Active Directory Architect

Job Details
Active Directory Architect
Richardson, TX (Once a Month)
Long term Contract

Job Description
Active Directory (AD) resource:
Strong Understanding of AD Architecture: In-depth knowledge of Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS), domain controllers, forests, trees, sites, and replication mechanisms.
Group Policy Management: Expertise in creating, managing, and troubleshooting Group Policies (GPOs) to enforce security settings and configurations across the domain.
Discovery, analysis, and recommendations for management of user objects, including privileged accounts, service accounts, bot objects, and contact objects
Discovery, analysis, and recommendations for management of group objects, including the reduction of nested groups, identifying group ownership, populating group descriptions, and stale groups
Discovery, analysis, and recommendations of distribution lists and dynamic groups
Define governance policies around group creation and management, development of group naming conventions, and disabled account removal
Discovery, analysis, and recommendations of computer objects
Develop process to identify group ownership and other pertinent details
Develop and execute scripts to perform user and group object cleanup
Security Practices: Familiarity with AD security best practices, including configuring and managing Organizational Units (OUs), permissions, delegation, and auditing.
PowerShell Scripting: Proficiency in PowerShell for automating AD tasks, managing users and computers, and performing bulk changes.
Troubleshooting Skills: Ability to diagnose and resolve typical AD issues, such as replication failures, authentication problems, and trust issues.