Senior Technical Implementation Lead – Secure Identity Solutions

ABOUT US At TOPPAN Security, our mission is to shape a meaningful, technology-driven future by being a global leader in mission-critical identity and payment technologies. As the international development arm of the TOPPAN Group in the security domain, we build on a trusted Japanese heritage dating back to 1900. We combine deep sector expertise, bold ideas and collaborative intelligence to deliver secure, future-ready solutions. Our culture is grounded in four values: Agility, Ownership, Resilience, and a Sense of Fun. About the role and what you’ll do As a Senior Technical Implementation Lead, you will play a key role in delivering secure identity and national identity solutions for government customers worldwide. This is a senior, hands-on technical delivery role covering staging, deployment, configuration, commissioning, troubleshooting and operational handover of complex customer solutions. You will translate approved technical designs into controlled implementation plans and ensure solutions are deployed safely and in line with project, quality, security and change-control requirements. You will provide technical leadership while remaining directly involved in implementation and validation. Working closely with Project Managers, architects, Development, QA, Support, customers and third-party suppliers, you will help ensure successful delivery from preparation through to operational handover. Key responsibilities Lead implementation of complex secure identity and national identity solutions across customer environments. Plan and coordinate staging, installation, configuration, deployment and commissioning activities. Translate approved technical designs into clear implementation plans, work packages and deployment activities. Personally build, configure, troubleshoot and validate infrastructure where required. Deploy and support Windows/Linux servers, virtualisation, storage, networking, databases, backup and recovery components. Ensure implementation activities meet project milestones, quality standards and customer requirements. Provide technical direction and day-to-day leadership to implementation engineers and act as a technical escalation point. Ensure production changes are planned, tested, documented, approved and supported by appropriate rollback and recovery procedures. Lead deployment-readiness reviews and provide technical input to implementation go/no-go decisions. Identify and manage technical, operational and security risks, dependencies and deployment constraints. Ensure solutions are stable, documented and supportable before handover, including monitoring, backup, recovery, failover and maintenance readiness. Work with QA to ensure environments are ready for testing and customer acceptance. Maintain implementation records, technical documentation and knowledge-transfer materials. Mentor implementation engineers and promote consistent implementation and…