PAM Technical Specialist

Description:

Cadent Gas Ltd

Job Purpose  

As a PAM Technical Specialist at Cadent, you'll play a vital role in supporting and developing our Privileged Access Management (PAM) capability across cloud, on-premise and hybrid technology environments. Working across both Infrastructure  and Operational Technology (OT) environments, you'll help ensure privileged access is secure, controlled and compliant with regulatory and security requirements. 

This is a highly technical specialist role where you'll provide hands-on expertise across Cadent’s CyberArk estate and evolve the function. You’ll support privileged credential management, session brokering, password rotation, access workflows, onboarding and audit controls. You’ll work with multiple teams to strengthen security controls while enabling operational teams to work effectively.  

From reducing standing privilege and improving visibility of privileged activity through to supporting disaster recovery, platform roadmaps and design assurance, you'll play a key role in helping Cadent deliver a secure, resilient and auditable privileged access service.  

Key Responsibilities  

This role offers the opportunity to work at the heart of Cadent’s cyber security and operational technology landscape. 

Security-Critical Impact – Help protect privileged access across business-critical, operational and mission-critical systems. 

CyberArk Ownership – Take ownership of key CyberArk services and capabilities across both self-hosted and cloud environments. 

Technical Variety – Work across cloud, infrastructure, identity, security monitoring, ITSM and operational technology environments. 

Strategic Influence – Contribute to PAM roadmaps, architectural decisions and Technology Design Authority reviews. 

Security & Compliance Focus – Support regulatory requirements, audit activities and industry security frameworks. 

Operational Resilience – Help deliver secure disaster recovery capabilities and strengthen the resilience of critical access services. 

Skills and Experience  

Qualifications & Experience 

Degree in Computing, Cyber Security, Information Technology or equivalent experience 
Ability to provide technical guidance to operational teams, architects and project stakeholders 
Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills 
Experience supporting architecture reviews and design governance activities 
Ability to translate complex security concepts into clear business language 
ITIL Foundation certification 
CyberArk certification such as Defender, Sentry or equivalent highly desirable   

Privileged Access Management Expertise 

Strong hands-on experience supporting and administering CyberArk Privileged Access Management solutions 
Experience supporting privileged account onboarding, credential management, password rotation and session control 
Strong understanding of least privilege, Zero Trust, privileged access governance and segregation of duties 
Experience implementing and maintaining Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) frameworks   

CyberArk Technical Expertise 

Experience supporting technologies such as: 

CyberArk Vault 
CyberArk Privileged Access Management (PAM) 
CyberArk Privilege Cloud 
CyberArk Secure Infrastructure Access 
CyberArk Secure Cloud Access 
CyberArk Secure Web Sessions   

Identity & Cloud Knowledge 

Strong understanding of Active Directory and Entra ID 
Experience integrating PAM solutions with identity providers, MFA, federation and directory services 
Knowledge of Azure, AWS and cloud administration controls 
Experience integrating PAM platforms with ITSM and SIEM solutions   

Security & Operational Experience 

Experience supporting audits, access reviews and compliance activities 
Understanding of privileged session recording, log management and security monitoring 
Experience troubleshooting authentication, access, credential and integration issues 
Knowledge of disaster recovery, operational resilience and business continuity principles