Senior Security Principal, Identity Security
7 hours ago
Leatherhead
Overview In this senior role you will shape identity security strategy and governance across complex, regulated environments. You’ll drive design and engineering excellence for IAM capabilities, collaborating with cybersecurity, cloud, and business teams. You will implement secure identity solutions to reduce risk and enable enterprise transformation. This position offers impact at scale within a mission-focused technology organization. ResponsibilitiesDefine and drive identity security strategy, architecture, governance, and engineering excellence across enterprise environmentsLead initiatives spanning Entra ID, Active Directory, hybrid identity, PAM, identity governance, authentication technologies, workload identities, and certificate servicesCollaborate with cybersecurity, infrastructure, cloud, application, and business stakeholders to design and implement secure identity solutionsReduce risk and strengthen access controls to support enterprise transformation programmes Key requirementsExtensive experience in identity and access management, identity security, cybersecurity engineering, security architecture, or related fieldProven track record designing, implementing, and supporting complex enterprise IAM environmentsExperience leading identity security initiatives, architecture reviews, and transformation programmes in large-scale organisationsStrong ability to influence security outcomes across complex enterprise environmentsDeep expertise in Microsoft Entra ID, Active Directory, and hybrid identity environmentsStrong knowledge of identity governance, privileged access management, Conditional Access, and modern authentication technologiesExperience with federation, SSO, application identity, and identity lifecycle managementUnderstanding of MFA, FIDO2, Windows Hello for Business, certificate-based authentication, SAML, OAuth, and OpenID ConnectKnowledge of PKI, certificate services, trust models, and certificate lifecycle managementExperience investigating identity security incidents and using Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Defender XDR, Defender for Identity, or similar platformsStrong stakeholder engagement, communication, problem-solving, and technical leadership capabilitiesAbility to lead strategic initiatives and influence cross-functional teamsEligibility to obtain and maintain UK security clearanceStakeholder engagementCommunicationProblem-solvingMicrosoft Entra IDActive DirectoryHybrid identity