Principal IAM Consultant, Identity Governance, Data Access

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom.

📋 Description

• Serve as the design authority for intricate client engagements.

• Oversee the creation of identity governance and data access models across Microsoft and various business platforms.

• Critically evaluate discovery findings prior to presenting them to senior client stakeholders.

• Determine who should have visibility and the ability to modify client, fund, and sensitive business information.

• Develop access protocols for new joiners, role transitions, and departures.

• Establish roles, groups, approval processes, access reviews, and controlled exceptions.

• Examine service accounts, integrations, and delegated access.

• Integrate Microsoft Entra, Active Directory, Microsoft 365, SharePoint, data platforms, and business applications into a cohesive design.

• Translate the design into detailed implementation steps, dependencies, and evidence of completion.

• Collaborate directly with technology, security, data, and business leaders.

• Offer proportional assurance during pilot and delivery phases.

• Support an initial short paid review assignment, with the possibility of further delivery work contingent upon client approval and funding.

⛳️ Requirements

• Robust recent experience in designing identity governance and access models within complex organizations.

• Extensive practical knowledge of Microsoft Entra ID and Active Directory.

• Proven experience with joiner, role change, and leaver processes.

• Background in designing role-based access, access reviews, privileged access, and exception controls.

• Experience in governing service accounts and access utilized by integrations.

• Familiarity with Microsoft 365 and SharePoint permissions.

• Experience linking business access decisions to technical groups, roles, and permissions.

• Capable of critically assessing evidence and articulating risks and design choices in straightforward language.

• Comfortable engaging with senior client stakeholders and taking responsibility for design quality.

• Residing in the United Kingdom and available to work during UK business hours.

• Open to short assignments with the potential for ongoing support in delivery.

• Please apply only if you have personally designed and defended an access model; product administration alone is insufficient.

🏝️ Benefits

• Daily rates between £650 and £850, contingent on experience and assignment specifics.

• Fully remote work within the United Kingdom.

• Targeted assignments with defined outcomes and direct communication with the engagement lead.

• Collaborate with senior client teams on significant access challenges.

• Opportunities for additional paid work upon client approval of subsequent delivery phases.

• Clear scope, agreed-upon days, and timely payment.