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IAM Security Engineer (AWS AD) | Contract | London or Belfast

Job Description

London, United Kingdom | Posted on 17/09/2026

Contract role: IAM Security Engineer (AWS AD - Active Directory)

Contract Duration: Starting ASAP 6 months (inside IR35)

Location: Hybrid 3-4 days onsite weekly, the rest remote. Can be London based or Belfast

Daily Rate breakdown

Traditional Daily Rate: £450

Collaborate with cross-functionalcloud teams including security, infrastructure, service engineering andbusiness application teams to define and implement IAM roles and policiesrequired to build, support and consume services in public cloud.
Define and develop security controlsand tools to ensure IAM implementation in public cloud environments arecompliant with cloud security standards and policies.
Build automation and libraries toenable developers to create IAM identities and permissions throughself-service.
Deliver IAM solutions through CI/CDpipelines with automated testing and validation.

Qualifications:

Previous hands-on experience workingwith cloud-native services in AWS & AD (Active Directory)
Experience in the design andimplementation of enterprise security solutions inFinancial Services or a large complex and/or global environment
Highly motivated self-starter withexcellent interpersonal and communication skills
Ability to work independently,multi-task, and take ownership of various parts of a project or initiative.
Relevant certifications such as CISSP,AWS Certified Security Specialty, Google Professional Cloud Security Engineerare desirable
Experiencewith infrastructure as code (IaC) tools: Terraform and CloudFormation
Proficiency in Python , Go orJava
Proficiency in unit testing frameworkssuch as Behave, pytest or Junit
Proficiency in developing and securingSOAP and REST based web service APIs
Experience in DevOps and agilemethodologies and automated solution delivery and testing through CI/CDpipelines

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