IT & Software

MFA Engineer

Talent Smart

Sheffield · England · United Kingdom

Contract: Inside IR35

Location: Remote-based, with the potential requirement to work from Sheffield 2-days per week if a new office policy is introduced.

We're partnering with a leading financial services client on a strategic Identity and Access Management transformation programme and are looking for an experienced MFA Engineer to help deliver modern authentication capabilities across a complex enterprise environment.

This is a hands-on engineering role requiring strong experience across MFA, IAM and authentication technologies, alongside the ability to work effectively with architecture, cybersecurity, application and infrastructure teams.

Key Requirements:

  • Strong hands-on experience engineering MFA and SSO within enterprise IAM environments
  • Deep understanding of modern authentication and federation protocols, particularly OIDC/OAuth2 and SAML
  • Experience with at least one enterprise Identity Provider platform
  • Strong understanding of authentication vs authorisation, identity lifecycle and trust boundaries
  • Working knowledge of PKI, certificates, TLS and key management
  • Experience operating production IAM services, including monitoring, incident and change management
  • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to challenge and influence technical decisions
  • Ability to work across architecture, cybersecurity, infrastructure and application teams

Desirable:

  • Entra ID / Azure AD experience
  • FIDO2/WebAuthn and phishing-resistant MFA experience
  • PowerShell and/or Python scripting and API experience
  • Zero Trust and adaptive/risk-based authentication knowledge
  • PAM and privileged authentication experience
  • Cloud and hybrid identity experience across Azure, AWS or GCP
  • Experience in financial services or other regulated environments
  • Relevant IAM, security or Microsoft Identity certifications

This is a key opportunity to play a hands-on role in a major enterprise IAM transformation, helping shape and deliver the future of authentication across a complex financial services environment

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