Platform Engineer: Identity Governance & Administration

Kingfisher; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Kingfisher is seeking a Platform Engineer within Identity Governance & Administration to evolve identity services, automate provisioning, and support platform modernisation across sites. The role includes engineering improvements and maintaining MIM, with collaboration across platform, security, and supplier teams.

Based at the Kingfisher Head Office in Paddington or the B&Q Head Office near Southampton, the role requires an average of 12 days in the office per month and travel between sites as

Qualifications

• Knowledge of Identity Governance platforms and services.
• Ability to analyze information and solve complex technical challenges.
• Strong communication with technical and non-technical audiences.
• Sound judgement to make effective technical decisions.
• Collaborative, cross-functional team experience.

Responsibilities

• Deliver engineering improvements, upgrades, migrations and technical refresh activities aligned to the Identity Governance roadmap.
• Engineer and support identity lifecycle, provisioning, access governance and automation capabilities across the identity estate.
• Develop, maintain and enhance Microsoft Identity Manager (MIM) and associated identity integrations.
• Support the modernisation of identity services and the transition to Kingfisher's future Identity Governance platform.
• Create reusable automation, APIs, connectors, workflows and integrations that improve efficiency, scalability and consistency.
• Apply robust engineering practices across development, testing, source control, documentation and release management while reducing technical debt through standardisation and automation.
• Collaborate with platform, security, directory engineering, supplier and application teams to deliver secure, resilient and supportable identity services, while helping resolve complex technical issues through root-cause analysis.

Skills

Identity Governance

Engineering

Analytical Thinking

Communication

Collaboration

Tools

Microsoft Identity Manager (MIM)

Job description

Overview

We're Kingfisher, A team made up of over 74,000 passionate people who bring Kingfisher - and all our other brands: B&Q, Screwfix, Brico Depot, Castorama and Koctas to life. Guided by our purpose Better Homes. Better Lives. For Everyone. We believe a better world starts with better homes, and we work every day to make that a reality. Join us and help shape the future of home improvement. At Kingfisher, we're building secure, modern and scalable technology that helps colleagues work effectively and supports better experiences across our business. As a Platform Engineer within Identity Governance & Administration, you'll help evolve and strengthen our identity services through engineering, automation and platform modernisation, ensuring secure and reliable access and identity management capabilities for today and through the transition to Kingfisher's future Identity Governance platform. This role could based out of our Kingfisher Head Office in Paddington or our B&Q Head Office just outside Southampton, with an expectation of 12 days a month in the office and travel between sites as required.

What's the job?

• Deliver engineering improvements, upgrades, migrations and technical refresh activities aligned to the Identity Governance roadmap.
• Engineer and support identity lifecycle, provisioning, access governance and automation capabilities across the identity estate.
• Develop, maintain and enhance Microsoft Identity Manager (MIM) and associated identity integrations.
• Support the modernisation of identity services and the transition to Kingfisher's future Identity Governance platform.
• Create reusable automation, APIs, connectors, workflows and integrations that improve efficiency, scalability and consistency.
• Apply robust engineering practices across development, testing, source control, documentation and release management while reducing technical debt through standardisation and automation.
• Collaborate with platform, security, directory engineering, supplier and application teams to deliver secure, resilient and supportable identity services, while helping resolve complex technical issues through root-cause analysis.

What you'll bring

• Knowledge and understanding of Identity Governance platforms and services, with the ability to deliver high-quality engineering outcomes.
• Experience analysing information, solving complex technical challenges and making informed decisions.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to share information clearly with a range of technical and non-technical audiences.
• Sound judgement and the ability to make effective technical decisions using available information.
• A collaborative approach and experience working with cross-functional teams, suppliers and stakeholders.

How We Work

We believe in flexibility and balance. Our hybrid model blends home working for focus with time spent connecting and collaborating - whether in our offices or at offsite locations. On average, around 60% of your time will involve in-person collaboration. We value the perspectives new team members bring and encourage you to apply - even if you don’t meet 100% of the requirements.

What We Offer

An inclusive environment where your potential is limited only by your imagination. We encourage new ideas, support experimentation, and strive to create a workplace where everyone can be their best self. Find out more about Diversity & Inclusion at Kingfisher here. We also offer a competitive benefits package and plenty of opportunities to stretch and grow your career. Scroll down below to find out more about our benefits.

Diversity & Inclusion

Our customers come from all walks of life - and so do we. We're committed to ensuring all colleagues, future colleagues, and applicants are treated equally, regardless of age, gender, marital or civil partnership status, ethnicity, culture, religion, belief, political opinion, disability, gender identity, gender expression, or sexual orientation.