Senior Consultant – Identity & Access Management (IAM)

Consult; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Consult is seeking a Senior Consultant – Identity & Access for a major global Microsoft transformation programme. The role is UK remote with monthly travel to Bristol HQ, and offers £70,000–£85,000 base salary, fixed-term until 31 March 2027.

You will own IAM workstreams, design and implement Microsoft Entra ID solutions, and lead customer discussions from discovery through deployment, ensuring secure identity, authentication, and governance.

Qualifications

• Proven experience designing and delivering enterprise IAM solutions.
• Strong hands-on Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) expertise.
• Experience with Conditional Access, MFA, SSO and PIM.
• Customer-facing consultancy or enterprise delivery background.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of Identity & Access workstreams across large-scale enterprise transformation programmes.
• Lead identity discovery, assessment, requirements gathering and solution design.
• Design and implement Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) solutions within complex enterprise environments.
• Lead the design and implementation of Conditional Access, MFA, SSO, Identity Protection and PIM.
• Develop secure identity lifecycle processes covering Joiners, Movers and Leavers.
• Design and improve identity governance, access controls and provisioning workflows.
• Support identity and user migration planning, readiness, validation and implementation.
• Review existing identity integrations, directory services and authentication models.
• Lead technical workshops and advise customers on best-practice IAM solutions.
• Work closely with architects, security teams, project managers, HR and senior customer stakeholders.
• Produce technical documentation, implementation plans and governance artefacts.

Skills

Microsoft Entra ID

Azure AD

IAM delivery

Customer-facing

Tools

Active Directory

Microsoft 365

Job description

Senior Consultant – Identity & Access Management (IAM)

UK Remote (Bristol HQ – Once-Monthly Travel)

£70,000 – £85,000 Base Salary

Fixed-Term Employment (Initial Term Until 31st March 2027 – Strong Likelihood of Extension)

ASAP Start

Are you a Microsoft Identity & Access specialist ready to take ownership of enterprise-level transformation projects?

Areti is working with a growing Microsoft Cloud & Infrastructure Consultancy looking to bring on an experienced Senior Consultant – Identity & Access to support a major global transformation programme for an international organisation.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with strong hands-on Microsoft Entra ID and IAM experience who enjoys working directly with customers, shaping technical solutions and leading delivery across complex enterprise environments.

You'll take ownership of key Identity & Access activities within a wider global Microsoft 365 transformation, helping ensure identity, authentication, access governance and user provisioning are designed and delivered securely across the organisation.

This isn't simply an administration or BAU support role. We're looking for someone who can operate as a trusted technical advisor, lead customer conversations and drive IAM delivery from discovery and design through to implementation.

What you'll be doing:

• Taking ownership of Identity & Access workstreams across large-scale enterprise transformation programmes.
• Leading identity discovery, assessment, requirements gathering and solution design.
• Designing and implementing Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) solutions within complex enterprise environments.
• Leading the design and implementation of Conditional Access, MFA, SSO, Identity Protection and Privileged Identity Management (PIM).
• Developing secure identity lifecycle processes covering Joiners, Movers and Leavers.
• Designing and improving identity governance, access controls and provisioning workflows.
• Supporting identity and user migration planning, readiness, validation and implementation.
• Reviewing existing identity integrations, directory services and authentication models.
• Leading technical workshops and advising customers on best-practice IAM solutions.
• Working closely with architects, security teams, project managers, HR and senior customer stakeholders.
• Producing technical documentation, implementation plans and governance artefacts.

What we're looking for:

• Strong hands-on Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) experience – this is essential.
• Proven experience designing and delivering enterprise Identity & Access Management solutions.
• Strong technical knowledge of Conditional Access, MFA, SSO, Identity Protection and PIM.
• Experience with Identity Governance, access management and identity lifecycle processes.
• Understanding of authentication, authorisation, user provisioning and directory services.
• Experience with Active Directory and hybrid identity environments.
• Previous involvement in enterprise identity transformation, access governance or migration programmes.
• Good understanding of Microsoft 365 environments and how identity integrates across Exchange Online, SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams and Intune.
• Experience working in a customer-facing consultancy or enterprise project delivery environment.
• Confident leading workshops, managing stakeholders and translating business requirements into technical solutions.

Desirable experience:

• Identity Governance & Administration (IGA) platforms such as Saviynt.
• ServiceNow, SAP or SuccessFactors integrations.
• Active Directory consolidation and directory synchronisation.
• Global identity or Microsoft 365 transformation programmes.
• Microsoft Defender and Microsoft Purview.
• Relevant Microsoft certifications such as SC-300, SC-100 or AZ-104.

Why would you be interested?

• £70k–£85k base salary with an attractive overall package.
• Work on a major global Microsoft transformation programme.
• Take genuine ownership of an enterprise Identity & Access workstream.
• Work with complex Microsoft technologies and international stakeholders.
• UK remote working with just one trip to Bristol per month.
• Join a growing consultancy delivering high-profile Microsoft transformation projects.
• Initial fixed-term engagement until March 2027, with a strong likelihood of extension.
• ASAP start for someone ready to make an impact.