Digital Identity Architect / Manager

Are you ready to tackle some of the biggest challenges in cybersecurity?
Distinctive experiences. Limitless learning. Ambitious growth. That’s what you get when you choose to join and build your career at Avanade.
At Avanade, cybersecurity consultants are innovators, risk-takers, and challengers of the status quo. If you’re an experienced Digital Identity Architect / Manager , who can help our clients solve complex challenges, this might be the perfect opportunity for you.
About the Role in Our Security Practice:
In a client-facing consulting role, you will work on exciting projects that transform our client’s solutions with a focus on the Microsoft Digital Identity capabilities as well as other leading market vendors ( e.g. Saviynt & One Identity). As a member of our security practice, you will work for both Avanade and Accenture clients, ranging from medium to large global enterprise clients.
Join a curious and diverse team that’s passionate about next-gen tech and establish yourself as a Leader in the Digital identity space. Together, let’s transform cybersecurity.
About You:
You are a Digital Identity Architect/Manager , interested in joining our security practice, and are:

• You take full accountability to lead and manage work streams and ensure work is coordinated across different work streams, processes, or projects.
• You create and validate the detailed design of solution components in accordance with the target solution within environments of medium size and complexity
• Able to collaborate within a large global organization
• Experienced in consulting and advisory discussions with clients and other consulting firms
• Experienced in working with or leading medium to large teams
• Talented in designing and implementing technology solutions
• Seen as a role model and acts as a leader
• You lead small to medium project general design and delivery (solution architecture and associated infrastructure or business and functional requirements)

Client impact
You solve complex problems that consistently span work domains, requiring considerable judgement of contextual factors.
You have wide latitude in approach to work, including ability to reshape work plans, guided by professional best practices and domain expertise.
You develop a strong client relationship and contribute to sales outcomes.
You work independently, with occasional validation of work efforts against strategic and operational objectives.
You orchestrate the development lifecycle and facilitate building specialty skills as required by the project. You ensure that quality tools and processes are in place and are implemented by the development team.
You act as a Delivery Lead/ Technical Architect for small and medium projects
What We Need:
Subject matter expert , who has experience working on the Microsoft platform along with:

• Some understanding of how to use modern identity approaches to securely collaborate and manage third party/external identity (B2B );
• Experience of privileged access management solutions and an understanding of secrets management
• Understanding of customer identity management systems (B2C );
• Interested in developing experience and understanding of Access governance approaches and processes.
• Proven understanding of Active Directory and legacy authentication protections (LDAP, Kerberos, NTLM, etc );
• Interested in designing and implementing Identity and Access Management solutions, including joiners, movers, and leavers processes and access management.
• Proven understanding of Azure Active Directory and Azure Active Directory Domain Services (and respective scenarios );
• Experience with modern authentication protocols and integrating applications using those protocols.
• Awareness of emerging and future technologies in the Digital Identity space.
• Proven experience in the design and implementation of Cloud Identity solutions, such as Azure Active Directory P1 & P2 (which includes conditional access, application single sign on, and SCIM provisioning, as well as advanced security controls such as user and behavioral analytics );
• Understanding of the business, privacy, security, and compliance challenges surrounding Digital Identities and a passion for solving these challenges for clients.

Third Party Tools and Cross Related Experience

• CASB – Okta, MCAS
• IAM/IDP Tools – SailPoint, PingFederate, Oracle, RSA

Microsoft skills & Industry knowledge

• Single Sign-On (SSO)
• Identity Governance
• Multi Factor Authentication (MFA)
• Active Directory Domain Services/ADFS
• Azure AD External Identities (B2C/B2B)
• Privileged Access Management (PIM / PAM)
• Azure Active Directory

Preferred Certifications

• SC-300 Microsoft Identity and Access Administrator
• CISSP – MGR+
• SSCP - Analyst / SR Analysts
• CSSLP – MGR+
• SC-400 Microsoft Information Protection Administrator
• MS-500 Microsoft 365 Security Administration
• SC-900 Microsoft Security, Compliance, and Identity
• CISSP
• MS-100 Microsoft 365 Identity & Services
• AZ-500 Microsoft Azure Security Engineer Associate
• CCSP - Cons / Sr Cons/MGR+

Our Benefits:

• Exceptional development and training to help you understand Microsoft's broader Security, Compliance, and Identity (SCI) ecosystem with a minimum 80 hours/year of training and paid certifications
• Full benefits package including medical coverage, income protection policy, extended benefits, bonus program, generous retirement plan, and much more.
• Reward and recognition program
• Opportunity to work for Microsoft’s Global Alliance Partner of the Year (17 of the last 20 years)
• Dedicated career adviser to encourage your progression
• Avanade University – real-time access to technical and skilled resources globally

Learn more at http://www.avanade.com/ Avanade® is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We evaluate applicants without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, veteran, military or marital status, genetic information, or any other protected status.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
About Avanade
Avanade is the leading provider of innovative digital, cloud and advisory services, industry solutions and design-led experiences across the Microsoft ecosystem. Every day, our 59,000 professionals in 26 countries make a genuine human impact for our clients, their employees and their customers.
We have been recognized as Microsoft’s Global SI Partner of the Year more than any other company. With the most Microsoft certifications (60,000+) and 18 (out of 18) Gold-level Microsoft competencies, we are uniquely positioned to help businesses grow and solve their toughest challenges.
We are a people first company, committed to providing an inclusive workplace where employees feel comfortable being their authentic selves. As a responsible business, we are building a sustainable world and helping people from underrepresented communities fulfil their potential.
Majority owned by Accenture, Avanade was founded in 2000 by Accenture LLP and Microsoft Corporation. Learn more at www.avanade.com .