Microsoft Identity Consultant

Summary

At Avanade, cybersecurity consultants are innovators, and challengers of the status quo. If you’re an experienced Digital Identity Specialist , who can help our clients solve complex challenges, this might be the perfect opportunity for you.

In a client-facing consulting role, you will work on exciting projects that transform our client’s solutions with a focus on the Microsoft Digital Identity capabilities as well as other leading market vendors (e.g. Saviynt & One Identity). As a member of our security practice, you will work for both Avanade and Accenture clients, ranging from medium to large global enterprise clients.

Join a curious and diverse team that’s passionate about next-gen tech and establish yourself as a Leader in the Digital Identity space. Together, let’s transform cybersecurity.

Key Responsibilities

• Design enterprise identity and access management solutions using Entra ID with a focus on security and efficiency.

• Develop comprehensive identity architecture roadmaps to uplift and modernize access control systems across the organization, aligning with business growth and security requirements.

• Utilise Entra ID capabilities to develop control policies and authorisation frameworks in accordance with the principles of least privilege and zero trust.

• Participate in client workshops and discovery sessions, translating business, technical, and compliance requirements into value-driven architectures.

• Design and deploy advanced authentication solutions leveraging OAuth2.0, SAML, and OIDC protocols.

• Develop Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions utilizing Entra External ID capabilities.

• Create target-state architectures, roadmaps, and high-level/low-level designs.

• Communicate effectively and collaborate with team members and stakeholders.

• Work within agile methodologies, contributing to backlog items and continuous improvement.

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Skills & Experience

• Proven experience in Identity and Access Management (IAM), with a strong focus on Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD)

• Experienced in consulting and advisory discussions with clients and other consulting firms.

• Proven understanding of Active Directory and legacy authentication protocols (LDAP, Kerberos, NTLM, etc.), Entra ID Sync,

• Demonstrated expertise with Entra ID and Entra ID Domain Services, including relevant use cases.

• Skilled in managing identities, setting up conditional access, implementing multi-factor authentication, and overseeing identity governance with Microsoft Entra ID.

• Experience with modern authentication protocols and integrating applications using those protocols.

• Experience leading small to medium project general design and delivery (solution architecture and associated infrastructure or business and functional requirements).

• Understanding of the business, privacy, security, and compliance challenges surrounding Digital Identities and a passion for solving these challenges for clients.

• Experience of privileged access management solutions and an understanding of secrets management.

About you

• Deep technical knowledge of Microsoft identity management functionality, capabilities, and limitations.

• Proficiency in modern authentication protocols such as OAuth2.0, SAML and OIDC.

• Experience with Microsoft Entra ID, including SSO and authentication methods.

• Experience with Active Directory security, management, GPO’s, OU Structure etc.

• Familiarity with Entra Application Provisioning and SCIM.

• Ability to manage various types of identities using Microsoft Entra ID.

• Skilled in automation and scripting with PowerShell and Azure tools.

• Understanding of basic security principles and secure coding practices.

• Knowledge of IAM lifecycle management concepts.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills for IAM issues.

• Good communication skills for effective teamwork and stakeholder engagement.

Nice to have

• Experience with additional IAM platforms such as Auth0, Ping Identity, or ForgeRock.

• Scripting and automation capabilities using Python, PowerShell, or similar languages to extend IAM functionality.

• Experience implementing customer identity and access management (CIAM) solutions for consumer-facing applications.

• **Australian citizenship is required, and candidates must be eligible to obtain security clearance. (Existing security clearance is preferred but not mandatory) **

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