Cloud Identity Architect

Job Overview

We are seeking an expert Identity and Access Management (IAM) professional to design and implement secure, scalable, and compliant IAM solutions for our enterprise clients. As a key team member, you will collaborate with stakeholders to translate business requirements into innovative IAM designs that align with industry best practices.

Key Responsibilities:

• Deep technical knowledge of Microsoft's Hybrid cloud architecture and experience in designing and implementing solutions that meet functional and non-functional requirements.
• High degree of knowledge in identity management solutions specifically Entra ID, B2B to and B2C and associated identity security features.
• Architecture and delivery experience of enterprise-level production-grade workloads on public cloud (Azure) infrastructure.
• Develop and maintain operational procedures, driving improvements and automation where possible.
• Strong implementation experience with Azure identity features toolsets such as Privileged Identity Management (PIM), Entitlement management, Access Reviews, Conditional Access, Azure Policy, and related identity features.
• Implementation experience following Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) best practices.
• Knowledge and experience of IAM design and implementation across multiple CSP (AZ/AWS/GCP) estates.
• Strong understanding of governance, risk, and compliance requirements.
• Collaborate with the team to build standard operational patterns.
• Implementation experience of monitoring and alerting across the cloud platform.
• Advising stakeholders and translating business requirements into designs for Azure solutions that align with the Azure Well-Architected Framework and Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure.
• Escalation points for Entra ID-related incidents, requests, changes.
• Experience in design, implementation, and management of least-privilege administrative models.
• Ability to multi-task and work on several projects simultaneously.
• Comfortable mentoring and working with mid and associate level engineers to grow overall team and individual skillsets.

Requirements:

• Deep understanding and previous enterprise design and hands-on implementation experience managing & securing Microsoft's Identity platform Entra ID.
• Fine-grained custom RBAC at Enterprise scale – Azure Policy compliance design – Conditional Access Policy Design – Identity Protection – User & Group management – Hybrid User and device Management – Security & governance of external collaboration.
• Hands-on enterprise design & implementation of Microsoft Entra ID.
• Governance with a strategic goal of enhancing lifecycle (JML) as well as managing identity and access lifecycle at scale leveraging Entra ID Governance tools.
• Automation of identity and access management leveraging MS Graph -Logic Apps-PowerShell – Azure CLI, Azure Cloud Shell – AD PowerShell, ARM Templates, Infrastructure as Code.
• Deep knowledge & hands-on experience integrating and migrating on-premises line-of-business applications and workloads to the Azure Identity platform with a deep understanding of identity protocols such as FIDO2/WebAuthn, SAML, OAuth, OpenID Connect, and LDAP.
• External identities: Entra ID administration experience in (B2B & B2C) environments. Securing Cross-Tenant Access & external collaboration.
• Experience implementing the automation of Entra ID Identity health check dashboards, notifications, and associated alerting.
• Entra Connect & Entra Cloud sync capabilities, custom attribute mapping. Management & optimization of hybrid user & device synchronization.
• Integration experience with any of the following associated identity technologies: Active Directory, Administration – Microsoft, Multiple CSP (AZ/AWS/GCP) based architectures, Other related on-prem or cloud identity solutions or providers (e.g., Microsoft Identity Manager – OKTA- AWS -SailPoint).
• Experience leveraging a variety of Azure cloud assessment and monitoring toolsets.

Desired Qualifications:

• Proven track record of delivering large-scale IAM projects on time and within budget.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment and prioritize tasks accordingly.
• Strong problem-solving skills and analytical thinking.