Identity and Access Management

Description

About us
We are Digital Science and we are advancing the research ecosystem.
We are a pioneering technology company, and our vision is of a future where a trusted and collaborative research ecosystem drives progress for all. We believe in better, open, collaborative and inclusive research.
In creating the next generation of tools and working in partnership with the community we tackle some of the biggest challenges to research. In order to achieve our vision, we need innovative, inspiring and dynamic people to join our team.

Want to join us?

Your new role
As our IAM Technical Lead, you will be a vital part of our Central IT team, working alongside our Group Information Security team and overseeing our Identity and Access Management platforms and roadmap.Being our first IAM Technical Lead, we’re looking for you to shape our thinking and approach in this space. With ranging responsibilities, which will affect our customers as well as our colleagues and Products, this is a pivotal role for Digital Science as we continue to grow and evolve Working closely with the Product Development and Information Security teams,, the first programme of work will be to define, design and embed an IAM solution for our customers, adding
value to our global customer base, through delivering a centralised Customer Identity and Access Management service. If you’re keen to be in an environment where you can make a difference from day one, we would love to hear from you.
What you'll be doing

Work with the stakeholders from across the group and third-party vendors/partners, to embed and enhance the Identity and Access Management platform(s) and roadmap starting from a Customer perspective

Introduce and lead the IAM community of practice, promoting best-practice for implementation and operation of IAM services and platforms

Champion solutions to IAM challenges and opportunities for Digital Science products

Support vendors, partners and Product teams with the implementation and testing of solutions

Identify continuous improvement opportunities to the IAM service(s)

Collaborate with the wider organisation and the Group IT and Security teams to support business representatives in embedding and improving their compliance, auditability and operations

Act as a strategic advisor to internal, Product CTO’s, the Group CISO and Group CTO

What you'll bring to the role

You have significant, expert, professional experience in (C)IAM/Information Security as an engineer and solution architect.

You have experience in implementing IAM solutions for external customers, as well as internal staff

You have in-depth knowledge and understanding of identity technologies, strategy and operations (including SSO, MFA, SAML, OAuth, administration and access best-practice and management standards)

You are a keen “horizon scanner”, maintaining industry knowledge, techniques, vulnerabilities and potential tooling to cement your position in the field

You have end-to-end experience of delivering IAM programmes of work involving in-house and third-party teams

You’re highly organised and have the ability to work on intricate details without losing the big picture

You’ll be a strong communicator and comfortable communicating with people at all organisational levels and leading conversations around recommendations for improvements

You have a collaborative approach to how you work and ensure all groups are communicated with and understand your process and approach

You’re a self learner and have an inquisitive mind

You’re resourceful and solutions focussed, making practical considerations for all groups involved

You’re a natural problem solver and have strong analytical skills

Bachelor degree in Computer Science or a related field, and/or equivalent Information Security related certification.

Living our values
We invest in, nurture and support innovative businesses and technologies that make all parts of the research process more open, efficient and effective.

The talent we secure is fundamental to us achieving our vision and our growth plans. The values we live by are:
We are brave in the pursuit of better
We are collaborative and inclusive
We are always open-minded
We are from and for the community

We're an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status

Additional Information

About Digital Science
Digital Science is a technology company working to make research more efficient.

We invest in, nurture and support innovative businesses and technologies that make all parts of the research process more open and effective.

Our portfolio includes admired brands including Altmetric, Anywhere Access, Dimensions, Figshare, ReadCube, Symplectic, IFI Claims, GRID, Ripeta, Writefull, Gigantum and Overleaf.

We believe that together, we can help researchers make a