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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Identity Management Consultant - **Company:** Synechron - **Location:** Sheffield, UK - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Audit Trail, User Authentication, Cloud Computing Security, Cyber Security, High-Level Architecture, Identity and Access Management, Key Management, Ping (Networking Utility), Azure Active Directory, Zero Trust Network Access, Software Engineering, Policy as Code, Okta, Cyberark, Software Security, SailPoint, Devsecops - **Published:** August 30, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2825797631-identity-management-consultant ## About the Role We are looking for an experienced and motivated IAM Technical Lead - Identity Security & Zero Trust to support Project Orbit - NextGen, a global Identity and Access Management transformation initiative., * Strong experience in enterprise Identity and Access Management and identity security. * Experience providing technical leadership for IAM transformation, security engineering, or enterprise identity platform delivery. * Strong understanding of authentication, authorization, identity lifecycle management, and access governance. * Experience with human and non-human identities, workload identity, agent identity, secrets management, or certificate lifecycle management. * Knowledge of Zero Trust Architecture and identity-first security principles. * Experience with policy-as-code, API security, cloud-native security, and event-driven identity integrations. * Understanding of observability, monitoring, audit logging, secure software development, DevSecOps, and automation. * Experience defining technical designs, reviewing solutions, managing dependencies, and coordinating delivery across multiple teams. * Strong understanding of availability, resilience, performance, scalability, security, and production-readiness requirements. * Experience working in a regulated financial-services environment. * Familiarity with Agile delivery, product ownership, backlog management, requirements engineering, and business analysis. * Strong stakeholder management, communication, facilitation, report-writing, and influencing skills. * Ability to work effectively across multiple countries, cultures, and time zones. Preferred Experience: * Experience with IAM or security platforms such as Microsoft Entra ID/Azure AD, SailPoint, CyberArk, Okta, Ping Identity, ForgeRock, Saviynt, or BeyondTrust. * Experience working with privileged access management, identity governance, authentication modernization, or elevated-access solutions. * Experience supporting large-scale banking, financial-services, or other regulated-enterprise transformation programs. * Experience coordinating internal engineering teams, architecture, security, operations, and third-party technology suppliers. * Relevant certifications in IAM, cybersecurity, cloud security, enterprise architecture, Agile delivery, or technology risk. What you will bring: * A strong technical and security mindset. * The ability to translate complex IAM requirements into practical, scalable solutions. * Confidence in making technical decisions and influencing senior stakeholders. * A collaborative approach to working across architecture, engineering, security, operations, and suppliers. * A commitment to secure, resilient, supportable, and continuously improving identity services. ## Description The Technical Lead will provide technical leadership across the IAM transformation workstream, defining target architecture and ensuring the delivery of secure, scalable, resilient, and supportable identity services. The role will work closely with IAM architects, business stakeholders, engineering teams, security, operations, enterprise architecture, and third-party technology partners. Responsibilities: * Own the technical solution and architecture for the assigned IAM workstream. * Define and maintain High-Level Designs (HLDs) and Low-Level Designs (LLDs). * Lead technical decision-making, technology selection, and solution reviews. * Ensure alignment with Enterprise Architecture, security, regulatory, and technology standards. * Drive adoption of Zero Trust and identity-first design principles. * Provide technical leadership, coaching, and mentoring to engineering teams. * Review solution designs, code, infrastructure changes, and technical implementation plans. * Manage technical risks, assumptions, dependencies, and delivery constraints. * Coordinate integration activities across internal technology teams and third-party suppliers. * Support technical planning, estimation, backlog management, and delivery assurance. * Define and assure non-functional requirements covering availability, resilience, performance, scalability, observability, and security. * Ensure solutions are production-ready, operationally supportable, and aligned with service-management expectations. * Support architecture governance, design authorities, and technical steering groups. * Champion engineering best practices, DevSecOps, automation, and continuous improvement. * Facilitate technical discussions, requirements workshops, solution walkthroughs, and stakeholder reviews. * Contribute to technical documentation, knowledge sharing, operating procedures, and delivery governance. ## Related Videos - [Organizational Change Through The Power Of Why - DevSecOps Enablement](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/478-organizational-change-through-the-power-of-why-devsecops-enablement) - [DevSecOps: Injecting Security into Mobile CI/CD Pipelines](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/273-devsecops-injecting-security-into-mobile-ci-cd-pipelines) - [DevSecOps culture](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/783-devsecops-culture) - [Checkmate: 5 Real Incidents That Can End a Software Company](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100126-checkmate-5-real-incidents-that-can-end-a-software-company) - [DevSecOps: Security in DevOps](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/36-devsecops-security-in-devops) - [Trust as the Key Concept in Future Mobility](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/581-trust-as-the-key-concept-in-future-mobility) ## Related Articles - [Events like RSAC Get You CISOs. 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