Senior IAM Engineer: Privileged Access & Governance

PRACYVA; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

PRACYVA is seeking a Senior IAM Engineer to support IAM service transition, privileged access transformation, and identity security improvements across Entra ID, Active Directory, CyberArk and ServiceNow. The role will drive operational handover, strengthen access controls and governance for human and non-human identities.

The candidate should demonstrate critical thinking and the ability to work independently to a high standard, collaborating with teams across security and IT operations.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of IAM engineering experience in complex environments.
• Hands-on expertise with Entra ID, Active Directory and PAM tooling.
• Strong governance, policy and risk-aware mindset.

Responsibilities

• Support handover of IAM BAU operations into a centralized IAM function.
• Define IAM service scope operating model and RACI across support teams.
• Drive transition planning, resource onboarding and knowledge transfer.
• Create/update SOPs, process documentation and operational runbooks.
• Configure and optimize ServiceNow groups, workflows and ticket routing.
• Define and track IAM operational metrics, KPIs and reporting.
• Implement Just-In-Time privileged access using Entra PIM.
• Migrate standing access to RBAC via groups and manage Tier0 controls.
• Configure approval workflows and breakglass accounts with monitoring.
• Build ServiceNow request workflows for privileged access.

Skills

IAM engineering

Entra ID

Active Directory

Privileged access management

ServiceNow

CyberArk

Governance

Tools

ServiceNow

CyberArk

Entra ID

Entra PIM

Job description

PRACYVA is seeking a Senior IAM Engineer to support IAM service transition, privileged access transformation, and identity security improvements across Entra ID, Active Directory, CyberArk and ServiceNow. The role will drive operational handover, strengthen access controls and governance for human and non-human identities.

The candidate should demonstrate critical thinking and the ability to work independently to a high standard, collaborating with teams across security and IT operations.