Microsoft Security Engineer

On behalf of HM Land Registry we are looking for a Microsoft Security Engineer (Inside IR35) for a 6 month contract. Hybrid working based in any HMLR office.

Working as a contractor for HM Land Registry

Our ambition is to become the world's leading land registry for speed, simplicity, and an open approach to data. Our award-winning digital team is the in-house directorate at the heart of our transformation into a digital, data driven organisation. We are playing a pivotal role in ensuring that we are able to respond swiftly to our current challenges. We are providing a robust and resilient technical infrastructure to support our workforce. We are enabling our customers to interact with us in increasingly digital and automated ways and delivering our transformation portfolio which will revolutionise the way that we operate and provide services.

Our Digital teams are at the core of our plans for digital transformation for the future. At HM Land Registry we have a vision of a fully connected, digital system for buying and selling property that enables a more secure and more efficient land registration process. By joining us in a digital role, you can be at the cutting edge of our work to revolutionise the way property and land is transacted in the UK, supporting our vision of a world-leading property market as part of a thriving economy and a sustainable future.

This role is to undertake work on a cyber security project which has a range of objectives and deliverables. These include the implementation of modern auth with Windows Hello for business, mobile device security enhancements and a new IDAM solution. The IDAM solution is extensive and includes activities to integrate mainframe, windows, Linux and cloud platforms to a single identity service (Entra). The role will include designing, changing, maintaining and supporting new and existing IT Security systems, delivering the changes stated within the objectives of the cyber security project and providing expertise and knowledge to help achieve outcomes.

As a Microsoft Security Engineer your main responsibilities will be to:

* Manage HM Land Registry's security software and its operation, based upon the RACF and Microsoft Windows Active Directory core elements and monitor its day-to-day operation.
* Maintain security user, group and resource profiles within Information Systems, Head Office and Local Offices, and provide security support and advice for such users.
* Support all delegated security administration; act as a focal point for HMLR Security Administrators, Managers and Local System Administrators, and provide advice and guidance on technical matters.
* Maintain software to support and enhance the security operation.
* Maintain procedures for access definition recovery, including disaster procedures.

Essential:

* An active SC Clearance is an essential requirement for this position.
* Experience of Microsoft Entra including federation, conditional access and enterprise application configuration.
* Experience of implementing and managing Windows Hello for Business including the use of multi factors for registration.
* Experience of Windows MFA methods and their implementation and management including integration with single sign on technologies.
* Experience of Intune, autopilot, Azure and Office 365 cloud platforms.
* Experience of Windows server and AD.
* Experience of Entra ID protection, cloud auth.
* Experience of Entra integration with non-windows platforms such as Linux and AWS.
* Experience of design and implementation of RBAC and privilege management in an Entra implementation.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, Land Registry guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different".