Sophos
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Senior Identity Engineer

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About Us Sophos is a global leader and innovator of advanced security solutions for defeating cyberattacks. The company acquired Secureworks in February 2025,

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About Us
Sophos is a global leader and innovator of advanced security solutions for defeating cyberattacks. The company acquired Secureworks in February 2025, bringing together two pioneers that have redefined the cybersecurity industry with their innovative, native AI-optimized services, technologies and products. Sophos is now the largest pure-play Managed Detection and Response (MDR) provider, supporting more than 28,000 organizations. In addition to MDR and other services, Sophos’ complete portfolio includes industry-leading endpoint, network, email, and cloud security that interoperate and adapt to defend through the Sophos Central platform. Secureworks provides the innovative, market-leading Taegis XDR/MDR, identity threat detection and response (ITDR), next-gen SIEM capabilities, managed risk, and a comprehensive set of advisory services. Sophos sells all these solutions through reseller partners, Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs) worldwide, defending more than 600,000 organizations worldwide from phishing, ransomware, data theft, other every day and state-sponsored cybercrimes. The solutions are powered by historical and real-time threat intelligence from Sophos X-Ops and the newly added Counter Threat Unit (CTU). Sophos is headquartered in Oxford, U.K. More information is available at www.sophos.com.

IT at Sophos is the powerhouse behind world-class business capabilities, applications, infrastructure, and services that bring our company’s vision and strategy to life. Led by a seasoned leadership team with deep expertise in the security industry, and powered by technical contributors recognized as trailblazers in their fields, our department thrives on innovation and agility to deliver cutting-edge solutions. Joining our team means becoming part of a culture that champions creativity and excellence while investing in your growth. We are dedicated to your professional development, offering exciting opportunities to elevate your skills and advance your career.
 
Role Summary
Corporate Identity is a critical control point for Sophos, underpinning everything our employees do and serving as a foundation for our certification and compliance programs. We are looking for a Senior Identity Engineer to join our team of Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) who manage our modern identity stack, covering everything identity related from Passkeys through to our Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) processes.  
  • Contribute, and lead corporate identity projects, from Passkey deployments through to the retirement of legacy technology
  • Act as an SME in one or more of Microsoft Entra ID, Saviynt, MiServer AD
  • Onboard applications into Microsoft Entra ID and Saviynt
  • Support the broader team with identity related projects and expertise
  • Stay up to date with industry trends in PAM, PIM, and IGA
  • Work using agile methodologies
  • Join the identity team out of hours support rota
  • Hands-on experience and SME knowledge with OIDC, SCIM, OAuth, PAM, and PIM solutions
  • Experience managing and SME knowledge with Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) and Microsoft Active Directory
  • Experience with Saviynt
  • Understanding of identity governance and compliance controls
  • Desirable:
  • Terraform experience
  • Azure/Microsoft Certfications
  • CI/CD using GitHub
  • Location & Eligibility

    Where is the job
    United Kingdom
    Remote within one country
    Who can apply
    Open to applicants worldwide
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    United Kingdom

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    Posted
    July 31, 2025
    First seen
    April 9, 2026
    Last seen
    April 28, 2026

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    SophosSenior Identity Engineer