MFA Analyst
Posted Today by Whitehall Resources
Negotiable
Inside
Hybrid
Cheshire East, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The MFA Analyst role involves leading the design and governance of an enterprise-level Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) onboarding program. The position requires collaboration with business and technology stakeholders to ensure secure and user-friendly MFA adoption. This is a hybrid role with a focus on driving compliance and risk mitigation across critical applications. The contract is for an initial duration of 8 months and is classified as inside IR35.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the design, execution and governance of the enterprise level MFA onboarding program.
- Partner with business and technology stakeholders and application owners to ensure secure, scalable and user-friendly MFA adoption across the organisation.
- Drive MFA adoption, track compliance, and risk mitigation across critical applications and infrastructure services.
- Partner with IAM engineers to integrate MFA with SSO, Entra and Federation protocols (SAML, OAuth, OIDC).
- Review, advise and train application teams on MFA policies, conditional access, and Control requirements.
- Provide audit readiness, evidence preparation, and Controls reporting for internal/external audits.
- Lead communication plans and training for enterprise MFA rollouts.
- Facilitate executive reporting and steering committee engagements.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Ability to present decisions, risk assessments, and business impact at executive levels.
Key Skills:
- Experience in leading MFA onboarding programs.
- Strong understanding of IAM, SSO, and Federation protocols (SAML, OAuth, OIDC).
- Ability to drive compliance and risk mitigation strategies.
- Excellent communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences.
- Experience in audit readiness and reporting.
- Ability to train and advise application teams on MFA policies.
- Strong presentation skills for executive-level discussions.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Cheshire East
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
MFA Analyst
Whitehall Resources are looking for an MFA Analyst. This role is hybrid working with 3 days per week onsite in Cheshire, and the remainder remote working, for an initial 8 Month contract. ***Inside IR35***
Job Description:
Lead the design, execution and governance of the enterprise level MFA onboarding program. Partner with business and technology stakeholders and application owners to ensure secure, scalable and user-friendly MFA adoption across the organisation.
- Drive MFA adoption, track compliance, and risk mitigation across critical applications and infrastructure services
- Partner with IAM engineers to integrate MFA with SSO, Entra and Federation protocols (SAML, OAuth, OIDC)
- Review, advise and train application teams on MFA policies, conditional access, and Control requirements
- Provide audit readiness, evidence preparation, and Controls reporting for internal/external audits
- Lead communication plans and training for enterprise MFA rollouts
- Facilitate executive reporting and steering committee engagements
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Ability to present decisions, risk assessments, and business impact at executive levels