Entra Engineer Consultant - Access Management & Identity Governance

Position: Entra ID Engineer Consultant - Access Management & Identity Governance
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We believe the best way to show you what our team is like is to treat you like you're already a part of it. We hope you'll consider joining our team of experienced professionals who are building their careers at Kalles Group—and having fun while doing it.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

As a Senior Microsoft Entra , you’ll be on assignment with one of our enterprise clients, helping lead a large workforce identity migration. Authentication for thousands of applications, including many complex SAML integrations, is moving from a legacy identity provider to Microsoft Entra ’ll own the design, build and operation of access management and identity governance in Entra, and you’ll have a lot of autonomy.

Your work will include Conditional Access and authentication strategy (phishing-resistant MFA and passwordless), Privileged Identity Management, application SSO and provisioning, B2B access, and the full Entra  suite: entitlement management, access reviews and lifecycle workflows. You’ll make Entra-native governance work cleanly alongside SailPoint Identity Security Cloud and hybrid Active Directory, and you’ll automate with Microsoft Graph, Power Shell and Infrastructure as Code.

You’ll also set engineering standards and mentor other engineers on the team.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

ACCESS MANAGEMENT (Entra )
• Design and maintain Conditional Access architecture – persona/risk-based policies, device & location conditions, session controls, Authentication Strengths for phishing-resistant MFA.
• Own authentication methods strategy and rollout – passwordless/FIDO2/passkeys, Windows Hello for Business, certificate-based auth; retire weaker methods.
• Administer Privileged Identity Management (PIM) – eligible assignments, JIT activation, approvals, privileged role & PIM-for-groups reviews.
• Manage application access – enterprise app SSO (SAML/OIDC), app role assignments, SCIM provisioning.
• Design external identity / B2B controls – cross-tenant access settings, guest governance, partner access patterns.

IDENTITY GOVERNANCE (Entra )
• Build and operate Entitlement Management – access packages, catalogs, policies, approval/expiration workflows, separation-of-duties checks.
• Design and run Access Reviews across groups, apps, privileged roles and guests, including recurring/automated reviews with auto-remediation.
• Implement Lifecycle Workflows – HR-driven joiner/mover/leaver and scheduled governance tasks.
• Configure HR-driven inbound provisioning and outbound SCIM app provisioning.
• Integrate Entra-native governance with SailPoint ISC and hybrid AD, defining ownership boundaries and avoiding duplicate controls.

ACROSS

THE ROLE
• Automation and config-as-code (Power Shell, Microsoft Graph API / Graph Power Shell SDK, Terraform/Bicep).
• Produce reference designs, standards and documentation; review other engineers' designs/configs.
• Partner with Sec Ops so identity telemetry supports threat detection.
• Mentor engineers; act as Entra access/governance SME. Use AI tooling to accelerate design and documentation.

ABOUT YOU:

Your values:

Integrity:
You believe in doing the right thing, even when it's uncomfortable, seemingly inefficient, or…