Business Consultant Identity Architect

Role: Business Consultant Identity Architect

Location: Newark NJ(Hybrid)

Type: Contract

Key Responsibilities:

• Act as the primary technical expert for Microsoft Active Directory Microsoft Entra ID / Azure Active Directory and Microsoft Intune.
• Architect implement and oversee enterprise Identity and Access Management solutions across on-premises hybrid and cloud-based environments.
• Develop secure directory trust and domain collaboration models to support interaction across business groups subsidiaries partners and acquired entities.
• Lead identity and access integration efforts for enterprise transformation programs including mergers acquisitions divestitures consolidations and organizational separations.
• Evaluate existing identity directory endpoint and infrastructure landscapes to define future-state architecture and transition plans.
• Design secure authentication access control federation and Single Sign-On solutions across multiple platforms applications directories and domains.
• Partner with Enterprise Architecture Cybersecurity Infrastructure Endpoint IAM and Application teams to ensure solutions meet enterprise design and governance expectations.
• Provide technical direction for endpoint management through Microsoft Intune including device onboarding configuration profiles compliance rules security policies and device lifecycle processes.
• Analyze risks related to identity architecture directory services endpoint security authentication flows and infrastructure changes and recommend practical mitigation actions.
• Support directory migration consolidation coexistence synchronization and modernization strategies.
• Create and maintain architecture documents design standards governance materials implementation guides support procedures and operational runbooks.
• Ensure identity directory authentication and endpoint management solutions comply with corporate security policies regulatory requirements and enterprise architecture standards.

Required Qualifications:

• 10 years of experience in Identity and Access Management infrastructure architecture directory services endpoint management or related enterprise technology roles.
• Strong practical experience with Microsoft Active Directory Microsoft Entra ID / Azure AD and Microsoft Intune.
• Demonstrated ability to design and deliver enterprise identity solutions across hybrid cloud and multi-domain environments.
• Experience defining directory integration models domain trust structures identity synchronization approaches and coexistence strategies.
• Strong knowledge of authentication and authorization technologies including SAML OAuth 2.0 OpenID Connect Kerberos LDAP federation and SSO.
• Experience supporting identity integration activities related to mergers acquisitions divestitures enterprise separations or large-scale transformation programs.
• Solid understanding of endpoint management device compliance device security lifecycle management and policy enforcement.
• Ability to assess technical risks identify gaps and implement mitigation strategies across identity and infrastructure programs.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams including security infrastructure architecture application endpoint and business stakeholders.
• Strong communication documentation analytical and problem-solving skills