Cyber Security Specialist -IAM

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Job Title- Cyber Security Specialist -IAM

Location- Halifax or Leeds

Hybrid - 2days work from office

Contract Duration- 6 Months

Job Description

Role Purpose

A Windows Access Management Subject Matter Expert (SME) plays a pivotal role in ensuring secure, compliant, and efficient access to Windows-based systems across the enterprise. Your expertise is essential for maintaining operational integrity, preventing unauthorised access, and enabling smooth service delivery across the organisation.

What you’ll Do

• Manage user / non-user accounts and access across Windows environments.
• Administer privileged access controls and ensure secure permissions.
• Follow SOX (Sarbanes-Oxley) compliance rules for Windows systems and regularly review and improve these processes to make them more effective.
• Lead onboarding, access recertification, audit remediation, and automation efforts.
• Provide consultancy on large/complex initiatives ensuring full service introduction governance.
• Help shape how Windows access is managed as identity and access management continues to change.
• Stay flexible and ready to work with new technologies, whether they bring opportunities or challenges.
• Conduct risk and vulnerability assessments related to access provisioning.
• Ensure alignment with least privilege principles (including Role Based Access) and group security standards.
• Monitor and maintain data integrity across our provisioning platforms.

What you’ll need

• Consistent record of working in an IAM role with strong operational and ITIL experience.
• Solid understanding of the identity management lifecycle, access governance and privileged access management.
• Strong understanding of modern Identity and Access Management (IAM) principles and how they align with the Group’s strategic goals.
• Hands-on experience of tools like Active Directory, PowerShell, Entra, OIM and/or SailPoint, CyberArk, Quest Active Roles Server (QARS), Exchange Online.
• Works well under pressure and has strong organising and delivery skills.
• Working with a range of information to provide informative analysis to key partners using tools like MS Excel, Power BI and SQL.
• Ability to establish and maintain relationships within the team and across the wider business.
• Producing and utilising data/MI to manage service operations in both normal run and extraordinary/recovery situation.
• Experience collaborating in Agile methodologies like Scrum and Kanban, using platforms like JIRA for task management, progress tracking, and encouraging teamwork.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Strong stakeholder management with ability to handle tasks effectively.

It would be great if you also had

• Experience with cloud platforms (GCP, Azure, AWS).
• Knowledge and/or experience of Python programming language.
• Knowledge and/or experience of Power Automate to help streamline repetitive tasks, improve productivity, and integrate systems.

Knowledge and/or experience of GitHub for collaborative software development