MFA Engineer

Written By Sarah Wysockyj

£550 - £570 per day (Inside IR35)
Contract
Hybrid / Sheffield
Ref - 1678136

    • 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.

    • 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

    • 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.

    To arrange an immediate interview, please contact Ryan West today

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