Microsoft Entra Leader

· Need a senior, hands-on Identity Implementation Lead who can take a complex identity program from detailed design through build, test, documentation, and handoff., o Hybrid identity routing across tenants from a shared AD estate

o Graph-based automation and secure DevSecOps

o Enterprise app / federation patterns: SAML, OIDC, OAuth, WS-Fed, ADFS

o Logging, monitoring, audit, SIEM integration, and operational handoff

· Must be an engineer-practitioner, not strategy-only or portal-only.

· Core profile: 10-15 years IAM experience, with 5-7+ years deep Microsoft identity work and recent complex Entra implementations.

· Must be strong in:

o Entra tenant build, governance, Conditional Access, PIM, Identity Protection

o Hybrid identity and Entra Connect routing

o Cross-tenant access and synchronization

o Configuration-as-code with Git, Graph, CI/CD, drift detection, and testing, o Microsoft365DSC / Terraform in addition to Graph

o Defender for Identity, LAPS, SIEM, Intune, Tanium

o GitHub Actions / Azure DevOps depth

o Relevant Microsoft certifications

· Interview should validate:

o Hands-on delivery history

o Safe Conditional Access rollout approach

o Hybrid identity routing knowledge

o Cross-tenant sync design

o Config-as-code / CI-CD design

o Application migration and coexistence experience

o Operational handoff and documentation quality