Identity and Access Management Expert - Digital Security Services

Remote | Frankfurt

Organization: ECB - European Central Bank
Location: Remote | Frankfurt
Grade: Mid level - F/G - Only Open to EU Nationals
Occupational Groups:
- Development Cooperation and Sustainable Development Goals
- Information Technology and Computer Science
- Criminology, Extremism, Police Affairs and Anti-Corruption
- Security and Safety
Closing Date: 2025-10-14

General Information

Type of contract Fixed-term contract which may be converted into a permanent contract after three years subject to individual performance and organisational needs

Who can apply? EU nationals

Salary F/G (bracket 1 - step 1) full time monthly net salary: €5,743 plus benefits, for further information see what we offer.

Role specialisation Digital Security

Working time Full time

On-call? Yes

Place of work Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Closing date 14.10.2025

Your team

You will be part of the Digital Security Services Division in the Directorate General Information Systems. The Division, comprising over 40 IT security professionals, provides security governance, assurance, engineering and operational services to protect the European Central Bank (ECB) against cyber threats.

Together with colleagues in the Identity and Access Management team, you will provide security technology services to the ECB by planning and developing new technical security controls and by ensuring the existing controls are working effectively and efficiently. The team’s main responsibilities include identity governance and administration (IGA), IT security administration, certificate services, and privileged access management services.

The ECB is an inclusive employer and we strive to reflect the diversity of the population we serve. We encourage you to apply irrespective of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, race, religious beliefs, sexual orientation or other characteristics.

Your role

As an Identity and Access Management Expert you will:

work on integrating IT infrastructure and business services with IGA platforms based on Oracle Identity Management and the Thales OneWelcome Identity Platform;
support and maintain the IGA services;
drive the evolution of the IGA platforms and services;
contribute to implementing security improvements as part of a security improvement programme;
proactively identify and communicate opportunities for improvement in security services, technologies, processes and documentation;
contribute to other security engineering tasks.

We are seeking a candidate for this role who demonstrates the potential for growth, and we will support the selected candidate in their future development of the required knowledge, skills and competencies.

The position offers you excellent opportunities to apply state-of-the-art concepts and methods to protecting the information assets of a leading central bank. You will be part of multicultural team that strives for continuous innovation to make a positive impact on the lives of European citizens.

Qualifications, experience and skills

Essential:

a master’s degree or equivalent in computer science, information systems or another relevant field (click here for details on degree equivalences);
in addition to the above, a minimum of five years’ experience in the field of information technology security, of which at least four years must have been as an identity and access management expert within a team or as a consultant;
experience with general-purpose development languages such as Python or JavaScript;
experience in at least three of the following areas:

identity and access management solutions,
privileged access management solutions,
mobile authentication solutions,
identity and access management concepts and architectures, e.g. adaptive access control and federation,
zero trust concepts and implementations;

experience in operating mission-critical IT infrastructure environments;
experience in working with external companies and service providers;
an advanced (C1) command of English and an intermediate (B1) command of at least one other official language of the EU, according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

Desired:

a good knowledge of data protection;
experience with managing public cloud platforms.

You engage collaboratively with others. You pursue team goals and learn willingly from other people’s diverse perspectives. You signal any need for change by explaining it and proposing alternative solutions. You analyse complex information effectively and can evaluate different views to arrive at solutions. You know and anticipate stakeholder needs.

You are motivated to be part of our team and to develop and use your skills and competencies to achieve the objectives of this position.

Further information

The formal title for this position will be IT Expert.

For additional information on this specific vacancy, you can contact the hiring manager, Jan Pflugradt, by email at jan.pflugradt@ecb.europa.eu

Application and selection process

The recruitment process for this position will be conducted remotely. It will include a written exercise, a presentation and an interview.

If you are not selected for this position but are still considered suitable, you will be placed on a reserve list (see step 4 of How we hire), from which you might be considered for similar positions within the ECB.

Find out how to apply for a position at the ECB.