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Required Skills & Experience
• 8–12 years in Identity & Access Management, with at least 5 years of hands-on Azure AD / Entra ID engineering.
• Expert knowledge of hybrid identity (AD DS, Entra Connect, Cloud Sync, ADFS, PTA/PHS).
• Strong experience with Conditional Access, MFA, PIM, Identity Protection and Entra ID Governance.
• Deep understanding of SAML 2.0, OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SCIM and modern authentication flows.
• Hands-on development with Microsoft Graph API and PowerShell; experience with C#/.NET or Python is a plus.
• Experience with Intune / device compliance as part of Conditional Access.
• Proven technical leadership of distributed teams in Agile environments.
• Strong communication, documentation and stakeholder management skills.
Preferred Skills
• Experience integrating Entra ID with Okta, SailPoint or CyberArk.
• Exposure to Microsoft Defender for Identity / Defender for Cloud Apps and Microsoft Sentinel.
• Infrastructure-as-Code experience (Terraform, Bicep) for identity configuration.
• Experience in large, multi-tenant enterprise environments.
Certifications
• Microsoft Certified: Identity and Access Administrator Associate (SC-300) – strongly preferred
• Microsoft Certified: Cybersecurity Architect Expert (SC-100)
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305) (a plus)
Education
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
Soft Skills
• Ability to lead, mentor and grow a technical team.
• Clear written and verbal communication with technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ownership mindset with strong problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, client-facing delivery environment.
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