Identity Platform Owner

Salary: £48,000 - 88,000 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 and 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:

• Shape and deliver the technical roadmap for identity platforms across directory infrastructure, cloud identity engineering and machine identity services, in collaboration with Identity Design and Architecture.
• Provide senior technical leadership for the identity platform, guiding engineering delivery and supporting architectural direction, including complex escalations.
• Ensure the security, resilience, performance and availability of Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID and hybrid identity services.
• Govern identity security controls such as Conditional Access, MFA, passwordless authentication and federation in line with agreed standards.
• Lead modernisation initiatives through automation, simplification and the structured decommissioning of legacy services.
• Oversee PKI governance, certificate lifecycle management and machine or workload identity services.
• Drive continuous improvement by using service metrics, operational insight, risk and audit findings to strengthen platform performance and outcomes.

Technologies:

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

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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 work to make a better world through better homes. We are offering an opportunity for a Directory Platform Engineering Owner to help shape the future of home improvement by leading our identity platform engineering capability. This role can be based at one of our UK office locations in Southampton, Paddington or Yeovil, with an expectation of 12 days a month in the office and weekly travel to Southampton if based elsewhere. We work flexibly with a hybrid model, with around 60% of time spent in person for collaboration, and we offer an inclusive environment, a competitive benefits package, and opportunities to grow your career.

last updated 34 week of 2026