Lead Identity & Security Engineer

• Lead the design, development and operation of identity and access management capabilities across the Accounts platform
• Provide technical leadership for token-based authentication and authorisation services, including JWT token services
• Design and implement secure identity solutions using industry standards and protocols
• Lead development of secure application and integration patterns
• Ensure authentication and authorisation requirements are addressed from design through implementation
• Establish and promote engineering standards, patterns and best practices for identity and security
• Provide technical guidance and mentoring to other engineers
• Collaborate with architecture, platform, application engineering and security teams on complex identity challenges
• Improve reliability, scalability, observability and operational maturity of identity services
• Produce, maintain and review technical documentation, architecture decisions, standards and security guidance
• Identify and address security risks and continuously improve the platform's security posture

Requirements

• Strong experience with OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect, including practical implementation and troubleshooting
• Experience with JSON Web Tokens (JWT) and token-based authentication and authorisation
• Experience with Identity Providers (IdPs) and enterprise identity and access management solutions
• Java and development of secure, production-grade backend services
• Git-based software delivery and modern CI/CD practices
• Kubernetes and containerised application environments
• AWS and cloud-based security and infrastructure
• Designing and implementing secure APIs, integrations and distributed systems
• Knowledge of authentication, authorisation, token lifecycle management, secrets management and least-privilege access

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in designing and implementing secure identity and access management solutions, with a strong focus on token-based authentication, OAuth 2.0, and OpenID Connect. Proven ability to lead technical teams, establish engineering standards, and enhance security posture across platforms.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• OAuth 2.0 Implementation
• OpenID Connect
• JWT Token Services
• Identity Providers (IdPs)
• AWS Cloud Security

ATS Optimization Keywords Hard Skills

• Token-Based Authentication
• Secure API Design
• Java Development
• Kubernetes
• CI/CD Practices
• Distributed Systems
• Secrets Management
• Least-Privilege Access
• Authentication Management
• Authorisation Management

Soft Skills

• Technical Leadership
• Mentoring
• Collaboration

Industry Keywords

• Identity and Access Management
• Security Standards
• Engineering Best Practices
• Operational Maturity
• Security Posture

Tools & Technologies

• Git
• AWS
• Kubernetes