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IAM Lead Engineer

Primary office location
Sydney
Date
16-Sep-2025
Permanent - Full time, Mid-senior
Job category
BFS - Tech Lead Engineer
Join our Identity and Access Management Team in the Banking and Financial Services business. As a Digital Bank, software engineering is at the core of what we do. Our engineers operate in an autonomous environment where they are empowered to “do it right” and continuously learn, becoming masters in their craft.
At Macquarie, our advantage is bringing together diverse people and empowering them to shape all kinds of possibilities. We are a global financial services group operating in 31 markets and with 56 years of unbroken profitability. You’ll be part of a friendly and supportive team where everyone - no matter what role - contributes ideas and drives outcomes.

What role will you play?

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As an Identity and Access Management (IAM) Lead Engineer, you will build and maintain distributed systems that provide Identity and API gateway services, using industry best practices. This includes building and maintaining high quality monitoring and alerting tools, and automating delivery processes. You'll be responsible for architecture, design, development, testing and operations and deliver incrementally in iterative cycles. You will also provide on-call support (on rotation basis) and continuous uptime for client facing services. 

What you offer

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  • In-depth knowledge of IAM principles, access governance, and role-based access control
  • Experience with IAM technologies such as identity providers, directory services, SSO protocols (e.g.,OIDC , SAML), managing security access policies and tuning, monitoring IAM systems
  • Hands-on experience on identity management tooling such as Ping, Okta, EntraID, IBM Security Access Management (ISAM) and/or IBM Security Verify / Ping or Okta
  • Strong experience in cloud-based technologies and SaaS
  • Experience in Web and API technologies (including REST, HTTP & cert management, API gateway proxies)
  • Experience with Continuous Integration and Delivery pipeline (Ex: Git, Bitbucket, Bamboo, etc.)
  • Experience with Configuration management tools (ex: Ansible) and containerization technologies (ex: Docker).

We love hearing from anyone inspired to build a better future with us, if you're excited about the role or working at Macquarie we encourage you to apply.

What we offer

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At Macquarie, you’re empowered to shape a career that’s rewarding in all the ways that matter most to you. Macquarie employees can access a wide range of benefits which, depending on employment type, include:

  • 1 wellbeing leave day per year
  • Up to 5 additional service bonus leave days per year
  • Up to 20 weeks’ paid parental leave for primary caregivers along with 12 days of transition leave upon return to work, and 6 weeks’ paid leave for non-primary caregivers
  • 2 days of paid volunteer leave and donation matching
  • Up to 12 months’ gender affirmation leave, including 6 weeks’ paid leave
  • Access to Employee Assistance Program and wellbeing benefits including skin and health checks, and flu vaccinations
  • Access to a wide range of salary packaging options
  • Access to a wide range of learning and development opportunities, including reimbursement for professional membership or subscription
  • Hybrid and flexible working arrangements, dependent on role
  • Reimbursement for work from home equipment

About Banking and Financial Services

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Banking and Financial Services is our technology-driven retail bank. You will be part of a team that supports clients to achieve their full potential - whether that’s buying a home, growing a business or investing to manage wealth.

Our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion

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We are committed to fostering a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply and welcome all identities, including race, ethnicity, cultural identity, nationality, gender (including gender identity or expression), age, sexual orientation, marital or partnership status, parental, caregiving or family status, family and domestic violence status, neurodiversity, religion or belief, disability, or socio-economic background. We welcome further discussions on how you can feel included and belong at Macquarie as you progress through our recruitment process. To learn more, contact our team by clicking here.

Our aim is to provide reasonable adjustments to individuals who may need support during the recruitment process and through working arrangements. If you require additional assistance, please let us know in the application process.