Identity & Entra Cloud Infrastructure Lead

University of Derby; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave 38 days + bank holidays

Wellbeing benefits

Staff discounts

Onsite gym discount

Holiday purchase

Cycle to Work

Flexible working

Development opportunities

Job summary

University of Derby seeks a Lead Infrastructure Engineer (Identity) to drive the transformation of the University’s identity and access services. You’ll define and deliver the identity roadmap, moving from traditional on-premises AD to a modern Entra-first architecture, implementing Zero Trust, passwordless auth, and governance across cloud and hybrid environments.

You will collaborate with HR, Security and application teams to automate identity lifecycles, integrate with HR and student data

Qualifications

• Extensive experience delivering enterprise identity solutions in Microsoft cloud/hybrid environments.
• Experience modernising identity services towards Entra-first, Zero Trust models.
• Ability to lead identity projects and collaborate across HR, Security, and IT teams.
• Strong scripting and automation skills for identity workflows.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver the identity roadmap, moving from on-prem to cloud-native Entra-first architecture.
• Develop secure, resilient identity services with Zero Trust principles.
• Automate identity lifecycle management and governance workflows.
• Collaborate with HR, app owners and Service Delivery to modernise identities across the university.
• Provide technical leadership on Active Directory/Entra ID and related auth controls.

Skills

Identity & access management

Cloud automation

Zero Trust

Hybrid cloud

PowerShell scripting

Microsoft Entra ID

Azure AD governance

Problem solving

Education

BSc in Computer Science or related discipline

Tools

Microsoft Entra ID

Active Directory

Azure DevOps

Terraform

Ansible

PowerShell

Microsoft Graph API

Job description

University of Derby seeks a Lead Infrastructure Engineer (Identity) to drive the transformation of the University’s identity and access services. You’ll define and deliver the identity roadmap, moving from traditional on-premises AD to a modern Entra-first architecture, implementing Zero Trust, passwordless auth, and governance across cloud and hybrid environments.

You will collaborate with HR, Security and application teams to automate identity lifecycles, integrate with HR and student data