Identity and Access Management Specialist

Location: Gauteng

Positions Available: 5

Salary: Market-related

Employment type: 3 Year contract, hybrid

We are seeking experienced and technically proficient Identity and Access Management (IAM) Specialists to design, implement, administer and maintain identity and access management solutions within complex enterprise IT environments.

The successful candidates will be responsible for ensuring that access to organisational systems, applications, networks and sensitive information is securely managed in accordance with established security policies, regulatory requirements and industry best practices.

This role requires strong hands‑on experience with identity lifecycle management, access provisioning, authentication technologies, privileged access controls and enterprise identity management platforms.

The ideal candidates will have proven experience implementing and supporting IAM solutions across on‑premises, cloud and hybrid environments, with a strong understanding of identity governance, access security and cybersecurity risk management.

• Design, implement, configure and maintain enterprise identity and access management solutions.
• Administer user identities, access permissions, roles and security groups across enterprise systems.
• Manage the complete identity lifecycle, including user onboarding, transfers, role changes and termination.
• Implement and maintain automated user provisioning and deprovisioning processes.
• Configure and manage role-based access control (RBAC) and attribute-based access control (ABAC) mechanisms.
• Ensure access rights are assigned according to least-privilege and need-to-know principles.
• Maintain identity repositories, directory services and identity synchronisation processes.
• Investigate and resolve identity management and access-related incidents.

• Implement, configure and support single sign‑on (SSO) solutions.
• Manage multi‑factor authentication (MFA) and conditional access policies.
• Configure authentication and authorisation protocols, including SAML, OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect.
• Support federation services and secure identity integration between applications and platforms.
• Monitor and investigate suspicious authentication activities and unauthorised access attempts.
• Implement secure access controls for enterprise applications, cloud services and infrastructure.
• Support passwordless authentication and modern identity security initiatives.

• Implement and maintain identity governance and administration (IGA) processes.
• Conduct periodic user access reviews and access recertification exercises.
• Identify and remediate excessive, inappropriate or conflicting access permissions.
• Support segregation of duties (SoD) controls and privileged access reviews.
• Maintain accurate identity and access management records and audit trails.
• Ensure IAM controls comply with organisational policies and relevant security frameworks.
• Support internal and external audits by providing access control evidence and documentation.
• Assist with IAM risk assessments and remediation of identified security weaknesses.

• Support privileged access management processes and integration with dedicated PAM platforms.
• Assist with securing administrative accounts, service accounts and privileged identities.
• Integrate IAM solutions with Active Directory, Microsoft Entra , enterprise applications and cloud platforms.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, cybersecurity, application development and cloud teams.
• Support IAM automation through scripting, APIs and workflow integrations.
• Participate in identity security improvement projects and system upgrades.
• Maintain technical…