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Azure IAM Engineer (Microsoft Entra ID)

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Toronto, Ontario, CanadaContractPosted Jul 8, 2026

Job description

Azure IAM Engineer (Microsoft Entra ID) Experience:

  • 6–8 years Essential Skills:
  • More than 5 years of IAM experience, with 3+ years in Microsoft Azure / Entra ID.
  • Deep knowledge of:
  • Azure RBAC
  • PIM
  • Conditional Access
  • Entra ID roles Experience with:
  • MFA enforcement
  • Authentication methods
  • Access policies
  • Understanding of:
  • Identity lifecycle management
  • Access certification processes
  • Familiarity with:
  • Microsoft Defender for Cloud
  • Secure Score recommendations
  • Experience with Service. Now or ticketing system integrations for IAM workflows.
  • Microsoft Certified
  • Identity and Access Administrator (SC-300) preferred.
  • Strong documentation and stakeholder communication skills. Role Descriptions:
  • Design and implement Azure Entra ID (formerly Azure AD) identity governance frameworks.
  • Configure and manage Privileged Identity Management (PIM) for just-in-time privileged access.
  • Implement and enforce:
  • Conditional Access policies
  • MFA
  • Phishing-resistant authentication:
  • FIDO2
  • Passkeys
  • Manage RBAC role assignments across:
  • Azure subscriptions
  • Resource groups
  • Management groups
  • Remediate:
  • Guest user accounts
  • Stale identities
  • Excessive permission assignments
  • Configure and maintain Break Glass (emergency access) accounts with monitoring and alerting.
  • Integrate Microsoft Defender for Cloud governance rules with Service. Now for ticketing workflows.
  • Support cross-cloud IAM alignment across:
  • AWS IAM
  • OCI IAM
  • Participate in:
  • IAM audits
  • Access reviews
  • Compliance reporting
  • Develop:
  • IAM runbooks
  • RBAC mapping documentation
  • Onboarding guides Nice to Have:
  • Experience with:
  • AWS IAM
  • AWS Organizations
  • SCPs
  • Knowledge of:
  • OCI IAM compartments
  • Policy structures
  • Exposure to:
  • SASE
  • Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) frameworks.