Active Directory Administrator/Engineer

Onsite | St. Louis, MO or Springfield, VA | 5 Days a Week

Active TS/SCI Clearance Required

Summary

Our client is an employee and Service-Disabled, Veteran-owned Small Business focused on providing niche technical services. They are a team of experienced cybersecurity professionals with a track record of success in the Federal, Commercial, and Academic workspaces. Additionally, our client designs, builds, operates, and secures scalable cloud and IT infrastructures to meet their customers’ near-term needs and fulfill their long-term requirements.

Responsibilities

Our client is looking for an individual who has a proven track record managing Active Directory in a large enterprise. Additionally, the position will require an individual experienced in system design and integration, identity life-cycle management, and process automation and improvement. The ideal candidate will be a motivated self-starter with excellent written and verbal communication skills, who exceeds as an individual, as well as excels among peers in a team environment.

• Accountable for the management, uptime, and lifecycle of the organizations Active Directory architecture
• Deliver and implement a secure, scalable, and resilient Active Directory design, following industry best practices while adhering to Information Security standards
• Provide technical assistance and escalation support for all troubleshooting tasks related to AD, including but not limited to integration with Windows and non-Windows endpoints, authentication, role-based access controls, DNS, DHCP, etc.
• Manage the environment proactively, anticipating risks and issues, designing and engineering for resiliency
• Take technical ownership of projects and systems accordingly
• Facilitate the implementation of Group Policy Objects (GPO) based on stated requirements
• Troubleshoot and resolve any GPO related issues which arise
• Monitor and identify replication interruptions between domain controllers
• Management of the Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) systems and certificates

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in progressive roles from Active Directory Administrator to Sr. Engineer
• Knowledge of at least one scripting language (e.g. Powershell, Python, Bash, or Perl)
• In Depth understanding of Active Directory or LDAP authentication and administration
• Advanced familiarity with enterprise directory synchronization tools such as Azure Active Directory Connect, Cisco Directory Synchronization, or others

Education/Certification Requirements

• Bachelors Degree and 5+ years of experience or an equivalent years of education and years of experience

Preferred Requirements

• Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) preferred
• Knowledge of custom Active Directory schema attributes
• Familiar with administrating Azure Active Directory and single sign-on
• Experience working in a fast tempo government agency production IT environment
• Experience troubleshooting various Microsoft Windows Server platforms' roles and features

Clearance Requirements

• Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; an active TS/SCI clearance is required.