OpticoreIT
Identity Technical SME/Infrastructure Architect
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Opticore IT Identity Technical SME/Infrastructure Architect Opportunity
Opticore IT is a specialist Network Engineer and Project Management consultancy offering a wide variety of opportunities to work within fast-paced, challenging environments across our client base spanning multiple sectors including Finance, Broadcast Media, Telecommunications and more.
Opticore IT are currently searching for a Identity Technical SME/Infrastructure Architect with a history of delivering infrastructure projects, on time and under budget, to come and join the team. You'll join our excellent team on an initial 6-month contract inside IR35 with scope to extend, based in Dunstable three days a week.
You'll be acting as an experienced Identity Technical SME / Infrastructure Architect to support a large-scale identity and access management transformation programme.
What you'll be doing:
- Attend project planning sessions, technical workshops, and team governance meetings.
- Provide technical input and architectural guidance during programme and project discussions
- Represent the End User Computing (EUC) / Identity function within wider project and stakeholder meetings.
- Communicate programme decisions, risks, status updates, and technical guidance back into the wider Identity/EUC teams.
- Support the RFP (Request for Proposal) process, including:
- Technical requirements definition
- Supplier engagement
- Proposal evaluation and scoring
- Technical pack creation
- Review and assess existing technical processes and operational procedures to determine suitability, accuracy, completeness, required improvements
- Work collaboratively with third-party suppliers and enterprise architects to define and deliver integration points across identity platforms and services.
- Provide technical leadership and support for:
- Technical investigations
- Fact-finding activities
- Design decisions
- Team technical queries and guidance
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What you'll bring:
- Microsoft Active Directory (AD)
- Microsoft Entra ID
- Microsoft Identity Manager (MIM)
- Proven experience delivering or leading Microsoft Entra ID implementations or large-scale identity transformation programmes.
- Strong understanding of enterprise identity and authentication architectures.
- Experience working within complex enterprise infrastructure environments.
- Experience engaging with suppliers, managed service providers, and architecture teams.
- Strong migration planning and technical delivery experience.
- Experience supporting service transition and operational readiness activities.
- Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and technical leadership capabilities.
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