Senior Identity Infrastructure Engineer — IAM & Zero Trust

Department for Work and Pensions (DWP); Manchester; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Identity Team is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to lead enterprise-scale identity services across on-premises and cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, OCI). You will help deliver the Identity strategy, strengthen identity governance, advance Zero Trust principles, and modernise access management while improving security and resilience.

You will collaborate with Security, Architecture, DevOps, SRE and supplier teams to design and implement secure

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for enterprise-scale identity services across on-premises and cloud platforms, including Microsoft Azure, AWS and OCI.
• Help deliver DWP's Identity strategy by strengthening identity governance, advancing Zero Trust principles, modernising access management capabilities, and improving the security and resilience of critical services.
• Work closely with Security, Architecture, DevOps, SRE and supplier teams, design and implement secure identity solutions, enhance JML processes through automation, and support privileged access capabilities using technologies such as Microsoft Entra Privileged Identity Management (PIM) and CyberArk.

Job description

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Identity Team is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to lead enterprise-scale identity services across on-premises and cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, OCI). You will help deliver the Identity strategy, strengthen identity governance, advance Zero Trust principles, and modernise access management while improving security and resilience.

You will collaborate with Security, Architecture, DevOps, SRE and supplier teams to design and implement secure