Active Directory Engineer
Location: Melville, NY 11747 / McLean, VA / Plano, TX
Duration: 23-24 months
Job Description:
The 3rd Level Active Directory Engineer is responsible for providing operational and project support for an enterprise Active Directory environment. The Active Directory 3rd Level Engineer is required to have expert technical knowledge and understanding of Active Directory including experience supporting large-scale and highly complex environments.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Provide 24x7x365 operational support of Active Directory environment
- Troubleshoot and resolve low to high complexity issues and incidents
- Participate in or lead complex or high severity troubleshooting and incident problem resolutions with other infrastructure teams or vendors
- Plan and implement low to highly complex changes to the environment
- Participate as a team member on projects involving Active Directory
- Perform common responsibilities such as domain controller promotion and demotion, organizational unit setup and delegation of administration, group policy creation and modification, administration of AD sites, subnets and site links, and schema changes
- Analyze data and identify trends to facilitate root cause analysis and identify opportunities for service improvement
- Ensure the security and compliance of the Active Directory environment
- Create and update standard operating procedure documentation
- Manage the backup and restore of Active Directory
- Participate in capacity planning, performance monitoring and maintenance to ensure high availability and proactively identify opportunities for service improvement
Basic Qualifications:
- High school diploma, GED or equivalent certification, or military experience
- Minimum of 8 year IT experience
- Minimum of 5 years of Active Directory technical experience that includes the operational support and implementation of large-scale, enterprise level solutions
- Proven experience effectively communicating technical issues\challenges to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or Engineering
- Solid understanding of the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) principles
- Experience with Windows Server 2012 Active Directory
- Experience with Windows Azure, AWS or other public Cloud technologies
- Experience in VBScript or PowerShell to develop complex automation scripts
- Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) or an equivalent certification
Requisition Competencies:
Competency Proficiency Description
Active Directory 5 - Expert 5-7 Years
LDAP 4 - Very Good 5-7 Years
MS - Windows 5 - Expert 5-7 Years
Minimum of 5 years of Active Directory
Experience with Windows Server 2012 Active Directory
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