Senior Identity Engineer

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2 Locations
Remote
Senior level
Security • Software
The Role
The Senior Identity Engineer will lead identity projects, manage corporate identity technology, onboard applications, and stay updated with industry trends in identity governance.
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About Us
Sophos is a global leader and innovator of advanced security solutions for defeating cyberattacks. The company acquired Secureworks in February 2025, bringing together two pioneers that have redefined the cybersecurity industry with their innovative, native AI-optimized services, technologies and products. Sophos is now the largest pure-play Managed Detection and Response (MDR) provider, supporting more than 28,000 organizations. In addition to MDR and other services, Sophos’ complete portfolio includes industry-leading endpoint, network, email, and cloud security that interoperate and adapt to defend through the Sophos Central platform. Secureworks provides the innovative, market-leading Taegis XDR/MDR, identity threat detection and response (ITDR), next-gen SIEM capabilities, managed risk, and a comprehensive set of advisory services. Sophos sells all these solutions through reseller partners, Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs) worldwide, defending more than 600,000 organizations worldwide from phishing, ransomware, data theft, other every day and state-sponsored cybercrimes. The solutions are powered by historical and real-time threat intelligence from Sophos X-Ops and the newly added Counter Threat Unit (CTU). Sophos is headquartered in Oxford, U.K. More information is available at www.sophos.com.

IT at Sophos is the powerhouse behind world-class business capabilities, applications, infrastructure, and services that bring our company’s vision and strategy to life. Led by a seasoned leadership team with deep expertise in the security industry, and powered by technical contributors recognized as trailblazers in their fields, our department thrives on innovation and agility to deliver cutting-edge solutions. Joining our team means becoming part of a culture that champions creativity and excellence while investing in your growth. We are dedicated to your professional development, offering exciting opportunities to elevate your skills and advance your career.
 
Role Summary
Corporate Identity is a critical control point for Sophos, underpinning everything our employees do and serving as a foundation for our certification and compliance programs. We are looking for a Senior Identity Engineer to join our team of Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) who manage our modern identity stack, covering everything identity related from Passkeys through to our Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) processes.  

What You Will Do

  • Contribute, and lead corporate identity projects, from Passkey deployments through to the retirement of legacy technology
  • Act as an SME in one or more of Microsoft Entra ID, Saviynt, MiServer AD
  • Onboard applications into Microsoft Entra ID and Saviynt
  • Support the broader team with identity related projects and expertise
  • Stay up to date with industry trends in PAM, PIM, and IGA
  • Work using agile methodologies
  • Join the identity team out of hours support rota

What You Will Bring

  • Hands-on experience and SME knowledge with OIDC, SCIM, OAuth, PAM, and PIM solutions
  • Experience managing and SME knowledge with Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) and Microsoft Active Directory
  • Experience with Saviynt
  • Understanding of identity governance and compliance controls
  • Desirable:
  • Terraform experience
  • Azure/Microsoft Certfications
  • CI/CD using GitHub

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Ready to Join Us?
At Sophos, we believe in the power of diverse perspectives to fuel innovation. Research shows that candidates sometimes hesitate to apply if they don't check every box in a job description. We challenge that notion. Your unique experiences and skills might be exactly what we need to enhance our team. Don't let a checklist hold you back – we encourage you to apply.

What's Great About Sophos?
·   Sophos operates a remote-first working model, making remote work the primary option for most employees. However, some roles may necessitate a hybrid approach. While we are a remote first organization, applicants must have legal authorization to work in the jurisdiction where the position is posted, without requiring employer sponsorship.
·   Our people – we innovate and create, all of which are accompanied by a great sense of fun and team spirit
·   Employee-led diversity and inclusion networks that build community and provide education and advocacy
·   Annual charity and fundraising initiatives and volunteer days for employees to support local communities
·   Global employee sustainability initiatives to reduce our environmental footprint
·   Global fitness and trivia competitions to keep our bodies and minds sharp
·   Global wellbeing days for employees to relax and recharge 
·   Monthly wellbeing webinars and training to support employee health and wellbeing

Our Commitment To You
We’re proud of the diverse and inclusive environment we have at Sophos, and we’re committed to ensuring equality of opportunity.   We believe that diversity, combined with excellence, builds a better Sophos, so we encourage applicants who can contribute to the diversity of our team.  All applicants will be treated in a fair and equal manner and in accordance with the law regardless of gender, sex, gender reassignment, marital status, race, religion or belief, color, age, military veteran status, disability, pregnancy, maternity or sexual orientation.  We want to give you every opportunity to show us your best self, so if there are any adjustments we could make to the recruitment and selection process to support you, please let us know. 

Data Protection
If you choose to explore an opportunity, and subsequently share your CV or other personal details with Sophos, these details will be held by Sophos for 12 months in accordance with our Privacy Policy and used by our recruitment team to contact you regarding this or other relevant opportunities at Sophos.  If you would like Sophos to delete or update your details at any time, please follow the steps set out in the Privacy Policy describing your individual rights.  For more information on Sophos’ data protection practices, please consult our Privacy Policy Cybersecurity as a Service Delivered | Sophos

Top Skills

Azure
Git
Microsoft Entra Id
Miserver Ad
Oauth
Oidc
Pam
Pim
Saviynt
Scim
Terraform
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The Company
Burlington, MA
3,747 Employees
Year Founded: 1985

What We Do

Cybersecurity Evolved. As a worldwide leader in next-generation cybersecurity, Sophos protects nearly 400,000 organizations of all sizes in more than 150 countries from today’s most advanced cyberthreats. Powered by SophosLabs – a global threat intelligence and data science team – Sophos’ cloud-native and AI-enhanced solutions secure endpoints (laptops, servers and mobile devices) and networks against evolving cybercriminal tactics and techniques, including automated and active-adversary breaches, ransomware, malware, exploits, data exfiltration, phishing, and more.

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