Sony Active Directory Engineer

Who you are:

You are a strong, well-rounded Windows Engineer seeking a new, exciting opportunity. Your greatest areas of strength are your solid experience with Active Directory and your stellar PowerShell scripting and Microsoft Azure skills. You have the ability to hit the ground running in a new setting and solve any problem that comes your way. You are comfortable working in large environments and can keep up with a dynamic, rapidly changing tech landscape. As a senior engineer, you are excited and willing to share your extensive knowledge with your colleagues.

Must have skills:

1. Managing Active Directory Operations

2. Managing Group Policy with complex Inheritance, Precedence and Enforcement

3. Working with the client s enhanced security On-prem AD domains, monitoring AD replication and resolving any replication issues

4. Using PowerShell/Visual Studio Code for troubleshooting and all other scripting needs

5. Ability to follow existing SOPs and to create new ones

Note: Candidate is required to make it to Sony s Culver City office 3 times a week.

What you ll be doing:

Working with the client s enhanced security On-prem AD domains

Working with the client s Azure AD tenants

Configuring and managing privileged access (PAM) and access models

Upgrading and migrating AD physical and virtual servers

Using PowerShell/Visual Studio Code for troubleshooting and all other scripting needs

Managing Group Policy with complex Inheritance, Precedence and Enforcement

Evaluating current environment and clean-up of un-needed AD objects

Collaborating with IT teams to build out any new servers required

What you ll bring with you:

Extensive Active Directory experience and Azure exposure

High-level PowerShell scripting skills, proven ability to read and modify existing complex automation scripts and modules as well as script from scratch

Previous experience in large, enterprise environments (more than 1,000 servers)

Experience working in a multi-team environment across multiple geographies

Ability to follow and enforce strictly defined security standards and processes. Familiarity with Change, Incident, Problem and Service management.

Natural leadership and mentoring abilities

Ability to work easily with people of different backgrounds

Ability to follow existing SOPs and to create new ones