Senior Azure / Entra ID Engineer – IAM & Cloud Security (Contract)

Senior Azure / Entra ID Engineer – Contract

📍 Location: San Francisco, CA or Cincinnati, OH (Local candidates only)
💼 Employment Type: Contract
💰 Pay Rate: $67/hour
🎓 Education: Bachelor’s Degree preferred
📈 Experience Level: Mid–Senior
🕒 Experience Required: 8–10+ years
🌎 Visa Sponsorship: Not available
🚚 Relocation Assistance: Not available

Role Overview

We are seeking a Senior Azure / Entra ID Engineer to support enterprise identity and access management initiatives within a secure cloud environment.

This role focuses on the hands-on implementation, configuration, and troubleshooting of Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) security controls, including Conditional Access, Identity Protection, MFA, and Privileged Identity Management (PIM).

The successful candidate will work closely with IAM architects and security teams to translate architecture designs into production-ready identity solutions, while also resolving complex identity and authentication issues across the environment.

Key Responsibilities

Identity & Access Management Engineering

• Build, configure, and support Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) identity services

• Implement identity security controls and authentication policies

• Translate IAM architecture designs into secure production configurations

Identity Security Implementation

• Configure and manage:

• Conditional Access policies

• Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)

• Identity Protection policies

• Privileged Identity Management (PIM)

• Support secure identity governance and least-privilege access models

Device & Security Integration

• Integrate identity controls with device compliance and endpoint security solutions

• Ensure authentication and access policies align with security standards

• Maintain identity posture across cloud and enterprise environments

Troubleshooting & Support

• Perform L3 troubleshooting for complex identity and authentication issues

• Resolve advanced Azure / Entra ID configuration and security problems

• Support operational stability and reliability of identity infrastructure

Collaboration

• Work closely with IAM Architects and security teams

• Support identity platform improvements and security enhancements

• Provide documentation and knowledge transfer where required

Required Qualifications

• 8–10+ years of experience in identity engineering, cloud infrastructure, or enterprise IAM

• Strong experience with Microsoft Azure and Entra ID (Azure AD)

• Hands-on experience configuring:

• Conditional Access

• MFA

• Identity Protection

• Privileged Identity Management (PIM)

• Experience troubleshooting complex identity and authentication issues

• Strong understanding of enterprise identity security practices

Technical Skills

• Microsoft Azure Active Directory / Entra ID

• Identity and access management frameworks

• Conditional Access policy implementation

• MFA and identity protection controls

• Privileged access management (PIM)

• Device compliance and endpoint integrations

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is an experienced Azure Identity Engineer who:

• Has strong hands-on Entra ID configuration experience

• Understands enterprise identity security architecture

• Can translate IAM designs into secure operational solutions

• Is comfortable handling L3 troubleshooting and advanced identity issues

• Works effectively with security, architecture, and infrastructure teams

Staff Product Security Engineer | Medical Devices | Limerick, Ireland | Onsite

🔐 Staff Product Security Engineer

📍 Location: Limerick City, Munster, Ireland (Onsite – minimum 4 days per week)
🏢 Industry: Medical Devices / Healthcare Technology
🧠 Level: Mid–Senior
💼 Employment Type: Full-Time
✈️ Travel: Occasional
🛂 Visa Sponsorship: Not available
💶 Salary Range: €85,000 – €95,000
🎁 Benefits: Full benefits package

🚀 The Opportunity

An innovative global medical technology organisation is seeking a Staff Product Security Engineer to play a critical role in shaping and strengthening product security across next-generation healthcare solutions.

This is a highly visible position offering the opportunity to:

• Influence security strategy across product portfolios

• Embed secure-by-design principles across the full product lifecycle

• Lead security maturity improvements

• Work cross-functionally with R&D, Quality, Regulatory, and IT

• Protect products in an evolving threat landscape

If you're passionate about cybersecurity, product resilience, and impact-driven work in healthcare, this role offers both purpose and technical depth.

🎯 Key Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a high-performing Product Security function

• Define and guide product security strategy aligned with regulatory and enterprise cybersecurity objectives

• Embed secure-by-design practices, threat modelling, and proactive vulnerability management

• Partner with R&D, Quality, Regulatory, and IT teams to ensure security is integrated throughout the product lifecycle

• Conduct product security risk assessments and support remediation strategies

• Support product security documentation, including governance and compliance artefacts

• Review technical designs and source code; provide clear, actionable recommendations

• Support incident response and vulnerability management efforts

• Implement best practices for:

• Encryption & PKI

• Authentication & access control

• Audit logging

• Secure hardening

• Patch management

• Vulnerability monitoring

• Track and report security posture using meaningful metrics

• Ensure adherence to development policies and quality management systems

🧠 Required Experience & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)

• 5+ years experience in:

• Security architecture

• Secure software development

• Systems and architecture design

• Experience working in regulated environments with strong QMS adherence

• Proven experience leading or mentoring teams

• Strong understanding of:

• Encryption algorithms and PKI

• Embedded device security

• Networking and threat models

• Dynamic and static code analysis tools

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Strong collaboration and stakeholder management abilities

🧩 Technical Skills Snapshot

Domain

Experience

Product Security

Secure-by-design, threat modelling, vulnerability management

Cryptography

Encryption, PKI

AppSec

Static/Dynamic analysis, secure SDLC

Embedded Security

Yes

Networking

Security controls, common threats

Documentation

SAP, SharePoint, DocuSign or similar

Regulated Environments

Medical / highly regulated industries

Tools

Microsoft Office, security tooling

🏢 Work Style & Culture

• Strong emphasis on onsite collaboration (minimum 4 days/week in office)

• Cross-functional, high-impact environment

• Focus on innovation, continuous improvement, and ownership

• Opportunity to influence product direction at a strategic level

📌 Candidate Snapshot

Attribute

Details

Role

Staff Product Security Engineer

Location

Limerick, Ireland

Experience

10–15 years ideal

Leadership

Yes (influence & team leadership expected)

Domain

Medical device security

Environment

Regulated, high-compliance

Work Model

Onsite-first

🌍 Why This Role Matters

Your work will directly contribute to:

• Protecting patient safety

• Strengthening cybersecurity in healthcare systems

• Ensuring regulatory compliance

• Driving security maturity across critical medical technologies

This is a career-defining role for someone who wants both technical depth and meaningful impact.