal Opportunities Statement

At AND Digital we embrace diversity and are committed to equal opportunities. We are actively recruiting for a diverse and inclusive workforce so want to ensure we do everything we can to support your application.

We want you to feel safe and empowered to let us know if you require any adjustments to be made to your application or interview process so please speak to our recruitment team.