Security Engineer - Identity and Access Management (IAM)

About Allica Bank Allica is the UK’s fastest growing company - and the fastest-growing financial technology (Fintech) firm ever. Our purpose is to help established SMEs, one of the last major underserved opportunities in Fintech. Established SMEs are the backbone of local communities - representing over a third of our economy - yet have been largely neglected both by traditional high street banks and modern fintech providers. Department Description Security is a hands-on, delivery-focused team that helps Allica Bank move quickly while maintaining strong, proportionate, and effective security controls. The team combines day-to-day operational support with continuous improvement, automation, control assurance, and stakeholder partnership across the bank. We work closely with Technology, Engineering, Product and business teams to make security practical and effective, while ensuring our controls support the requirements of a regulated banking environment. Role Description - The purpose of this role is to strengthen Allica Bank's identity and access controls by making access easier to request, safer to approve and simpler to evidence. The role will combine day-to-day IAM operations with engineering, automation, and continuous improvement to reduce manual effort and improve the security and governance of identity services. - The role sits within Security and focuses on Identity and Access Management, primarily across Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft Entra Identity Governance, Azure identity, access management and security controls, with support for Google Cloud Platform IAM governance, engineering and automation as that capability develops. - The successful candidate will contribute to the day-to-day running of IAM services, including access requests, joiner/mover/leaver activity, access reviews, privileged access, RBAC, application SSO, and application onboarding. Alongside BAU responsibilities, they will identify and deliver improvements to processes, controls, and automation. - This is not a purely operational IAM role. The successful candidate will be expected to run IAM services, engineer improvements, automate repeatable work, strengthen controls and help mature identity services across the bank. - Experience using automation and AI tools to improve processes, reduce manual effort and strengthen security controls is desirable. - Success in this role will be measured through the quality and timeliness of IAM operations, stronger identity governance and evidence, improved automation, and reduced manual effort. Principal Accountabilities - Operate and maintain IAM services, including user lifecycle management, access requests, provisioning, deprovisioning and access changes across Microsoft Entra ID and integrated applications. - Manage identity governance and access controls, including Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), least-privilege access, Conditional Access and Privileged Identity Management (PIM). - Manage access reviews and certifications, including reviewer engagement, evidence collection, exception handling, remediation tracking and reporting. - Onboard and integrate applications into the IAM/IGA platform, including SSO, SAML/OIDC, SCIM provisioning and secure authentication using Microsoft Entra ID. - Support application and vendor onboarding from an IAM perspective, assessing authentication, provisioning, privileged access, logging, ownership and access review requirements. - Maintain effective IAM controls and audit evidence, supporting internal and external audits and regulatory requirements. - Identify and deliver improvements through automation, improved workflows, better request processes, clearer ownership and enhanced reporting, reducing manual effort and improving control effec