Principal Consultant, Microsoft Entra

Cyderes (Cyber Defense and Response) is a pure-play, full life-cycle cybersecurity services provider with award-winning managed security services, identity and access management, and professional services designed to manage the cybersecurity risks of enterprise clients.  We specialize in multi-technology, complex environments with the in speed and agility needed to tackle the most advanced cyber threats. We leverage our global scale and decades of experience to accelerate our clients’ cyber outcomes through a full lifecycle of cybersecurity services. We are a global company with operating centers in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and India.
About the Role: The Microsoft Identity & Entra ID Principal Consultant will supervise a team of other consultants on their projects or programs. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to provide Cyderes’ clients with industry-leading expertise in Microsoft Identity & Entra ID platforms from both a security and operations perspective. This position will help lead advisory, remediation, and implementation of Microsoft Identity products.

Responsibilities:

• Provide planning, design, implementation, integration, and operational support for Microsoft Active Directory & Azure AD/Entra ID in a hybrid and multi-cloud environment.
• Understanding of current industry and Microsoft best practices for Microsoft identity products.
• Proven record of leading Microsoft identity architecture designs and capability of integrating designs into overall IAM strategy.
• Lead the analysis, deployments, and support for all IAM integration needs, including Microsoft Multi-Factor Authentication & Microsoft Single Sign On solutions.
• Ability to design and implement identity monitoring and proactively identify and remediate all the security risks and vulnerabilities to the Directory Services environment.
• Serve as a technical escalation engineer for all issues and needs related to hybrid/multi-cloud identity and directory service technologies.
• Be able to thoroughly research and come up with the required solutions and development of automation processes for the business needs.
• Be able to handle root cause analysis and problem management effectively for the IAM environment.
• Proactively identify areas of improvement, opportunities for innovations, and ways to enhance the IAM solutions and directory services environment.

Requirements:

• 8+ years’ experience with AD/Azure AD/Entra ID in an enterprise mission-critical IT environment managing all identity and directory services needs and solutions
• 5+ years’ experience with ADFS/Azure MFA/Single Sign on integrations
• Strong understanding of the entire identity Joiner/ Mover/ Leaver lifecycle
• Experience with the following Microsoft products and designs
• Entra Identity Protection
• Entra Identity Governance
• Entra Password Protection
• Entra MFA
• Microsoft Defender for Identity
• Microsoft 3-Tier Design and Red Forest deployments
• Microsoft Credential Guard
• LSA Protection Mode
• Active Directory Protected User Groups
• Entra ID for SSO
• Understanding of current attacks against Microsoft identity platforms and how to protect them
• It is helpful to have experience in conducting Active Directory consolidations and migrations.
• Strong background in Microsoft DNS and third-party DNS
• Ability to create PowerShell scripts for automation
• Strong experience in troubleshooting and solving IAM issues and integration needs in complex cloud environments.
• Excellent knowledge and experience in developing and maintaining standards and processes, proactively identifying and remediating issues/gaps in the IAM environment.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and customer relationship skills
• Experience working with cross-functional teams (Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Developers, Business Analysts).
• Desired certifications include exam MS-102 and SC-300

Cyderes is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, national origin, or veteran status.
Note: This job posting is intended for direct applicants only. We request that outside recruiters do not contact us regarding this position.