Identity Platform Owner

Salary: £85,000 - 85,000 per year

Requirements:

• Strong hands-on experience with Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, and hybrid identity environments.
• Proven experience designing, implementing, and governing Conditional Access, MFA, passwordless authentication, and federation technologies (OIDC/SAML).
• Practical knowledge of PKI, ADCS, certificate lifecycle management, and machine or workload identities.
• Deep understanding of identity security controls, including privileged access management and administrative hardening.
• Ability to provide senior technical leadership, influencing both technical and non-technical stakeholders and clearly explaining risk and impact.

Responsibilities:

• Provide senior technical leadership and product ownership of our core identity platforms, including Cloud Identity, Directory Infrastructure, and PKI & Machine Identity.
• Own and continuously evolve the technical roadmap for cloud identity, directory infrastructure, and PKI / machine identity platforms, ensuring alignment with security and cloud-first principles.
• Act as the senior technical authority for identity platform design, providing clear architectural direction and leadership on complex technical decisions.
• Ensure the security, resilience, performance, and availability of Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, and hybrid identity services.
• Govern identity security controls, including Conditional Access, MFA, passwordless authentication, federation technologies, and directory access models.
• Lead modernisation initiatives that improve automation, simplify platforms, and support the structured decommissioning of legacy identity services.
• Oversee PKI governance, certificate lifecycle management, and machine and workload identity services, setting clear operational standards.
• Use service metrics, operational insight, audit findings, and incident learnings to drive continuous improvement across identity platforms.

Technologies:

• Active Directory
• Cloud
• Support
• SAML
• Security
• DevOps

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We are Kingfisher, a team of over 74,000 passionate people bringing our brands, including B&Q, Screwfix, Brico Depot, Castorama, and Koctas, to life. Guided by our purpose, Better Homes. Better Lives. For Everyone., we believe a better world starts with better homes and work every day to make that a reality. This role can be based from our UK offices in Paddington, Southampton, or Yeovil, with an expectation of 12 days a month in the office and weekly travel to Southampton. We offer a hybrid working model that blends home working with in-person collaboration, an inclusive environment, and a competitive benefits package with opportunities to stretch and grow your career. We are committed to diversity and inclusion and encourage applicants to apply even if they do not meet every requirement.

last updated 35 week of 2026