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# IAM Engineer

- **Company:** Edison Smart®
- **Location:** Basingstoke, UK
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** £70,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Active Directory, Authentication Protocols, Microsoft Azure, Cyber Security, Identity and Access Management, OAuth, Openid Connect, Azure Active Directory, Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)
- **Published:** August 14, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.totaljobs.com/job/iam-engineer/edison-smart-job107839723

## About the Role

Must Have:

 * 2+ years' experience across Identity, including Privileged Access Management, Active Directory, SAML, OAuth, OpenID Connect, Azure AD Connect, Conditional Access and Entra ID governance
 * Experience leading technology projects within complex, global environments
 * Experience designing and delivering enterprise technology solutions
 * Experience working with public cloud architecture (Azure, GCP, etc.)
 * Track record executing large-scale, transformative strategic plans
 * Exceptional facilitation and organisational skills, with the ability to convey complex ideas across all levels of IT and to third parties

## Description

Edison Smart has partnered with a global leader in animal health to hire an Identity & Access Management (IAM) Engineer, who will be technically responsible for all Identity services globally within a complex, global identity environment.

In this role, you'll bring deep technical expertise to a global identity function - engaging with delivery partners, architects and security teams to design and deliver technically sound, business-driven IAM solutions across Privileged Access Management, Active Directory and modern authentication protocols. This is a hands-on technical role and does not include people management.

The Role

 * Own AD/AAD identity and access delivery, interfacing with delivery partners to ensure fit-for-purpose delivery within the IAM space
 * Ensure documentation, change requests and related processes are accurate and compliant with SOX
 * Coordinate and facilitate QA/audit escalation issues with delivery partners, the Chief IAM Architect and QA/GRC
 * Act as SME across various forums, ensuring projects and programmes are technically sound and deliver the expected outcomes
 * Build strong partnerships across the technical community, Information Security and application owners to identify opportunities and mitigate risk
 * Lead deep dives into key initiatives to resolve major incidents, complex problems and realise opportunities
 * Help embed security, privacy, data protection and quality assurance across IT
 * Partner with operational teams and Chief Architects to understand current and future IAM requirements
 * Work with L1-L3 IAM/Identity support teams, including credential management, system review and access control actions in Azure PIM
 * Track emerging technology directions across the Identity space
 * Engage with the wider Identity community, internally and externally, to share, educate and inspire


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