Entra ID & AD Architect

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Summary of Role:

We are seeking a Entra ID & AD Architect (SME) driving design security and operations of hybrid identity. Senior individual contributor owning architecture and escalations. Delivering resilient scalable identity in collaboration with security and cloud teams.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Own the end-to-end architecture forhybrid identityspanning on-premises Active Directory Entra ID and Entra Connect / Cloud Sync.
• Design and document target-state identity reference architectures including authentication flows trust topologies forest/domain design and tenant strategy.
• Configure and optimizeEntra IDcapabilities: SSO/SAML/OIDC federation application registrations & enterprise apps App Proxy B2B/B2C dynamic groups and Entra ID Governance (access reviews entitlement management lifecycle workflows).
• Automate identity operations usingPowerShell and Microsoft Graph API
• Partner with SecOps on identity threat detection (Entra ID Protection Defender for Identity) and incident response for identity-based attacks (Golden Ticket password spray token theft etc.).
• Act asTier 3 / final escalationfor complex identity incidents and outages.
• Establish standards best practices and guardrails; review designs from junior engineers and vendor partners.
• Produce high-quality documentation: HLDs/LLDs runbooks knowledge articles and architecture decision records.
• Mentor engineers and uplift the broader teams identity capability through knowledge transfer and design reviews.

Other Responsibilities:

• Perform all activities in a safe and responsible manner and support all Environmental Health Safety & Security requirements and programs.
• Builds trust across security infrastructure app and cloud teams; influences without authority as an individual contributor.
• Team-first orientation shares knowledge generously and mentors others rather than hoarding expertise.

• Diplomatic in handling competing priorities and pushing back on insecure or non-standard requests.

Required Qualifications:

• Education Bachelor in Computer Science or related field.
• Experience Minimum 15 Years in field.
• Fluency in English Language written & verbal

Preferred Qualifications:

• Translatescomplex identity concepts into clear audience-appropriate language able to brief executives write precise documentation and guide hands-on engineers with equal ease.
• Strong written skills for architecture documents runbooks and decision records.
• Confident respectful communicator in design reviews incident bridges and cross-team negotiations
• Ownership mindset treats the identity platform as their own; sees problems through to root-cause resolution rather than handing them off.
• Proactive and self-directed; identifies risks and improvement opportunities without being asked.
• Calm composed and decisive under pressure during outages and security incidents.
• Humble and coachable open to feedback and willing to say I dont know let me find out.

Expected Salary Range

The exact Salary will be determined based on qualifications experience and location.