PAM Technical Specialist

As a PAM Technical Specialist at Cadent, you'll play a vital role in supporting and developing our Privileged Access Management (PAM) capability across cloud, on-premise and hybrid technology environments. Working across both Infrastructure and Operational Technology (OT) environments, you'll help ensure privileged access is secure, controlled and compliant with regulatory and security requirements.

This is a highly technical specialist role where you'll provide hands-on expertise across Cadent's Cyber Ark estate and evolve the function. You'll support privileged credential management, session brokering, password rotation, access workflows, onboarding and audit controls. You'll work with multiple teams to strengthen security controls while enabling operational teams to work effectively.

From reducing standing privilege and improving visibility of privileged activity through to supporting disaster recovery, platform roadmaps and design assurance, you'll play a key role in helping Cadent deliver a secure, resilient and auditable privileged access service.

This role offers the opportunity to work at the heart of Cadent's cyber security and operational technology landscape.

Security-Critical Impact - Help protect privileged access across business-critical, operational and mission-critical systems.

Cyber Ark Ownership - Take ownership of key Cyber Ark services and capabilities across both self-hosted and cloud environments.

Technical Variety - Work across cloud, infrastructure, identity, security monitoring, ITSM and operational technology environments.

Strategic Influence - Contribute to PAM roadmaps, architectural decisions and Technology Design Authority reviews.

Security & Compliance Focus - Support regulatory requirements, audit activities and industry security frameworks.

Operational Resilience - Help deliver secure disaster recovery capabilities and strengthen the resilience of critical access services.

• Degree in Computing, Cyber Security, Information Technology or equivalent experience
• Ability to provide technical guidance to operational teams, architects and project stakeholders
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills
• Experience supporting architecture reviews and design governance activities
• Ability to translate complex security concepts into clear business language
• ITIL Foundation certification
• Cyber Ark certification such as Defender, Sentry or equivalent highly desirable

• Strong hands-on experience supporting and administering Cyber Ark Privileged Access Management solutions
• Experience supporting privileged account onboarding, credential management, password rotation and session control
• Strong understanding of least privilege, Zero Trust, privileged access governance and segregation of duties
• Experience implementing and maintaining Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) frameworks

Experience supporting technologies such as:

• Cyber Ark Vault
• Cyber Ark Privileged Access Management (PAM)
• Cyber Ark Privilege Cloud
• Cyber Ark Secure Infrastructure Access
• Cyber Ark Secure Cloud Access
• Cyber Ark Secure Web Sessions

• Strong understanding of Active Directory and Entra
• Experience integrating PAM solutions with identity providers, MFA, federation and directory services
• Knowledge of Azure, AWS and cloud administration controls
• Experience integrating PAM platforms with ITSM and SIEM solutions

• Experience supporting audits, access reviews and compliance activities
• Understanding of privileged session recording, log management and security monitoring
• Experience troubleshooting authentication, access, credential and integration issues
• Knowledge of disaster recovery, operational resilience and business continuity principles

We have a clear roadmap to drive our performance to the forefront of our industry and support the UK government in achieving its net zero targets by 2050.

We're making a difference through innovation and new ways of working. Together, we're shaping a cleaner, greener future for our 11 million customers, whom we put at the heart of everything we do.

Here at Cadent, we recognise that our people are truly unsung heroes. Quietly confident, delivering every day - that's why we're committed to supporting our people to get the best out of themselves. For this role, we…