Identity and Access Management Engineer (IDAM and Azure)
On-siteLondon, England, United Kingdom
Job Summary
Design Azure IAM solutions aligning with customer security strategies and business outcomes. Build, configure, and support Microsoft Entra ID environments, including users, groups, enterprise applications, and administrative roles. Implement cloud and hybrid identity architectures, configure identity lifecycle processes, and enforce strong authentication controls like multi-factor authentication and Conditional Access. Troubleshoot identity incidents, investigate access control defects, and establish monitoring and alerting processes. Produce technical documentation and collaborate with architects and stakeholders to deliver secure, practical IDAM solutions. Work alongside experienced consultants to contribute reusable assets and support continuous learning within a collaborative public and private sector consultancy.
Required Qualifications
- This role will require you to have, or be willing to undergo, appropriate security clearance depending on client requirements.
- Microsoft Certified: Identity and Access Administrator Associate
- Microsoft Certified: Security Operations Analyst Associate
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
- Agile Practitioner, Scrum Master, PRINCE2, or equivalent delivery qualification
Desired Qualifications
- Microsoft Certified: Cybersecurity Architect Expert, or equivalent, would be advantageous
- Proven experience designing, implementing, configuring or supporting Azure Identity and Access Management solutions.
- Strong understanding of Microsoft Entra ID, Active Directory, cloud and hybrid identity, authentication, authorisation, federation, access governance and privileged access management.
- Experience with Microsoft Entra ID capabilities, including Conditional Access, MFA, single sign-on, app registrations, enterprise applications, identity protection, entitlement management and privileged identity management.
- Knowledge of authentication protocols and identity standards such as SAML, OAuth, OpenID Connect, LDAP and Kerberos.
- Experience integrating identity services with Azure, Microsoft 365, SaaS applications, enterprise applications and on-premises infrastructure.
- Understanding of Zero Trust, least privilege, identity governance, audit, compliance and cyber security best practice.
- Ability to troubleshoot identity, access, authentication, synchronisation, Conditional Access and permission-related issues.
- Experience working in Agile delivery teams and producing clear technical documentation.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Self-motivated, collaborative and able to work across multiple client environments and delivery priorities.
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