Cybersecurity - Engineer Lead - IAM
- Posted 22 September 2026
- LocationSheffield
- Job type Contract
- Discipline Technology
Job description
The Role: Cybersecurity - Engineer Lead - IAM
Location: Sheffield, UK
Position Type: Contract Inside IR35
Remote work option Available: Hybrid – 2 days in a week
Job Description:
In this role, you will:
Develop and maintain cloud-native identity services and platform components.
Build APIs, microservices and event-driven integrations.
Implement features in accordance with solution designs and engineering standards.
Develop secure integrations with enterprise identity platforms and third-party services.
Implement authentication, authorisation and identity federation capabilities.
Support the implementation of Human Identity, Agent Identity and Workload Identity solutions.
Develop Policy-as-Code integrations and authorisation services.
Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code where required.
Participate in peer code reviews and design reviews.
Troubleshoot and resolve application and integration issues.
Support deployment activities across development, test and production environments.
Produce technical documentation and operational runbooks.
Ensure solutions meet security, performance and resilience requirements.
Collaborate with Platform Engineers, Security Engineers, Architects and Product Owners.
Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.
Support monitoring, logging and operational observability.
Participate in Agile ceremonies including planning, refinement, stand-ups and retrospectives.
Identify opportunities for automation and continuous improvement.
Support production incidents and problem resolution as required.
Maintain awareness of emerging technologies and engineering best practices.
Essential Skills
Software Engineering
Cloud-native Development
API Development
Microservices Architecture
Event-driven Architecture
Kubernetes
Git
CI/CD
Infrastructure as Code
DevSecOps
Identity Standards (OAuth2, OIDC, SAML, SCIM)
REST APIs
Secure Coding Practices
Testing and Automation
Problem Solving
Team Collaboration
Positive can-do attitude and solutioning in complex organisations
