DevOps Engineer (IAM - Identity Access Management)

In this role, you will:

  • Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for IAM components, policies, connectors, microservices, and integrations.
  • Enable automated testing, security scanning, and controlled deployments across DEV/TEST/PROD environments.
  • Implement continuous improvement to streamline IAM release processes.
  • Develop and maintain IaC (Terraform, Ansible for deploying IAM infrastructure, identity policies, directories, and supporting platforms.
  • Ensure consistent, repeatable environments and compliance with architectural standards.
  • Develop scripts and automation for account lifecycle operations, access provisioning, and system integrations.
  • Deploy IAM services or related microservices on Kubernetes, cloud-native platforms, and serverless environments.
  • Manage containerisation, service mesh integrations, certificates, and secrets for IAM workloads.
  • Embed security into the build and deployment process, including vulnerability scanning, secrets detection, and code quality checks.
  • Work with cybersecurity teams to ensure compliance with Zero Trust principles and IAM security policies.
  • Collaborate with IAM architects, security teams, and application owners on design and integration requirements.
  • Create and maintain documentation for pipelines, IaC, deployment patterns, and operational processes.

To be successful in this role, you should meet the following requirements:

Key Skills & Experience

Technical Skills

  • Infrastructure as code (Terraform & GCP Provisioning) Terraform core, GCP Infra, Policy as code, develop the capability to manage, maintain and write policies,
  • Containerization & Kubernetes (GKE), Docker, Kubernetes, Helm / Kustomize, GKE Ops
  • CI/CD engineering, pipeline authoring, artifacts management, testing automation, deployment strategy
  • Data pipeline and DevOps (KAFKA / PubSub) - Kafka basics, schema registry, streaming infra and monitoring
  • Graph platform engineering, Neo4j basics, backups, recovery and DR GDS/APOC, observability
  • DevSecOps & platform security, security scanning, IAM and identity, network security, compliance
  • Release engineering and governance, release ops, change management, documentation
  • Regionalisation and compliance, regional deployments and failover, data residency, conditional access

Soft Skills

  • Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting capabilities.
  • Ability to work collaboratively across security, engineering, and operations teams.
  • Excellent communication and documentation skills.
  • Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
  • Experience of Privileged Access Management and identity access management
  • Understanding and experience of technologies deployed at a large scale in a global IT enterprise
  • Experience of working in an Agile team - managing workload in Jira and engagements in Jira Service Desk
  • Ability to adapt and understand new technologies - being self-motivated to learn
  • Strong interpersonal, influencing, communication and report-writing skills
  • Ability to interact appropriately with users of various technical skill levels
  • Ability to work in a multi country, culturally diverse and time-zone separated role.

GCS is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

Job Details

Company
GCS
Location
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Salary
£550 - £570/day
Posted