Remote Active Directory Engineer

Summary

Join our team as an experienced Active Directory (AD) Engineer to supplement our existing team and provide Identity and Access Management (IAM) strategy recommendations.

Requirements

• Senior-level AD Engineer with 5-7 years of experience
• Experience in large enterprise environments
• 5+ years in directory services engineering
• 2+ years in IAM strategy development
• Manufacturing industry experience
• Strong understanding of AD security principles
• Experience with implementing and maintaining AD tools, including: Microsoft ATA/AATP/Defender for Identity. Microsoft ADRES (Active Directory Recovery Execution Service). Quest Tools (Change Auditor, Recovery Manager, Enterprise Reporter, Migration Manager). Other equivalent AD management tools
• Familiarity with supporting SOC processes. , recovery testing, AD continuity, and disaster recovery
• Experience with AD security capabilities: Microsoft Defender Credential Guard. Kerberos and NTLM protocols. Group Policy Preferences administration. Domain Controller communications and security. Ransomware defense for directory services
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills in English (both written and spoken)
• Strong organizational skills with attention to detail
• Strategic thinking balanced with a detail-oriented mindset
• Team player, able to collaborate both in person and virtually (MS Teams or similar)
• Self-starter with the ability to take initiative
• Flexibility to work across different time zones

Responsibilities

• Engineering, deploying, operationalizing, maintaining, and supporting tools associated with AD
• Contributing to the engineering and support of AD as needed
• Communicating service directions, features, and roadmaps
• Providing technical leadership and guidance
• Assisting with currency and patching of AD systems
• Liaising with and supporting operational teams
• Participating in incident response for AD platforms as needed
• Assisting in technology evaluations and proof of concept projects
• Contributing to disaster recovery planning and remediation of vulnerabilities within AD
• Making recommendations for improving and securing the AD environment
• Providing IAM strategy recommendations

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with SAP Access Control
• Certifications such as CISSP. , CISM. , or equivalent are a plus