Senior Software Engineer - CIAM

Senior Software Engineer - CIAMBarclays Bank PLCNorthampton

Join us as a Senior Software Engineer for CIAM at Barclays, where you will bring to life a new digital platform capability, transforming and modernising our digital estate to build a market-leading digital offering with customer experience at its heart. This is an exciting and key role, partnering with business aligned engineering and product teams, to ensure a collaborative team culture is at the heart of what we do.

To be successful in this role you should have:
Strong hands-on IAM engineer background with broad expertise across the IAM domain, including tooling, products, protocols, taxonomy, identity management, authentication, authorization and identity federation. Expertise with single sign on, OAuth2, OIDC, PKI, PSD2 SCA knowledge and possession based authentication. Forge Rock developer experience with Ping Gateway, PingAM, PingIDM and PingDS, including JavaScript coding of Ping Gateway scripted routes, and PingAM authentication tree nodes Strong hands-on coding across either JavaScript or Java, and you must be comfortable in designing extensible IAM APIs for seamless integration with external and internal applications.

Strong working knowledge of implementing PingAM custom authentication trees, including downstream API integration with threat sensors (Threat Metrix, Bio Catch, etc.), adaptive authentication and step-up authentication, including the ability to implement data links between internal and external LDAPS, JDBC, SOAP, HTTPS and other data sources. Some other highly desirable skills include:
Experience in implementing Ping Gateway single-sign-on routes, dynamic proxies and filter chains, or implementing PingIDM based data links Experience in partnering with security, product, engineering and compliance teams, to embed identity-first principles into the Dev Sec Ops  lifecycle You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

This role will be based out of our Glasgow, or Knutsford, office Purpose of the role To design, develop and improve software, utilising various engineering methodologies, that provides business, platform, and technology capabilities for our customers and colleagues. Accountabilities Development and delivery of high-quality software solutions by using industry aligned programming languages, frameworks, and tools. Ensuring that code is scalable, maintainable, and optimized for performance.

Cross-functional collaboration with product managers, designers, and other engineers to define software requirements, devise solution strategies, and ensure seamless integration and alignment with business objectives. Collaboration with peers, participate in code reviews, and promote a culture of code quality and knowledge sharing. Stay informed of industry technology trends and innovations and actively contribute to the organization’s technology communities to foster a culture of technical excellence and growth.

Adherence to secure coding practices to mitigate vulnerabilities, protect sensitive data, and ensure secure software solutions. Implementation of effective unit testing practices to ensure proper code design, readability, and reliability. Vice President Expectations To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes.

They may also lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short and long term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements If the position has leadership responsibilities, People…