Senior Identity Architect - M&A Cross-Tenant Migrations

Insight Global; Addison (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global seeks a Senior Identity Architect to lead end-to-end identity workstreams during acquisitions, including discovery, target-state design, and migrations across multiple environments.

The role requires hands-on scripting with PowerShell and Python, deep Entra ID expertise, and collaboration with security/compliance teams to ensure SOX-aligned access controls while coordinating with engineers and IT teams from acquired companies.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of Identity and Access Management experience.
• Proven architecture/design ownership for cross-tenant identity migrations.
• Deep Microsoft Entra ID experience, including Conditional Access, SSO, MFA, and Entra Connect.
• Deep Active Directory expertise.
• Strong SAML, OIDC, OAuth, SCIM, and claims-mapping experience.
• Hands-on PowerShell.
• Python and Microsoft Graph experience.
• Strong DNS and PKI knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Own the identity workstream end to end across M&A integrations, from discovery and architecture through migration and final cutover.
• Assess acquired-company environments including Active Directory forests/domains, Entra ID tenants, federation, privileged accounts, SSO applications, and non-human identities.
• Design target-state identity architecture aligned with the parent organization’s Entra ID/M365 standards.
• Develop cross-tenant coexistence and migration strategies, including UPN and domain moves.
• Assess dependencies involving SSO applications, devices, service accounts, and service principals.
• Re-point and migrate applications using SAML, OIDC, OAuth and SCIM.
• Build migration sequencing, rollback procedures, and go/no-go criteria.
• Partner with security and compliance teams to implement appropriate access controls, including SOX requirements.
• Lead cutover execution and ultimately retire/decommission source identity environments.
• Direct 2-3 engineers and coordinate with program architects, security, compliance, application owners, and acquired-company IT teams

Skills

IAM architecture

Cross-tenant migrations

Active Directory

Entra ID/Azure

SAML/OIDC/OAuth

PowerShell

Python

Microsoft Graph

SC-300 certification

Security/compliance

Education

SC-300 certification

Tools

PowerShell

Python

Microsoft Graph

Job description

Insight Global seeks a Senior Identity Architect to lead end-to-end identity workstreams during acquisitions, including discovery, target-state design, and migrations across multiple environments.

The role requires hands-on scripting with PowerShell and Python, deep Entra ID expertise, and collaboration with security/compliance teams to ensure SOX-aligned access controls while coordinating with engineers and IT teams from acquired companies.