Principal Technical Consultant, Security

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🇮🇳 India – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

👮‍♂️ Cybersecurity / Security Engineer

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AHEAD

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1001 - 5000 employees

💼 Consulting

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

🏢 Enterprise

💰 $5.7M Venture Round - AHEAD on 2024-05

Consulting • Artificial Intelligence • Enterprise

AHEAD is a technology consulting and systems-integration firm that accelerates digital transformation by engineering integrated solutions across infrastructure, applications, data, and security. The company specializes in AI transformation and AI-enabled infrastructure, data platform and platform/workload modernization, secure and resilient architectures, operational excellence, and managed services including IT lifecycle and procurement (AHEAD Hatch) and hardware integration (AHEAD Foundry). AHEAD delivers end-to-end services from strategy and financial consulting to build and run operations, partners with major cloud and infrastructure vendors (AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft, Cisco, Dell, VMware, NVIDIA, ServiceNow, Palo Alto Networks, Rubrik, etc. ), and serves enterprise clients across industries such as healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, retail, and public sector.

📋 Description

• Lead identity workstreams from discovery and current-state analysis through target-state architecture, implementation planning, delivery oversight, and closeout • Design and deliver Microsoft identity solutions focused on Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID, including hybrid identity patterns where applicable • Drive the technical approach for modern authentication and federation capabilities, including SSO, MFA, and passwordless • Lead or execute IGA deliverables, including joiner-mover-leaver lifecycle processes, provisioning and deprovisioning patterns, access request workflows, and role and policy model improvement • Apply and communicate RBAC, ABAC, and PBAC methodologies, translating business requirements into identity and authorization designs • Own day-to-day technical leadership with clients through requirements sessions, whiteboarding, design reviews, implementation coordination, and executive-ready communication • Coordinate delivery across client stakeholders from engineering teams through senior security leaders • Produce architecture diagrams, implementation plans, runbooks, and decision documentation • Support implementations or integrations with IAM platforms such as Okta or comparable solutions • Contribute to PAM initiatives, including privileged access workflows, vaulting patterns, and privileged lifecycle controls • Define success through implementable identity architectures, smooth delivery, clear documentation, stakeholder alignment, and improved security posture and business usability

🎯 Requirements

• Strong Microsoft identity architecture and implementation experience, especially Active Directory and Entra ID • Hands-on IGA knowledge and delivery experience in real client environments • Strong understanding of RBAC, ABAC, and PBAC access control methodologies • Strong authentication expertise in SSO, MFA, and passwordless technologies, with design and implementation-level understanding • Demonstrated ability to lead implementation, including planning, execution oversight, and delivery ownership • Proven client-facing consulting capability, stakeholder management, clear communication, and whiteboard-ready technical leadership

🏖️ Benefits

• Comprehensive health insurance coverage for employees, with options to extend coverage to dependents • Paid time off and company holidays, along with additional leave benefits as per policy • Flexible work arrangements, supporting work-life balance • Learning and development opportunities to support continuous growth and upskilling • Employee wellness initiatives and programs focused on physical and mental well-being • Retirement and statutory benefits in line with India regulations • Inclusive and people-first culture, with a strong focus on collaboration and ownership • Cross department training and development • Sponsoring certifications and credentials for continued learning • Multi-million-dollar technology lab