About the Role
We are seeking an experienced Lead Identity Specialist to drive the design deployment and governance of Microsoft Entra solutions across the enterprise This role combines deep technical expertise with strategic consulting skills The Lead will act as the subject matter expert for Microsoft Entra Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management CIEM Privileged Identity Management PIM and Microsoft Defender for Identity or Similar tool while managing Application Owners Business stakeholders Security Architects and guiding application security and infrastructure teams
Key Responsibilities
- Lead enterprisewide architecture and deployment of Microsoft Entra including Entra ID Conditional Access Identity Protection PIM CIEM and Governance
- Manage and mentor Technical Account Managers TAMs ensuring service excellence and alignment with IAM strategy
- Act as SME and consultant for application infrastructure and security teams integrating with Entra ID and related IAM services
- Define and execute IAM strategy in alignment with Zero Trust security principles
- Provide consultinglevel guidance on IAM adoption migration from legacy platforms and application onboarding
- Define integrate and drive proactive use of Identity threat detection capability for threat detection and identitybased risk management
- Partner with security leadership to ensure compliance with audit regulatory and governance requirements
- Serve as enterprise escalation point for Entra identityrelated issues and lead root cause analysis for critical incidents
- Establish technical standards governance policies and best practices for Entra and multicloud IAM usage AWS IAM GCP IAM
- Collaborate with Microsoft engineeringproduct teams and provide roadmap feedback
- Mentor Level 3 engineers ensuring knowledge growth across the IAM function
- Liase with infrastructure O365 and SOC teams to ensure security of Entra and fine tune configurations
Required Skills Experience
- Expert knowledge of Microsoft Entra architecture and deployments including Identity Protection Conditional Access PIM CIEM and Governance
- Strong experience with hybrid identity onprem Active Directory AD FS Azure AD Connect
- Proficiency with Identity threat detection tools and integration with broader security ecosystems
- Deep understanding of authentication protocols SAML OAuth OpenID Connect Kerberos LDAP
- Familiarity with AWS IAM and GCP IAM as part of multicloud IAM strategy
- Proven ability to translate technical capabilities into businessfocused IAM strategies
- Strong understanding of B2B and B2C and experience creating patterns and implementation across large organisations
- Very strong handson experience in managing workload and nonhuman identities Automation in a hybrid environment
- Strong knowledge and experience in performing security assessments and configuration reviews for Entra
- Demonstrated leadership in managing technical teams TAMs senior engineers
- Strong consulting stakeholder engagement and crossfunctional communication skills
- Preferred Qualifications
- Microsoft certifications SC100 SC300 AZ500 or equivalent
- 12 years of IAM experience including largescale deployments and enterprise consulting
- Experience with IAM modernization and migration from legacy identity platforms
- Prior experience presenting IAM strategy and architecture to senior leadership
