Platform Engineering Specialist – Identity and Access Management

About the Company

We are easy

Jet – a FTSE-100 listed, multi-billion low cost airline that serves tens of millions of customers every single year. If you’re reading this, you have probably already been an easy

Jet customer, and you’ll know that there is no more iconic (or Orange!) travel brand in Europe. We fly more than 1,207 routes, connecting 38 countries across Europe, and employ more than 18,000 colleagues. We’re on a mission to make low cost travel easy – and whatever your role here, you’ll connect millions of people to what they love using Europe’s best airline network, value fares, and friendly service.

What makes easy

Jet?

Our Promise Behaviours – we are Safe, Bold, Welcoming and Challenging. Four Behaviours. One Spirit. One easy

Jet.

TEAM - IT Services and Airline Operations – I&O Platforms

At easy

Jet, our ITSO organisation is at the heart of delivering trustworthy, scalable, and efficient IT infrastructure services, supporting the technology that drives our future growth and ambitions. The I&O Platforms team forms the backbone of our technology capabilities, underpinning everything we do – from ensuring transparency in our technology services to providing secure and efficient hosting of our data.

We are seeking a Platform Engineering Specialist to join our Identity and Access Management (IDAM) Platform team. You will play a key role in designing, building, testing, and scaling services within the IDAM Platform, ensuring seamless delivery of IT services. This is a hands-on technical role, collaborating closely with architects, product/platform teams, security, and network specialists to deliver stable, high-performing, and secure platforms.

• Design, build, and maintain scalable and secure infrastructure for the IDAM Platform
• Oversee platform upgrades, version updates, and patch deployments
• Ensure all deliverables are well-documented, reusable, and tested to high standards
• Automate tasks and processes to improve platform reliability and efficiency
• Provide technical expertise for maintenance, support, and troubleshooting
• Implement and evaluate automation tools and technologies
• Collaborate on disaster recovery planning and execution
• Ensure security and compliance by design, working with the Info Sec team
• Contribute to technology evaluation, selection, and continuous improvement
• Support the creation and execution of automation strategies for I&O Platforms

• Extensive experience in an Identity or Security team
• Strong background in designing scalable and reliable technology platforms
• Demonstrable experience managing infrastructure components (servers, cloud, databases, security systems, etc.)
• Proficiency in IT service management (ITSM) and ITIL
• Experience with agile development methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, Lean, etc.)
• Strong scripting skills (Power Shell essential; Terraform, Python, C#, VBScript advantageous)
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud)
• Knowledge of containerisation tools (Docker, Kubernetes) and serverless platforms
• Excellent interpersonal, teamwork, and negotiation skills
• Experience managing third-party suppliers

• Extensive experience with Microsoft Entra , Active Directory, Azure, GCP, and AWS
• Expertise in Conditional Access Policies, MFA, Privileged Identity Management, and modern authentication protocols
• Experience with monitoring, log analytics, and enterprise application onboarding
• Strong knowledge of Role Based Access Control, Federation, and Entitlements
• Active Directory Connect/sync, Group Policy Management, DNS, DHCP, PKI Services
• Proven experience automating Microsoft Entra  using Power Shell
• Familiarity with Privileged Access Management (e.g., Cyber Ark) and Identity Governance
• Microsoft certifications in Azure, Security, and Identity and Access Administration
• Servant leadership approach, supporting team growth and success

If you are a self-starter who can identify opportunities to drive greater success for the team and have a track record of building strong relationships with internal stakeholders, we would love to hear from you. Apply now to join our dynamic…