IAM Architect

IAM Architect 6 Month Contract London (Hybrid) £450/day (Outside IR35) IAM Architect needed for a 6 Month Contract in London. Hybrid working - with 2 to 3 days/week in the office the rest of the time working remotely from home (WFH). A chance to work with a global IT services consultancy on an IAM solutions projects for a global Telecommunications client. Start ASAP in May 2025. Key experience tasks will include: Identity and Access Management (IAM) Architect needed to join the Cloud Security Team. Hands-on experience with IAM tools such as Entra ID (Azure AD), Okta, AWS IAM, GCP IAM, SailPoint, CyberArk. Architecting, designing implementing secure, scalable IAM solutions within multi-cloud environments. Designing implementing IAM solutions across AWS, GCP Microsoft Entra environments. IAM standards, authentication protocols identity frameworks: OAuth 2.0, SAML, OIDC, Kerberos, LDAP, SCIM, MFA, Zero Trust, Identity Federation Identity as the Perimeter. Strong hands-on experience of IAM tools, cloud identity integration, security frameworks, authentication protocols, IAM systems, API gateway security token-based access strategies. Integrating IAM controls with applications, APIs and cloud services to support secure access and authentication. Implementing advanced IAM capabilities including: SSO, identity federation, conditional access policies adaptive access. Designing / maintaining cloud ingress security mechanisms including: firewall rules, mTLS, certificate pinning, private access endpoints, mutual authentication for secure service-to-service communication. Configuring identity-aware proxy (IAP) services and secure APIs with authentication and authorization layers. Developing policies for role-based access control (RBAC), attribute-based access control (ABAC) Just-in-Time (JIT) access. Automating IAM processes controls through scripting and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) practices. Writing automation scripts using: Python, Bash, PowerShell, Bash using Terraform for IAM policy management. Audit, compliance governance ensuring adherence to standards such as: ISO 27001, NIST, SOC2, CIS