The Role
CyberArk SME
Location: Wokingham / Warwick
Job Type: Permanent
As a CyberArk Subject Matter Expert, you will own, manage, and continuously enhance the CyberArk Privileged Access Management platform end to end. You will act as the primary technical authority for PAM, ensuring platform availability, security posture, scalability, and compliance with enterprise risk and regulatory requirements. You will work closely with security, infrastructure, application, and compliance teams, providing expert leadership, driving best practices, and supporting complex integrations. This is a critical onshore role requiring strong stakeholder engagement, problem‑solving skills, and technical leadership.
* Own and manage the CyberArk PAM platform end to end, including PVWA, CPM, PSM, PSM SSH, and Vault.
* Ensure high availability, stability, scalability, and performance of the CyberArk environment.
* Perform platform maintenance activities including upgrades, patching, hardening, health checks, and disaster recovery testing.
* Manage onboarding and lifecycle management of privileged accounts across servers, databases, applications, cloud, and DevOps environments.
* Configure password vaulting, rotation, reconciliation, session monitoring, recording, and auditing.
* Integrate CyberArk with Active Directory, identity platforms, SIEM tools, ticketing tools, and enterprise systems.
* Develop and support automation using CyberArk REST APIs and PowerShell or Python scripting.
* Act as the primary escalation point for complex PAM incidents and technical issues.
* Support internal and external audits by producing compliance evidence and reports.
* Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and knowledge transfer to team members and stakeholders.
Your Profile
Essential skills / knowledge / experience:
* Strong experience in Identity and Access Management with at least 5 years of hands‑on CyberArk PAM experience.
* Strong expertise in CyberArk PAM Self‑Hosted and/or PAM as a Service implementation.
* Proven experience administering and hardening CyberArk Vault environments.
* Hands‑on experience with CPM configuration and password lifecycle management.
* Strong working knowledge of PSM and PSM SSH configuration and troubleshooting.
* Experience onboarding complex, legacy, and hybrid environments.
* Solid understanding of Windows, Linux/Unix, Active Directory, and networking fundamentals.
* Experience using PowerShell scripting and CyberArk REST APIs for automation.
* Strong L2/L3 operational support experience in enterprise PAM environments.
* Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and problem‑solving skills.
* CyberArk certifications such as CyberArk Defender, Sentry, PAM CDE, or EPM.
* Experience with CyberArk Endpoint Privilege Manager and Secrets Management.
* Exposure to Zero Trust architecture and cloud‑native PAM patterns.
* Experience supporting DevSecOps, CI/CD pipelines, or containerised environments.
* Prior experience working in regulated industries such as the energy sector.
* Experience delivering PAM transformation or platform refresh programmes.
TCS offers competitive salary packages featuring pension, health care, life assurance, laptop, phone, training resources and discounts within the larger Tata network. Health & wellness initiatives and sports events are also available, including sponsorship of the London Marathon.
Diversity, Inclusion and Wellbeing
Tata Consultancy Services UK&I is committed to meeting the accessibility needs of all individuals in accordance with the UK Equality Act 2010 and the UK Human Rights Act 1998.
We welcome and embrace diversity in race, nationality, ethnicity, disability, neurodiversity, gender identity, age, physical ability, gender reassignment, and sexual orientation. We are a disability inclusive employer and encourage disabled people to apply for this role.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer an interview to applicants with disabilities or long‑term conditions who meet the minimum criteria for the role. Please email us at UKI.recruitment@tcs.com if you would like to opt in.
If you are an applicant who needs any adjustments to the application process or interview, please contact us at UKI.recruitment@tcs.com with the subject line: “Adjustment Request” or call TCS London Office 02031552100 / +44 204 520 2575 to request an adjustment. We welcome requests prior to you completing the application and at any stage of the recruitment process.
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