Solutions Architect - AD​/Entra Architect

Job Description and Responsibilities

TI is seeking a senior AD and Entra architect to lead the design and evolution of our enterprise identity infrastructure supporting both IT and OT environments. This role will architect and optimize Active Directory and Microsoft Entra  (Azure AD) solutions that serve as the backbone for identity management across our global organization, supporting 50,000+ users and complex hybrid cloud deployments. You will design scalable identity solutions while ensuring seamless integration between on-premises legacy systems, modern cloud applications, and increasingly critical operational technology environments.

• Design and implement enterprise-scale Active Directory forest architectures, including multi-domain topologies, trust relationships, and site replication strategies
• Architect Microsoft Entra t configurations supporting hybrid identity scenarios, conditional access policies, and zero‑trust security models
• Develop and enforce identity governance frameworks including role-based access control (RBAC), privileged identity management (PIM), and lifecycle management processes
• Design secure authentication and authorization patterns for enterprise applications, including SAML, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, and Kerberos implementations
• Partner with cybersecurity, infrastructure, and application teams to establish identity security standards and access management best practices
• Evaluate and integrate emerging identity technologies to enhance user experience while maintaining security posture
• Lead cross-functional identity modernization initiatives, including legacy application migration and cloud‑first identity strategies
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to identity engineering teams across global locations
• Establish monitoring and governance frameworks to ensure identity infrastructure performance, compliance, and security metrics

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• Benefits that benefit you. We offer competitive pay and benefits designed to help you and your family live your best life. Your well-being is important to us.

Texas Instruments Incorporated (Nasdaq: TXN) is a global semiconductor company that designs, manufactures and sells analog and embedded processing chips for markets such as industrial, automotive, data center, personal electronics and communications equipment. At our core, we have a passion to create a better world by making electronics more affordable through semiconductors. This passion is alive today as each generation of innovation builds upon the last to make our technology more reliable, more affordable and lower power, making it possible for semiconductors to go into electronics everywhere.

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Texas Instruments is an equal opportunity employer and supports a diverse, inclusive work environment.

If you are interested in this position, please apply to this requisition.

• Overall 8+ years of experience in identity and access management, systems architecture, or related enterprise infrastructure roles
• Minimum 5+ years of hands‑on experience architecting and managing Active Directory in enterprise environments (10,000+ users)
• Minimum 3+ years of experience with Microsoft Entra  (Azure AD) architecture and hybrid identity implementations

• Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) architecture including:
  • Multi‑forest and multi‑domain design patterns
  • Site topology optimization and replication management
  • Group Policy architecture and delegation models
  • Trust relationships and cross‑forest authentication
• Microsoft Entra  (Azure AD) advanced configurations including:
  • Hybrid identity with Azure AD Connect/Cloud Sync
  • Conditional Access policy design and…