Software Developer

Company Description

Version 1 has celebrated 30 years in business and continues to be trusted by global brands to deliver technology and transformation solutions that drive customer success. Our deep expertise enables our customers to navigate the rapidly evolving technology landscape. We foster strong partnerships with global technology leaders including Microsoft, AWS, Oracle, Red Hat, OutSystems, Snowflake, ensuring that our customers are provided with the highest quality solutions and services.

We’re an award-winning employer reflecting how our employees are at the very heart of what we do:

• UK &
  • Ireland's premier AWS, Microsoft &
  • Oracle partner

• 3300+ strong, €350/£300m revenue business
• 10+ years as a Great Place to Work in Ireland &
  • UK

• Best Workplace for Women in the UK &
  • Ireland by GPTW

• Best Workplace for Wellbeing in the UK by GPTW

We’re a core values driven company, we hire people who share our values, and we reward those who display and foster them, it’s deeply embedded within our DNA. Invest in us and we’ll invest in you!

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

• Lead engineering delivery of the permissions workstream and support transition activities.
• Configure and deploy Keycloak and IAM services within Azure cloud environments.
• Implement PBAC policies, multi-realm Keycloak environments and identity federation solutions.
• Integrate Keycloak Authorisation Services with the workbench platform.
• Integrate Keycloak Authorisation Services with Supervisory Framework Services.
• Contribute Keycloak Authorisation expertise to the design and integration of future services, including Document Management Service (Compass).
• Contribute to Agile delivery activities and collaborative project working.
• Support solution design, implementation, testing and deployment activities.

Qualifications

Essential Experience

• Recent experience working with Keycloak Authorisation Services and hybrid cloud deployments, including Keycloak version 26.7 or later.
• Proficiency in IAM concepts and standards including OAuth, OIDC, JWT, OBO/Token Exchange and Fine-Grained Authorisation.
• Experience customising and administering Keycloak.
• Development experience in Java/J2EE and developing custom Keycloak extensions.
• Experience working in Agile delivery environments.
• Familiarity with Keycloak Authorisation Services and OAuth/OIDC terminology.
• Experience installing Keycloak within Azure App Service environments using Java 21 and SQL-backed deployments.
• Experience configuring Keycloak clients, policies, attributes, Identity Providers and extensions.
• Experience developing Keycloak extensions including themes, Service Provider Interfaces (SPI), Dynamic User Profile (DUP), protocol mappers, policy providers and resource providers.
• Experience working with CI/CD tooling including Maven, JaCoCo, SonarQube, JFrog and Azure DevOps.
• Experience developing enterprise Java 21 solutions using Maven and JPA.

Desirable Experience

• Experience implementing PBAC (Policy-Based Access Control) models.
• Experience deploying and supporting multi-realm Keycloak environments.
• Experience implementing SSO and identity federation solutions.
• Experience integrating Keycloak with enterprise platforms and services.
• Experience working in regulated or financial services environments.
• Experience contributing to IAM architecture and platform design activities.

Additional Information

At Version 1, we believe in providing our employees with a comprehensive benefits package that prioritises their wellbeing, professional growth.

• Share in our success with our Quarterly Performance-Related Profit Share Scheme, where employees collectively benefit from a share of our company's profits
• Strong Career Progression & mentorship coaching through our Strength in Balance &
  • Leadership schemes with a dedicated quarterly Pathways Career Development programme

• Flexible/remote working, Version 1 is tremendously understanding of life events and people’s individual circumstances and offer flexibility to help achieve a healthy work life balance
• Financial Wellbeing initiatives including
  • Version 1 Pension with a 5% employee-matched contribution, Private Healthcare Cover, Life Assurance, Financial advice and an Employee Discount scheme

• Employee Wellbeing schemes including Gym Discounts, Bike to Work, Fitness classes, Mindfulness Workshops, Employee Assistance Programme and much more.
• 24 days holiday allowance plus Public Holidays, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, marriage/civil partnership leave and special leave policies
• Educational assistance, incentivised certifications, and accreditations, including AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, and Red Hat
• Reward schemes including Version 1’s Annual Excellence Awards & quarterly Star Awards.
• Environment, Social and Community First initiatives allow you to get involved in local fundraising and development opportunities as part of fostering our diversity, inclusion and belonging schemes.

And many more exciting benefits… drop us a note to find out more.

Version 1 is an equal opportunities employer

We are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace where everyone feels valued and able to thrive. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and lived experiences, and we value the different perspectives people bring including those shaped by disability and neurodiversity.

We want every candidate to have a positive and accessible recruitment experience. If you need reasonable adjustments at any stage of the process, please contact the recruiter at ekta.bahl@version1.com. We will consider all requests carefully, respectfully and confidentially.