Senior IAM Engineer

NCC Group is hiring a Senior IAM Engineer in Manchester, United Kingdom. Level rates it ; you can apply on NCC Group.

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On Level's scale, this role is Little AI ●○○○: aI is not part of the work.
The posting mentions Sailpoint, Saviynt and Okta among its tools and skills.
Level classes it as a senior role.
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Implement large-scale identity and access management solutions as a Senior IAM Engineer.

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NCC Group are investing in expanding our digital identity service line, to grow and expand capabilities, offerings and propositions.

This new global practice will focus on three key core competencies - Identity, Governance and Administration (IGA), Privileged Access Management (PAM), Access Management (AM) and Customer Identity (CIAM).

The opportunity is for an IAM technical consultant with hands-on technical experience, performing as an engineer/developer to support large-scale IAM deployments, supporting the implementation of identity lifecycle management, access governance and/or privileged access. The role will be client-facing role, working with other internal IAM SMEs and Cyber team members to support the deployment activities for large enterprise IAM solutions. The consultant will report to the service line leader.

This is a fantastic new opportunity to join our Global IAM team. The ideal candidate will have previous IAM/PAM engineering and development experience, and exposure gained from delivering complex IAM engagements, ideally across a broad client base. In addition to your technical skills, you will have strong client facing skills and be comfortable dealing with technical client stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

Act as a trusted advisor through high-quality delivery, ensuring outcomes exceed client expectations.
Review requirements aligned with project timescales and product configuration capabilities, to ensure best practice is applied in all stages of the design and development.
Perform development activities to support the integration with target applications, covering full lifecycle activities with implementation of key JML processes and integration configuration.
Support colleagues and client stakeholders to support the implementation of IAM services, including the identification of optimisation opportunities.
Ability to operate in an agile delivery model.
Responsible for unit testing of code and configuration. Ability to support peer QA and testing.
Perform post-implementation activities, such as user testing, troubleshooting and support

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

Minimum Required Skills

Have experience of

IAM products such as SailPoint, Saviynt, Okta, Microsoft and others;

and/or

PAM products such as CyberArk, Delinea, BeyondTrust, Wallex and others.

Have experience of delivering complex IAM and/or PAM engagements and projects, ideally covering all stages including strategy, design and implementation.
Have experience of developing and delivery of IAM/PAM projects on time and on budget, to a high level of customer satisfaction.
Have strong business, consultancy and technical skills.
Excellent communication, consulting soft skills and presentation skills.
Exceptional written communication and reporting skills.
Experience with Active Directory, Microsoft Entra and other cloud platforms.
Experience with DevOps processes and tools, including exposure with Source Code Management (GitHub)

IAM

Have experience with HR processes (JML) and systems and authoritative source integration based on WorkDay, SuccessFactors, Beeline, and application integration such as AD, ServiceNow, SAP, etc.
Have experience with Java, BeanShell/JavaScript, JSP/Servlets
Have experience with web technologies: XML, SPML/SOAP. Web Services and App Services
Hands on experience of SailPoint, Saviynt, Okta, Microsoft or other IAM products
Knowledge of RBAC, SOD, etc.

PAM

Have experience of defining privileged access and the supporting the implementation of effective PAM processes
Have experience of account discovery, classification and onboarding of privileged accounts and access
Implementation and integration experience, working with other technical teams to perform the necessary configuration (firewall rules) and onboarding readiness activities
Hands on experience of CyberArk, BeyondTrust, Delina, Microsoft or other PAM products

Desired Skills and Qualifications

Demonstrable capability and vendor qualifications is advantageous.
IAM and/or PAM vendor Certifications
Zero trust and SASE knowledge
Cloud related certifications across AWS/GCP/Azure
Cloud IAM native experience across AWS/GCP/Azure
CISM / CISSP / CRISC / ISO 27001 LI/LA / CISA
Experience of core control frameworks, such as, NIST, SANS Top 20 CSC, ISO 27001, Privacy, NIS and CAF.

Behaviours

Flexibility in working hours (as per client requirement).
Ability to travel both nationwide and internationally (where required).
Ability to build strong, trust-based working relationships
High standards of work output
Strong and effective communicator
Desire to continually improve and learn new skills.
Self-motivating, innovative and creative

How we rate this

Senior IAM Engineer at NCC Group rates 0 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Little AI. AI is not part of the work.

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●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
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Key facts

Senior IAM Engineer is an open job at NCC Group.
Level rates this role AI Level 1 of 4: Little AI.
The role is based in Manchester, Greater Manchester.
The job was posted on October 1, 2026.
Seniority: senior.
Applications are handled by NCC Group. Apply on NCC Group

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Tell me about a project where access governance was part of your work. What did you do?
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