Enterprise Identity & Access Consultant

Chess ICT Limited; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

Eye tests and on-site health checks

Hybrid working

Home office allowance

Wellbeing day after 1 year

Travel opportunities

Job summary

Chess ICT Limited is seeking an experienced Consultant to join our team and support our growing digital strategy for enterprise organisations. The role covers identity, access and Microsoft infrastructure solutions, with a focus on sales and deployment lifecycle from discovery through delivery.

You will work remotely with occasional travel to customer sites or hubs in the UK, collaborating with Sales, Deployment and technical specialists to deliver trusted advisory services and practical

Qualifications

• At least five years’ relevant experience across enterprise Microsoft infrastructure, identity, access or deployment environments.
• Practical knowledge of Exchange Server and Active Directory, with a sound working awareness of Microsoft Entra and cloud technologies.
• Awareness of PAM, PIM, Conditional Access and identity and access management principles.
• Experience of working in a consulting or customer-facing technical role, ideally within enterprise environments.
• Confident producing proposals, scopes, recommendations and lifecycle documentation.
• Professional, credible and dependable, with the judgement to operate as a trusted adviser to customers and colleagues.
• Strong communication and stakeholder‑management skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts clearly to different audiences.
• Commercially aware, with an understanding of how sales, contractual, legal and delivery processes connect.
• Organised and able to manage priorities across multiple engagements while maintaining attention to detail.
• Comfortable working remotely and travelling occasionally for hub days, conferences and customer meetings.

Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted pair of hands for our customers, providing clear, professional consultancy across relevant sales and deployment engagements.
• Support the full consulting life cycle, from discovery and requirements gathering through proposal development, solution planning, deployment and handover.
• Work with customers and internal teams across Exchange Server, Active Directory, Microsoft Entra, Privileged Access Management (PAM), Privileged Identity Management (PIM) and Conditional Access.
• Create clear proposals, scopes and supporting documentation that translate customer requirements into practical, supportable solutions.
• Contribute to pre-sales activity by helping customers understand the proposed approach, outcomes, dependencies and delivery journey.
• Build awareness of the wider commercial journey, including approvals, contracting, legal processes, delivery dependencies and customer commitments.
• Work collaboratively with Sales, Deployment and technical specialists, recognising when deeper identity expertise is required and bringing in the right support.
• Maintain professional communication and effective stakeholder management throughout each engagement.

Job description

Chess ICT Limited is seeking an experienced Consultant to join our team and support our growing digital strategy for enterprise organisations. The role covers identity, access and Microsoft infrastructure solutions, with a focus on sales and deployment lifecycle from discovery through delivery.

You will work remotely with occasional travel to customer sites or hubs in the UK, collaborating with Sales, Deployment and technical specialists to deliver trusted advisory services and practical