IAM Technology Analyst

IAM Technology Analyst
Location: Manchester
Role Type: Permanent
Work Setup: Hybrid - 3 days in the office (Tuesday to Thursday)

Who We Are
Vanguard is one of the world's leading investment firms, dedicated to helping clients achieve lasting financial success. Established in 1975, its unique ownership structure-where funds own the company and investors own the funds-ensures all efforts are focused on client outcomes. Known for integrity, innovation, and low-cost investing, fosters an inclusive and collaborative culture that empowers employees to make a meaningful impact globally.

What You'll Do

• Support the design, implementation and ongoing enhancement of Identity and Access Management and Privileged Access Management controls across privileged accounts, service accounts, administrative access paths, enterprise platforms and critical applications.
• Work closely with security, infrastructure, application and IAM/PAM teams to ensure solutions meet security standards, business requirements and strategic objectives.
• Assist with the onboarding of applications, accounts and platforms into the IAM and PAM environment, ensuring secure, compliant access controls are established.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex IAM/PAM issues across multiple technologies and environments, including privileged access failures, vaulting, password rotation, session management and temporary access processes.
• Conduct access and privileged access risk assessments, identifying security risks, control gaps and practical remediation actions.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, standards and procedures to support operational governance, audit readiness and control monitoring.
• Contribute to automation, root-cause analysis, continuous improvement and broader cybersecurity or transformation initiatives to strengthen service stability, control effectiveness and security posture.

What You Bring

• Experience in Information Security, Identity and Access Management, Privileged Access Management, Network Administration or a closely related IT discipline.
• Strong understanding of identity life cycle management, authentication, authorisation, access controls, least privilege, privileged account life cycle management and secure administration practices.
• Experience supporting enterprise technology platforms and resolving complex technical issues, particularly those involving privileged access, administrative accounts, access controls or security tooling.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to assess access and privileged access risks and recommend practical solutions.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across technical and non-technical teams, including security, infrastructure, application, audit and business stakeholders.
• Degree-qualified in Information Technology, Computer Science, Cybersecurity or a related subject, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Preferred experience with IAM and PAM tools, along with AWS Secrets Manager, SSO, MFA, Active Directory, LDAP, automation, Scripting and workflow tools.

What's Next
If you are ready to take the next step, apply now! Successful applicants will be contacted directly by a recruiter to discuss the role more.

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This position is being recruited on behalf of our client through our Outsourcing service line. Resource Solutions Limited, trading as Robert Walters, acts as an employment business and agency, partnering with top organizations to help them find the best talent. We welcome applications from all candidates and are committed to providing equal opportunities.