Entra Team Lead – Identity & Workforce Security

We are seeking a highly skilled Entra  Lead / Identity & Security Architect with deep expertise in authentication, authorization, identity and access management, security governance, AI, and cloud security.

The successful candidate will lead a Workforce Security / Workforce Authentication and Authorization team responsible for designing and securely implementing identity solutions across hybrid and cloud environments.

The role requires strong expertise in Microsoft Entra , Azure, AWS Security, authentication protocols, Zero Trust, privileged access, identity governance, application security, and modern cloud architectures, along with the ability to provide technical leadership and consultation to stakeholders and IT management.

• Lead an identity-centric Workforce Security team.
• Drive the development of authentication and access-management solutions.
• Define and implement secure identity and access patterns.
• Apply security principles including:
• Zero Trust
• Least Privilege
• Defense in Depth

Review identity and access management security solutions proposed by stakeholders.

Provide technical consultation to partners, engineering teams, and IT management.

Lead secure implementation of workforce authentication and authorization solutions across hybrid and cloud environments.

• Provide deep technical leadership across Microsoft Entra .
• Design and implement identity and access management solutions using:
• Entra
• Azure
• Enterprise Privileged Management (EPM)
• Entitlement Management

Work with identity governance and access-management scenarios. Support privileged identity management and Just-in-Time (JIT) access. Design role-based access control and identity governance solutions. Support passwordless authentication and modern authentication solutions.

• OAuth
• OIDC
• SAML
• SSO
• MFA
• Conditional Access
• Kerberos
• LDAP
• Identity Federation
• Authorization Patterns
• Token Handling
• Authentication Flows
• Design secure authentication and authorization patterns for enterprise applications.
• Support identity federation and cloud-native authentication architectures.
• Design secure access patterns across applications, users, devices, and cloud services.

• Understand AI concepts, patterns, and their impact on the Identity and Access Management domain.
• Participate in AI adoption initiatives with an identity and security focus.
• Develop knowledge of Entra  identity concepts.
• Understand identity and authentication patterns associated with AI-enabled and agentic solutions.
• Evaluate the security implications of AI adoption within identity and access management.
• Provide identity-focused guidance for AI and automation initiatives.

• Provide identity and security solutions for:
• Java-based microservices
• React-based frontends
• Android applications
• iOS applications

Design application authentication and authorization solutions on Azure. Support application registration and application integration scenarios. Implement secure token and session-handling mechanisms. Work with:

• JWT
• Session Management
• Code Signing
• Certificate Authentication
• TLS/SSL
• API Security
• Application Registration
• Application Integration

• Provide security architecture and identity solutions across Azure and AWS environments.
• Strong understanding of cloud security concepts including:
• Policies
• RBAC
• Identities
• Privileged Access Management
• Activities

Support secure cloud-native architectures. Apply identity and security controls across hybrid and cloud infrastructures. Work with Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management (CIEM) solutions. Identify and support remediation of:

• Toxic combinations
• High-risk entitlements
• Excessive privileges
• Access risks

• Microsoft Entra
• EPM
• Microsoft Sentinel
• Azure
• AWS Security
• Okta
• Ping Federate
• Entitlement Management Solutions
• CIEM
• Privileged Identity Management
• Secrets Management

• End User Computing
• Proxy Solutions
• MFA
• SSO
• Conditional Access
• Passwordless Authentication
• Yubi Key
• Biometric Authentication
• Identity Governance
• Secrets Management
• Automation
• RBAC
• Privileged Identity Management
• Just-in-Time Access

• Apply threat modeling concepts and methodologies to identity and security solutions.
• Understand application security principles and OWASP standards.
• Apply security…