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

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

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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