Lead Architect

Description

The Identity & Access Management Architect provides strategic and technical leadership across Microsoft Entra ID and Active Directory services. The role shapes the long-term identity architecture, owns the roadmap for hybrid identity capabilities, and acts as a senior escalation point for complex technical matters. Working closely with security, infrastructure, and regional technology teams, this position ensures identity services are secure, resilient, and aligned to business priorities.

• Work closely with senior technology and security leaders on business-critical initiatives.
• Designing and maintaining the architecture for Microsoft Entra ID and Active Directory across hybrid environments.
• Identifying opportunities for innovation, automation, and service improvement.
• Conducting platform assessments and driving improvement initiatives in partnership with security teams and vendor specialists.
• Providing senior-level administration, governance, and incident escalation for Entra ID services.
• Developing and refining identity security controls such as Conditional Access, MFA, RBAC, PIM, and workload identity protections.
• Partnering with stakeholders across technical and non-technical teams to ensure alignment and effective knowledge sharing.
• Overseeing operational processes including monitoring, incident and change management, and service performance.
• Building and maintaining productive working relationships with vendors and partners.
• Owning the identity services roadmap, including lifecycle management, capacity planning, and strategic direction.
• Engage with cutting-edge Microsoft technologies and maintain close relationships with key vendor partners.
• Producing clear and comprehensive documentation to support operations, governance, and future enhancements.

Requirements

• At least 5 years’ experience managing Windows Active Directory in complex, high-availability environments.
• Familiarity with best practices across systems administration, automation, DevOps workflows, and change management.
• Ability to manage vendor relationships to deliver agreed outcomes and maintain value.
• Experience working within shared service or global operating models with 24/7 expectations.
• Desirable: exposure to Microsoft 365 platform architecture and experience working in cross-functional project environments.
• Degree or equivalent professional experience.
• Minimum 5 years’ hands-on experience with Entra ID / Azure AD, including Conditional Access, MFA, PIM, RBAC, External Identities, and identity protection capabilities.
• Relevant Microsoft certifications in Azure and Entra ID (Azure AD) are required and must be maintained.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of hybrid identity models and large-scale infrastructure operations.
• Proven experience delivering enterprise-level identity strategy and architecture with Microsoft Entra ID.

Benefits

• The chance to influence long-term technology direction and introduce best-practice identity security.
• Opportunity to lead identity architecture across a complex, modern hybrid environment.

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance