Selby Jennings
Senior IAM Engineer
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Senior IAM Engineer
Job Opportunity: Identity & Access Management (IAM) Engineer
Overview
A leading quantitative investment firm is seeking an experienced Identity & Access Management (IAM) Engineer to join its Security team. This role will focus on designing, building, and enhancing automated identity and access management solutions across a complex enterprise environment. The ideal candidate will work closely with Security, Infrastructure, Application Owners, and HR teams to manage identity lifecycle, application integration, SailPoint engineering, and access governance initiatives.
This is an excellent opportunity for a hands-on engineer who enjoys:
- Building scalable integrations
- Driving automation
- Solving complex identity challenges in a highly technical environment
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and maintain automated user provisioning, modification, and deprovisioning processes
- Integrate IAM solutions with HR platforms, directories, cloud environments, and enterprise applications
- Develop and maintain custom identity integrations, including SCIM 2.0 provisioning connectors
- Build solutions for legacy applications without SCIM, SAML, OIDC, or OAuth support
- Develop APIs, middleware, and automation services for secure identity data exchange
- Configure, administer, and enhance SailPoint Identity Security Cloud (ISC), including workflows, rules, connectors, and custom extensions
- Drive automation initiatives to reduce manual access management processes and improve efficiency
- Collaborate with application, infrastructure, and security teams to embed identity requirements in system architecture
- Monitor and optimise IAM platform performance, reliability, and integrations
- Support identity governance, access control reviews, risk assessments, and incident investigations
- Contribute to IAM policies, standards, and security architecture initiatives
- Promote Identity-as-Code, Infrastructure-as-Code, and modern IAM best practices across the organisation
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Requirements
Essential
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Software Engineering, or a related field
- 5+ years of experience in IAM Engineering, Identity Engineering, or Application Integration Engineering
- Strong software engineering background, with experience in production-grade integrations
- **Hands-on experience with SailPoint (IdentityIQ or Identity Security Cloud) or similar platforms
- Proven experience developing SCIM 2.0 integrations and custom connectors
- Strong knowledge of:
- REST APIs, JSON
- OAuth2, SAML, OIDC
- RBAC, ABAC, SSO, MFA
- Active Directory & Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD)
- Experience integrating identity solutions across cloud and on-premise environments
- Scripting & automation skills (Python, PowerShell)
- Familiarity with Git, version control, and CI/CD pipelines
- Knowledge of security & compliance frameworks (ISO 27001, SOX, GDPR)
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Preferred
- Experience integrating legacy applications into modern IAM environments
- Knowledge of middleware, identity proxy services, or custom integration frameworks
- Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud-native architectures
- Exposure to DevSecOps practices & security automation
- Background in financial services, asset management, trading, or hedge funds
- Certifications:
- CISSP, CISM, SailPoint, or other IAM/security qualifications
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