Ping Identity SME


Company:	Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary:	£850 to £900 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	London, EC2V 6DN
Job type:	Contract
Posting date:	9 Nov 2026
Closing date:	9 Dec 2026

Apply for this job

Summary

Ping Identity SME - £850 Per Day Inside IR35 - 6-Month Rolling Contract - 3 Days Per Week - London

A leading financial services organisation is looking for an experienced Ping Identity SME to join a specialist technology team, working on the development and expansion of a large-scale, externally facing identity platform. This is a highly hands-on engineering role with a strong focus on IAM architecture, Ping Identity, AWS, EKS and building secure, resilient and highly available identity services.

You will be responsible for architecting, building and enhancing IAM solutions across the Ping Identity stack, with particular focus on PingIDM, PingAM / OpenAM, PingDS and PingIG. You will design and build deployment pipelines, support the platform across multiple environments and work with authentication and authorisation technologies including OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SAML and federation.

The role requires someone with strong Ping Identity expertise who can operate at SME / architecture level while remaining genuinely hands-on. You will work closely with DevOps, development, cyber security and support teams, helping scale a critical identity platform while maintaining high levels of resilience, security and availability. Strong experience within banking, financial services or another heavily regulated environment is required.

What you'll need to succeed

- Strong hands-on PingIDM experience - essential

- Strong experience with PingAM / OpenAM

- Experience with PingDS and PingIG

- Strong IAM architecture and engineering experience

- Strong knowledge of OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SAML and federation

- Strong AWS and EKS / Kubernetes experience

- Experience building CI/CD and deployment pipelines

- Experience with Helm and Infrastructure as Code

- Strong Linux and LDAP knowledge

- Experience designing secure, resilient and highly available identity platforms

- Experience within banking, financial services or another heavily regulated environment

What you need to do now

If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now. If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.

Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk

Apply for this job