Remote Senior IAM Architect — Entra ID & AD Expert

Beacon Hill Staffing Group; Richmond (VA); Remote; USD 96,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Beacon Hill Staffing Group is seeking a Senior IAM Solution Architect to lead architecture and technical implementation for an enterprise identity and access management initiative. The role emphasizes hands-on design across AD, Entra ID, hybrid identity, and security controls, with a focus on practical, ready-to-implement solutions.

Responsibilities include evaluating current IAM ecosystems, identifying gaps and risks, and delivering architecture diagrams, migration guidance, and cutover

Qualifications

• Extensive professional experience with enterprise Identity and Access Management.
• Senior/principal‑level IAM engineering or solution architecture experience.
• Strong hands‑on expertise with Microsoft Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID.
• Deep knowledge of AD security groups, nested groups, and group-based access.
• Experience with SSO, federation, MFA, Conditional Access, and identity lifecycle management.

Responsibilities

• Assess current IAM architectures, integrations, configurations, dependencies, and future-state access patterns.
• Identify architectural gaps, security risks, and technical constraints.
• Design current-state, transitional, and target-state IAM solutions.
• Evaluate identity trust boundaries, authentication methods, and cross-environment access.
• Produce implementation-ready architecture and technical documentation.
• Analyze and troubleshoot AD and Entra ID environments.
• Design security groups, entitlement mappings, and group-based access.

Skills

IAM Architecture

Active Directory

Entra ID

Hybrid Identity

MFA

Tools

Microsoft Entra ID

SSO

Job description

Beacon Hill Staffing Group is seeking a Senior IAM Solution Architect to lead architecture and technical implementation for an enterprise identity and access management initiative. The role emphasizes hands-on design across AD, Entra ID, hybrid identity, and security controls, with a focus on practical, ready-to-implement solutions.

Responsibilities include evaluating current IAM ecosystems, identifying gaps and risks, and delivering architecture diagrams, migration guidance, and cutover