Microsoft Entra ID - Senior Consultant

As an experienced Senior Consultant at Deloitte Consulting, you will deliver high-quality work products within deadlines, actively leading, mentoring, and guiding junior team members. You will collaborate with onsite and offshore teams to understand functional requirements and ensure seamless project execution.

Work you'll do

As a Senior Consultant on the Cyber Operate team, you will be responsible for…

• Assess Microsoft Entra ID environments and recommend cloud identity configurations across Entra ID, multifactor authentication (MFA), single sign-on (SSO), Conditional Access, Privileged Identity Management (PIM), B2B, B2C, Active Directory, and related services.
• Architect, design, and implement large-scale Entra ID deployments, migrations, upgrades, proof-of-concept initiatives, and production rollouts, including tenant setup and service configuration.
• Configure external identity capabilities, including Entra B2B, External ID, cross-tenant synchronization, access reviews, entitlement management, and consumer-application sign-in and sign-up flows.
• Migrate applications and legacy identity platforms to Entra ID; prepare Active Directory environments for Entra ID and Microsoft 365 migration; configure custom identity security and compliance reporting; and support Azure Advanced Threat Protection delivery.
• Troubleshoot Entra ID services and system-level issues in multi-vendor, multi-protocol environments; document technical analysis, client communications, and resolution steps; and collaborate with client stakeholders, vendor teams, and managed-services teams.
• Use PowerShell to automate Entra ID tasks, analyze Domain Name System (DNS), Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), and Group Policy configurations, provide internal technical training, and contribute to Microsoft identity thought leadership.

The team

Deloitte's Cyber Operate teams manage clients' critical cyber assets either as a fully managed service or in partnership with clients. They deliver skilled talent, cutting-edge technologies, and robust processes to operate client cyber capabilities. This includes:

• Managing Identity Lifecycle
• Security Operations
• Threat Intelligence
• Application Security
• Business Transformation
• Continuous Compliance.

Cyber Operate team focuses on efficiently running operations by enabling automation, reducing manual effort and adhering to Service Level Agreements (SLAs) based on the standards set by clients.

Location: Bengaluru / Hyderabad / Pune / Chennai

Shift Timings: 24/7 rotational shifts; on-call support based on project assignment

Qualifications

Required:

Must Have Skills/Project Experience/Certifications:

• 3+ years of experience in technical consulting, client problem solving and designing and implementing Microsoft Identity solutions.

Working experience in at least one of the areas listed below.

• 3+ years of hands-on technical experience enterprise-with Microsoft Identity and Access management and EMS services (Entra ID, Entra ID premium solutions, conditional access, SSO, MFA, PAM/PIM, and third party IAM solution integration with Entra) in implementation and operations. This should include designing and implementing Entra ID and its associated security features for organizations including integrations with applications.

Ideally the following technical experience:

• 2+ years of working with IAM Protocols such as WS-Fed, SAML, OpenID Connect and OAuth.
• 2+ years of hands-on technical experience implementing IAM focused security solutions for Microsoft technologies
• 2+ years of working knowledge with Azure Advanced Threat Protection.

Preferred:

Good to Have Skills/Project Experience/Certifications:

• Certifications such as: Microsoft new roles-based certifications, SC-300, AZ-500,AZ-800, AZ-801, SC-100,CCSP, CCSK, CISSP, CCNP, CCNA certification a plus.

Education:

• BE/B.Tech/M.C.A./M.Sc (CS) degree or equivalent from accredited university