The Role
Designs and leads secure, scalable Microsoft Azure and Entra ID architectures across enterprise and hybrid environments. Responsibilities include identity and access management, authentication, authorization, SSO, MFA, Conditional Access, identity lifecycle management, Active Directory integration, governance, and cloud security. The role assesses existing environments, recommends improvements, supports modernization and migration, resolves complex identity issues, and provides architectural leadership to technical and business stakeholders.
Summary Generated by Built In
As a Cloud Architect - Entra Specialisation, you will:
- Design and implement secure, scalable cloud architectures with a strong focus on Microsoft Entra ID.
- Define cloud identity and access management architectures across enterprise environments.
- Design solutions using Microsoft Azure and integrate identity services with cloud and on-premises platforms.
- Develop architectures for authentication, authorization, SSO, MFA, Conditional Access, and identity lifecycle management.
- Lead Entra ID hybrid identity solutions and integration with Active Directory.
- Provide architectural guidance for identity security, governance, and access management.
- Assess existing cloud and identity environments and recommend improvements.
- Work with security, infrastructure, application, and business teams to translate requirements into secure cloud solutions.
- Support cloud transformation, modernization, and migration initiatives.
What You Bring to the Table:
- 10+ years of overall experience in Cloud Architecture, Cloud Engineering, or related IT roles.
- Strong hands-on expertise in Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Entra ID.
- Proven experience designing enterprise-scale cloud and identity architectures.
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft Entra ID, Azure Active Directory/Active Directory, hybrid identity, SSO, MFA, and Conditional Access.
- Experience with Identity and Access Management (IAM) and identity security principles.
- Strong understanding of cloud security, governance, networking, and enterprise architecture.
- Experience integrating Entra ID with enterprise applications and cloud services.
- Knowledge of identity lifecycle, access governance, privileged access, and security controls.
- Experience working with complex enterprise and hybrid environments.
You Should Possess the Ability to:
- Design secure, scalable, and highly available Azure and Entra-based architectures.
- Translate business and technical requirements into practical cloud and identity solutions.
- Analyse existing environments and identify architecture, security, and integration improvements.
- Provide technical leadership and architectural guidance to engineering and security teams.
- Troubleshoot complex cloud and identity-related issues and drive root-cause resolution.
- Communicate complex architectural concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Balance security, scalability, performance, cost, and business requirements when designing solutions.
What We Bring to the Table:
- Opportunity to work on enterprise Azure cloud and Microsoft Entra identity transformation initiatives.
- Exposure to complex cloud, IAM, hybrid identity, and security architectures.
- Collaboration with cloud, infrastructure, security, application, and business teams.
- Opportunities to contribute to cloud modernization, identity security, and enterprise architecture initiatives.
Let’s Connect
Want to discuss this opportunity in more detail? Feel free to reach out.
Recruiter: Asha Krishnan
Phone: +31 20 369 0609 ; Extn :146
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/asha-krishnan
Skills Required
- 10+ years of experience in cloud architecture, cloud engineering, or related IT roles
- Strong hands-on expertise in Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Entra ID
- Experience designing enterprise-scale cloud and identity architectures
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft Entra ID, Azure Active Directory, Active Directory, hybrid identity, SSO, MFA, and Conditional Access
- Experience with Identity and Access Management and identity security principles
- Strong understanding of cloud security, governance, networking, and enterprise architecture
- Experience integrating Entra ID with enterprise applications and cloud services
- Knowledge of identity lifecycle, access governance, privileged access, and security controls
- Experience working with complex enterprise and hybrid environments
- Ability to design secure, scalable, and highly available Azure and Entra-based architectures
- Ability to translate business and technical requirements into cloud and identity solutions
- Ability to provide technical leadership and architectural guidance
- Ability to troubleshoot complex cloud and identity issues and drive root-cause resolution
- Ability to communicate complex architectural concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders
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What We Do
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