IAM Tester (Identity Processing & Provisioning)

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Role purpose</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Deliver high-quality testing for identity processing and provisioning across the identity lifecycle (joiner/mover/leaver). You'll validate that identities, accounts, and entitlements are provisioned and removed accurately, securely, and in line with control expectations.</p>

<h5 class="fw-bold text-success mt-4 mb-3">Key responsibilities</h5>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Execute functional, integration, and regression testing for identity processing and provisioning changes.</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Test end-to-end flows across source systems (e.g., HR), identity platform, directories (AD/LDAP), and target applications.</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Validate provisioning outcomes: account creation/updates, entitlement assignment/removal, approvals, and de-provisioning.</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Perform negative and exception-path testing (failed connectors, retries, reconciliation, manual overrides).</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Validate identity data mapping and transformations (attributes, rules, and role logic such as birthright access).</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Prepare and maintain test artefacts: test cases, test data, execution evidence, and test summary updates.</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Log and manage defects with clear steps, expected vs actual results, and supporting evidence (logs/screenshots/API responses).</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Support UAT and release activities by providing test status, risks, and go/no-go input.</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Collaborate with engineers, analysts, and platform teams to clarify</p>

<h5 class="fw-bold text-success mt-4 mb-3">requirements and improve test coverage. Required skills & experience</h5>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Proven experience in software testing in complex integration environments.</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Strong understanding of IAM concepts: identity lifecycle, provisioning/de-provisioning, entitlements, RBAC/ABAC, approvals, recertification.</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Experience testing integrations across multiple systems (HR feeds, directories, IAM tools, and business applications).</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Solid SQL skills and ability to validate data in databases/logs; comfortable analysing batch files and API payloads.</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Familiarity with API testing tools (e.g., Postman) and test management/defect tools (e.g., Jira, ALM).</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Strong defect writing, stakeholder communication, and evidence-based reporting Desirable skills</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">API testing experience (e.g., Postman) and basic understanding of REST/JSON.</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Exposure to IAM tools (e.g., SailPoint, Saviynt, Okta, Azure AD) and directories (AD/LDAP).</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Test automation experience (e.g., Java/Python, Selenium, REST-assured, Cypress) and CI/CD (e.g., Jenkins/GitLab).</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Understanding of audit/control</p>

<h5 class="fw-bold text-success mt-4 mb-3">requirements for access management and segregation of duties.GCS is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy</h5>