Identity & Access Management Specialist

Salary: £? - ? per year

Requirements:

• Strong hands-on experience implementing and configuring SailPoint, ideally IdentityIQ, IdentityNow or Identity Security Cloud
• Strong IGA / Identity Governance experience
• Proven experience integrating IGA solutions with Microsoft Entra ID / Azure AD
• Strong understanding of Joiner-Mover-Leaver (JML) processes and identity lifecycle management
• Experience with provisioning, deprovisioning, access requests and approval workflows
• Experience with access certification / recertification and entitlement management
• Knowledge of RBAC, role mining and Segregation of Duties (SoD)
• Experience configuring application connectors and integrating target systems
• Good understanding of SAML, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect and SCIM
• Strong Active Directory / LDAP and hybrid identity knowledge
• Experience troubleshooting identity provisioning and integration issues
• Current SC clearance or ability to obtain SC clearance
• Experience in UK public sector, defence or critical national infrastructure environments is advantageous
• Hands-on SailPoint implementation and configuration experience is essential; experience limited to supporting an existing IAM environment is not the focus

Responsibilities:

• Implement and configure SailPoint / IGA solutions
• Integrate SailPoint with Microsoft Entra ID / Azure AD
• Connect HR systems and other authoritative identity sources
• Design and configure automated JML provisioning and deprovisioning
• Build approval workflows for access requests and role assignments
• Configure access certification, recertification and attestation campaigns
• Develop RBAC, role mining and entitlement models
• Configure application connectors across AD, Entra ID, SaaS and on-premise systems
• Implement SoD policies and access risk controls
• Troubleshoot provisioning, synchronisation and connector issues
• Support application onboarding and define access models with application owners
• Produce technical documentation, configuration guides and runbooks
• Support audit and compliance activities

Technologies:

• Active Directory
• Azure
• Cloud
• IAM
• IdentityIQ
• Support
• LDAP
• OAuth
• OpenID
• RBAC
• SAML
• Security
• DevOps

More:

We are recruiting an IAM Specialist for a technically focused implementation project within a cyber security team. Youll work closely with HR, IT operations and application owners to support accurate identity data flows and appropriate access throughout the identity lifecycle. The role is based in Abingdon, with three days a week onsite, on a six-month contract at £550 per day outside IR35.

last updated 40 week of 2026