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Entra ID/ Active Directory Ops Engineer

at Pacific Life

📍 Newport Beach CA-700 Hybrid 💰 $167K – $204K USD / year Posted April 11, 2026
Salary $167K – $204K USD / year
Type Full-Time
Experience senior
Exp. Years 10+ years
Education Not specified
Category System Administration

This role is responsible for delivering and operating Entra ID and Active Directory services that support enterprise infrastructure and business applications. You will manage authentication strategy and roadmaps (on-premise, cloud, and hybrid), ensure SLAs are met, and raise the maturity of IAM services through monitoring, automation, and improved resiliency.

  • Serve as an Active Directory and Entra ID Operations Engineer for IAM
  • Deliver and support multi-year plans for on-premise, cloud-based, and hybrid directory services solutions
  • Deliver and support workforce authentication using SSO, MFA, and conditional access policies
  • Define best-practice troubleshooting processes and operational monitoring standards for Entra ID services
  • Create automation and self-service solutions to improve resiliency and track IAM service maturity

You will operate and improve Microsoft Entra ID and Microsoft Active Directory directory services, including workforce authentication with Single Sign-On (SSO), Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), and conditional access policies. The work emphasizes troubleshooting methodology, operational monitoring, automation, and self-service to improve resiliency and service maturity.

The ideal candidate is a senior identity and access management operations engineer with 10+ years focused on directory services such as Microsoft Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID. They have hands-on experience delivering workforce authentication using Single Sign-On (SSO), Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), and conditional access policies, and they can improve IAM service maturity through monitoring, automation, and stakeholder coordination.

Serve as an Active Directory and Entra ID Operations Engineer for the IAM departmentDeliver and support the multi-year plan incorporating on-premisecloud-basedand hybrid directory services solutionsDeliver and support the multi-year plan for workforce authentication leveraging SSOMFAand conditional access policies
Entra IDMicrosoft Active DirectoryActive DirectoryMicrosoft Office 365Microsoft 365SSOMFAconditional access
Entra IDActive Directorydirectory servicesworkforce authenticationSingle Sign-OnSSOMulti-Factor AuthenticationMFAconditional access policiestroubleshooting processesoperational monitoringautomationself-serviceresiliencyinformation security strategyinformation security architectureservice level agreements
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Industry Insurance
Job Function Operate and evolve enterprise identity services using Entra ID and Active Directory for secure workforce authentication.
Role Subtype Identity & Access Management Engineer
Tech Domains Active Directory, Microsoft 365, Azure
Entra ID/ Active Directory Ops EngineerIdentity and Access Management (IAM) Operations EngineerActive DirectoryActive Directory servicesEntra IDMicrosoft Entra IDMicrosoft Active Directorydirectory servicesMicrosoft Office365Microsoft Office 365Microsoft 365Single Sign-OnSSOMulti-Factor AuthenticationMFAconditional access policiesworkforce authenticationand conditional access policiesservice level agreementsoperational monitoringtroubleshooting processesautomationself-serviceresiliencyinformation security strategyinformation security architectureActive Directory and Entra ID Operations Engineer

Must have 10+ years Information Security experience with strong focus in directory services platforms (MS Active Directory, MS Entra ID, MS Office365), Must be able to deliver workforce authentication leveraging SSO, MFA, and conditional access policies

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