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 with scope to extend, based in Central London.

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

What you'll bring:

Strong hands-on experience with:
• 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.

At OpticoreIT we embrace diversity and are committed to equal opportunities. We actively recruit for an inclusive and diverse workforce and as such, want to ensure we do everything we can to support your application.

We want you to feel empowered to let us know if you require any adjustments to be made with your application or interview process so, please speak to our recruitment team.