
Identity Lifecycle Automation Engineer
Aptimized • India
**Role & seniority: ** Identity Lifecycle Automation Engineer (seniority implied: 5+ years experience)
**Location & work type: ** Remote, night shift
**Stack/tools: **
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Workday (authoritative identity source; JML workflows)
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Microsoft Entra ID (execution/enforcement layer)
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Azure Automation Runbooks (PowerShell)
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Microsoft Graph API (user/group/access lifecycle management)
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Azure components: Azure Automation, (also mentions Azure Functions, Azure Arc)
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Integration with HRMS systems
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Top 3 responsibilities:
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Design/implement Workday-driven Joiner/Mover/Leaver (JML) workflows executed in Entra ID
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Develop/own Azure Automation Runbooks to automate onboarding, role/group assignment, and offboarding
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Use Graph API + PowerShell to manage identities/access, ensure lifecycle outcomes, and produce audit/operational reporting
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Must-have skills:
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Identity lifecycle automation (JML/onboarding/offboarding) with 5+ years experience
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Strong Workday–Entra ID integration experience
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Strong PowerShell skills for IAM automation
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Knowledge of Microsoft Graph API and Entra ID user/group/lifecycle management
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Ability to map HR events/attributes to identity/access outcomes
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Experience with Azure Automation Runbooks
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Nice-to-haves:
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Experience with IAM modernization/transformation
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Familiarity with **attribute-driven acce
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Full Description
Identity Lifecycle Automation Engineer Remote Night shift
About the Role The Identity Automation & Lifecycle Engineer is responsible for tightly integrating Workday and Microsoft Entra ID to automate and enhance enterprise onboarding and offboarding processes as part of an IAM transformation. This role ensures Workday acts as the authoritative source for identity events while Entra ID enforces timely, accurate identity and access lifecycle changes across the environment. The primary objective is to reduce manual effort, eliminate access risk, and improve the employee experience through reliable, HR driven identity automation. Key Responsibilities
- Design and implement Workday driven Joiner, Mover, and Leaver (JML) workflows using Entra ID as the execution layer
Strengthen the integration between Workday and Entra ID to ensure
- o Accurate user provisioning
- o Timely access changes
- o Reliable offboarding and access revocation
Own and develop Azure Automation Runbooks (PowerShell based) to support
- o Automated onboarding and account creation
- o Role and group assignment based on Workday attributes
- o Automated deprovisioning and offboarding enforcement
Use Microsoft Graph API and PowerShell to
- o Create and manage users, groups, and access assignments
- o Validate lifecycle outcomes and access states
- o Generate audit and operational reports
Partner with HR and Workday teams to
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o Define authoritative attributes and lifecycle triggers
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o Align identity logic to HR processes and data quality
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Collaborate with IAM architecture and security teams to ensure automation aligns with target state IAM architecture
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Build robust error handling, logging, and alerting into automation workflows
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Document lifecycle flows, integration patterns, and operational runbooks
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Support testing, rollout, and continuous improvement of lifecycle automation capabilities
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Required Skills
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5+ years experience with identity lifecycle automation (Joiner/Mover/Leaver) and implementing identity lifecycle automation (onboarding/offboarding)
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Strong experience with Workday based identity integrations
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Strong PowerShell scripting skills for IAM automation
General working knowledge of
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o Microsoft Graph API
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o Microsoft Entra ID user, group, and lifecycle management
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Experience developing and maintaining Azure Automation Runbooks
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Ability to translate HR events and attributes into identity and access outcomes
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Technologies: Azure Arc, Azure Automations, Azure functions, Integration w/ HRMS systems
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Nice to Have
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Experience delivering IAM modernization or transformation initiatives
Familiarity with
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o Attribute driven access models
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o Role based group assignment strategies
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Understanding of identity governance, access risk, and audit requirements
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Experience integrating lifecycle automation with downstream applications
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Strong cross functional collaboration skills (IAM, HR, Security, IT Operations)