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

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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