Temporary Senior Identity and Access Management Engineer

Ready to launch your career with Europe’s meteorological satellite agency? At EUMETSAT, we are not just monitoring the weather and climate from space—we are shaping the future of weather and climate science, 24/7, 365 days a year.

Be part of a dynamic team where your efforts contribute to a greater purpose. As a Temporary Senior Identity and Access Management Engineer, within the IT and Data Infrastructures Division (I2D), you'll have the opportunity to work on EUMETSAT’s generic Information Technology (IT) and data infrastructure to satisfy needs of operational missions, future programmes and corporate IT.

For the temporary support, the following tasks have been identified:

• Support the end‑to‑end implementation and rollout of an Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) platform across the organisation;
• Enhance the integration of the IGA platform with Entra and drive application onboarding and improvements;

• Propose process improvements, RACI, and runbooks; lead change management, stakeholder training, and communications in a process‑heavy, multilingual environment;
• Transition to routine operations: monitoring/alerting, incident playbooks, performance tuning, and continuous improvement.

In-depth knowledge and proven experience of:

• Hands-on engineering, implementation, operation, and maintenance of Identity Governance and Administration Solutions. This should include active participation in roll-out and routine operations, preferably in 24/7 high-availability environments;
• Knowledge of directory, federation, and protocols: e.g. AD/Entra ID, LDAP; OIDC/OAuth2, group/entitlement modelling and birthright access patterns;
• Knowledge of access governance design (RBAC/ABAC): Role/entitlement taxonomy, business-friendly request/approval flows and certification campaign design;
• Knowledge of scripting and automation: GitLab CI/CD and test automation;
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and teamwork skills;
• Comfortable saying “no”, challenging assumptions respectfully, pushing for decisions and ensuring actions are completed;
• Excellent time management and demonstrated ability to work efficiently under pressure.