For a leading educational and research organization, you will take ownership of the full Identity & Access Management lifecycle, ensuring secure, reliable and compliant access across a complex digital environment. You divide your time between operational excellence (RUN), technical integration work, and functional enhancements that strengthen the IAM platform.
Project Delivery (?30%)
- Design, test, document and deliver new IAM features and process improvements.
- Contribute to the evolution of IAM workflows, provisioning logic and governance rules.
- Improve onboarding procedures, user lifecycle processes and support playbooks.
Operational Engineering (?70%)
- Administer, maintain and optimise the IAM platform (MidPoint) and surrounding components.
- Provide advanced troubleshooting and resolve complex authentication, authorization and provisioning issues.
- Manage application onboarding and integrations: mapping roles, configuring access rules and implementing provisioning flows.
- Ensure the quality, consistency and compliance of IAM configurations.
- Support teams during testing cycles and production deployments.
Cross-functional Activities
- Write functional and technical specifications for IAM evolutions.
- Develop or adjust automation scripts (Groovy, Java, GitLab pipelines) to streamline recurring tasks.
- Maintain clear documentation and operational traceability.
- Strengthen continuous improvement across the platform: duplicate accounts, workflow optimisation, automation of integrations, etc.
What are we looking for?
- Deep experience in Identity & Access Management in complex environments.
- Experience working in an academic or research institution.
- A Master’s degree in Information Security or Computer Science.
- 10+ years of experience in security engineering.
- Familiarity with IAM automation frameworks and large-scale identity ecosystems.
- Strong hands-on expertise with:
- MidPoint IAM
- SAML, OIDC, Shibboleth, CAS, LDAP
- SQL / PostgreSQL, XML, Groovy, Java
- GitLab pipelines and versioning
Ability to model IAM workflows using BPMN.
Strong analytical, diagnostic and problem-solving capabilities.
Proven experience managing application onboarding and IAM integrations end-to-end.
Excellent communication skills in French and professional proficiency in English.
What do we offer?
Location: Brussels — hybrid (4 days on site / 1 day remote)
Work model: Full-time
Contract: Freelance or Permanent
Start date: 2 January 2026
End date: 31 December 2026
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