Senior Identity & Access Consultant – Microsoft Entra ID & M365 Security

About the Role

We are looking for a Senior Consultant with deep expertise in Microsoft Entra ID and a strong secondary focus on Microsoft 365 security. You will join a global technology team supporting large enterprise customers, acting as a trusted advisor on identity, access, and security topics. You will handle complex, high-impact cases and provide strategic guidance that strengthens customers’ security posture.

This is a customer-facing role for a seasoned expert who combines hands-on technical depth with the ability to advise senior stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide expert advisory and technical support for Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) in complex enterprise environments
• Design, review, and troubleshoot identity architectures, including hybrid identity (Entra Connect, Cloud Sync, ADFS, federation, SSO)
• Advise on Conditional Access, MFA and passwordless authentication, Privileged Identity Management (PIM), Identity Protection, access reviews, and entitlement management
• Support B2B/B2C collaboration, application registrations, enterprise apps, and OAuth/OIDC/SAML integrations
• Deliver security guidance across Microsoft 365 workloads, covering Defender for Office 365, Defender for Identity, Defender for Endpoint, Microsoft Purview, and Intune
• Perform security assessments, health checks, and risk reviews, and translate findings into prioritized remediation roadmaps
• Lead resolution of critical incidents and escalations, including root cause analysis and post-incident recommendations
• Advise on Zero Trust adoption and alignment with compliance and regulatory requirements
• Mentor junior consultants and contribute to knowledge sharing, documentation, and best practices
• Communicate clearly with technical teams and senior business stakeholders, in writing and verbally

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional experience in enterprise IT environments, including significant consulting or customer-facing delivery
• Expert-level knowledge of Microsoft Entra ID and hybrid identity architectures
• Strong working knowledge of Active Directory, authentication protocols (Kerberos, NTLM, OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML), and federation
• Proven experience with Conditional Access, PIM, MFA, and identity governance
• Solid experience in Microsoft 365 security (Defender suite, Purview, Intune, Exchange Online security)
• Proficiency in PowerShell and Microsoft Graph API for administration and automation
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, with experience handling escalations
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Fluent English, written and spoken

Preferred Qualifications

• Microsoft certifications such as SC-300, SC-100, SC-200, AZ-500, MS-102, or AZ-305
• Experience with Microsoft Sentinel, KQL, and security monitoring/incident response
• Knowledge of Zero Trust frameworks and security standards (NIST, ISO 27001, CIS)
• Experience with large-scale migrations, mergers/divestitures, or tenant-to-tenant moves
• Familiarity with ITIL practices
• Experience in a global support, advisory, or managed services organization
• German or other European language skills (a plus)

What We Offer

• Opportunity to work on complex, high-visibility challenges with leading-edge Microsoft technologies
• Continuous learning, certification support, and clear career development paths
• Collaborative, international team environment
• Competitive compensation and benefits
• Flexible working arrangements

 

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

Visit us at www.accenture.com 

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

We believe that no one should be discriminated against because of their differences. All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by applicable law. Our rich diversity makes us more innovative, more competitive, and more creative, which helps us better serve our clients and our communities.