Microsoft Entra ID Engineer

IRIS Consulting Corporation; Georgia; On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

IRIS Consulting Corporation seeks an experienced Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID engineer to lead a hands-on on-premises to Entra ID migration for a large fintech organization.

You will own the build, configuration, migration, testing, and documentation while reporting to a solution architect in a deeply technical enterprise setting.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on directory services engineering.
• Experience migrating AD to Entra ID in complex environments.
• Knowledge of Entra Connect and authentication methods.
• Hands-on with Intune, device compliance and Entra ID Join.
• Experience with Conditional Access, MFA and identity protection.
• Understanding of modern authentication (OIDC, SAML, Kerberos).
• Working familiarity with Azure environments.
• Ability to author technical documentation.

Responsibilities

• Execute discovery and assessment of AD and M365 tenant; document findings.
• Contribute to migration design and tool selection.
• Perform Entra ID configuration, identity synchronization, and authentication setup.
• Run test migrations and migrate/validate users, groups, accounts.
• Configure identity security controls including MFA and CA.
• Support endpoint/device management integration through Intune.
• Produce as-built documentation and deliver admin training.

Skills

Active Directory

Entra ID

Intune

MFA

Conditional Access

Azure

Security

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Entra Connect

Password Hash Sync

Pass-through Authentication

ADFS

Group Policy (GPO)

Job description

We are looking for an experienced Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID engineer to lead the hands‑on execution of an on‑premises Active Directory to Entra ID migration for a large fintech organization. Working under the direction of a solution architect, you will own the build, configuration, migration, testing, and documentation work throughout the project. This role is well‑suited for a deeply technical engineer who is comfortable operating with ambiguity in a complex enterprise environment and who has migrated real AD estates before. Experience in banking, financial services, or other regulated industries is a strong plus.

Key Responsibilities

• Execute discovery and assessment of the on-premises Active Directory environment and Microsoft 365 tenant, and document findings and dependencies
• Contribute to migration design and tool selection alongside the architect
• Perform Entra ID configuration, identity synchronization, and authentication setup
• Run test migrations, then migrate and validate users, groups, and service accounts
• Configure identity security controls including MFA, Conditional Access, and self‑service password reset
• Support endpoint and device management integration through Microsoft Intune
• Produce as‑built documentation and deliver administrator training and operational handoff

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands‑on directory services engineering, including extensive experience supporting and troubleshooting on-premises Active Directory (authentication, Client, GPO, LDAP)
• Demonstrated experience executing AD to Entra ID migrations in complex enterprise environments
• Strong working knowledge of Entra Connect and authentication methods (Password Hash Sync, Pass‑through Authentication, ADFS)
• Hands‑on experience with Microsoft Intune, including device compliance and Entra ID Join and Hybrid Join
• Experience with Conditional Access, MFA, and identity protection in a cloud‑first model
• Solid grasp of AD security, common vulnerabilities and safeguards, and Tier‑0 security boundaries
• Understanding of modern authentication (OIDC, SAML, Kerberos) and access control models (RBAC, PBAC, ABAC)
• Working familiarity with Azure environments
• Ability to author technical documentation and conduct knowledge transfer sessions

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience planning and running phased migration waves with defined pilot cohorts and rollback criteria
• Familiarity with GPO‑to‑Intune policy migration
• Experience with certificate services and cloud PKI approaches
• Prior work in financial services or other highly regulated industries
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent training, education, and work experience

Contractor Requirements

• Must be based in the United States and authorized to work without sponsorship
• Must be available for occasional on‑site travel (expenses covered by the client)
• Must be able to pass a background check