Microsoft Identity - Entra Id Sr Consultant

This role focuses on designing, implementing, and improving identity and access management solutions using Microsoft Entra ID for government and public sector clients. It involves configuring policies, managing user lifecycles, and ensuring secure access controls.

What you'd actually do

  1. Support the design, configuration, and implementation of identity and access management solutions for government and public sector clients
  2. Analyze business, security, and technical requirements to help define access models, user lifecycle processes, and control requirements
  3. Design and enforce Conditional Access policies, MFA, SSO (SAML, OAuth2, OpenID Connect), and Identity Protection
  4. Assist with the implementation and enhancement of Microsoft Entra and related identity technologies to support authentication, authorization, and access governance objectives
  5. Develop project deliverables, including requirements documents, process flows, test scripts, status updates, and client-ready presentations

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a similar technical field
  • Ability to work onsite up to 5 days a week as required by the project team/client.
  • 2+ years of experience in identity and access management, cybersecurity, privacy, or enterprise technology implementation
  • 2+ years of experience in Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) administration, governance, and troubleshooting
  • Experience with Conditional Access, MFA, SSO, RBAC, or PIM
  • Hybrid identity solutions (Entra Connect, Cloud Sync)
  • SAML/OAuth2/OpenID Connect integrations
  • Microsoft Certified: Identity and Access Administrator Associate, Certified Information Systems Security Professional, or Certified Information Privacy Professional
  • 4+ years of experience translating business and technical requirements into solution design, configuration, and test documentation
  • 2+ years of experience supporting implementation or administration of Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft Active Directory, or comparable identity platforms
  • 2+ years of experience with single sign-on, multifactor authentication, role-based access control, or user lifecycle management
  • Ability to travel 15%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve.
  • Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.

Nice to have

  • 1+ years of experience supporting government, higher education, or other public sector clients
  • 1+ years of experience with Microsoft Entra ID Conditional Access, Privileged Identity Management, or identity governance capabilities
  • 1+ years of experience with access certification, role mining, or segregation of duties processes
  • 1+ years of experience working in Agile delivery environments

What the JD emphasized

  • Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) administration, governance, and troubleshooting
  • Experience with Conditional Access, MFA, SSO, RBAC, or PIM
  • Hybrid identity solutions (Entra Connect, Cloud Sync)
  • SAML/OAuth2/OpenID Connect integrations
  • Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.