Active Directory Technical Specialist

ECLARO is a company that delivers talent. We provide fully customizable, comprehensive talent acquisition and management of seasoned professionals through a number of business models, including: Consulting, Professional Hire, Global Integrated Delivery and Managed Services.

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Active Directory Technical Specialist

OPEN FOR REMOTE for the right candidate

6 months contract to hire

24-00269

Position Summary

The Active Directory Technical Specialist is responsible for installation, configuration and maintenance of Active Directory Domain Controllers, , Site Links and Subnets. This role will be responsible for driving improvements of directory services, improving security, making our services work better and more efficiently. Ultimately the focus will be to ensure that the environment is protected and reduce the risk of leveraging AD in a cyber security attack. Candidates should be passionate about delivering a highly secure and stable environment with an eye for continuous improvement.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

1. Supporting AD Services (and Azure Active Directory) at a multi-forest enterprise scale,
2. Install, configure and maintain Active Directory Domain Controllers, site links and subnets.
3. Design, test deploy and troubleshoot Group policies for Enterprise customers.
4. Monitor Active Directory health and proactively fix issues.
5. Troubleshoot AD authentication and authorization related issues
6. Install, configure and maintain AD Integrated and Non-AD integrated DNS Zones
7. Install, Configure and Maintain DFSR and Namespace
8. Responsible for Active Directory backup and restore
9. Troubleshoot trust related issues
10. Monitor and maintain SYSVOL health
11. Configure and maintain NTP for Enterprise Infrastructure

1. Configure and manage Azure Active Directory (managed domain, MFA, Enterprise App, Registration, Conditional Access Policies, Azure AD Sync issue, B2B, B2C, User and Group Management)
2. Troubleshoot related issues from monitoring or highlighted from colleagues outside of team via incidents
3. Support during major service outages at AD or business services end help troubleshooting on coordinated major incident calls.
4. Supporting application teams to find flaws in their design that would affect resiliency and similar aspects

Decision-Making Authority/Accountability Level

• Works under direct and indirect supervision
• Ability to orient self quickly, even in subject areas that might be new

Minimum Knowledge, Skill, and Ability Requirements

• Working knowledge on DNS aging and Scavenging
• LDAP / LDAPS integration of customer applications
• Strong knowledge of FSMO roles (Transfer / Seizure)
• Experience with PowerShell; had applied scripting to solve IT Admin challenges.
• Experience on single object / multiple objects restore from AD Recycle bin
• Good understanding and hands on experience of Domain Controllers upgrade process and migrations.
• Experience extending active directory to cloud (Azure / AWS)
• Experience with AWS Cloud Infrastructure management and Directory services a plus
• Familiarity with Single Sign-On (SSO)/MFA - Ping, Okta, or similar platform
• Hands on experience on Azure AD connect tool, support and troubleshooting.
• Must be responsive and well organized
• Strong customer service experience and skills
• Must demonstrate strong communication skills, both written and oral

Education and Experience Preferred

• Experience in supporting Active Directory services in a multi-forest environment with key focus on LDAP, Group Policy
• Experience with Windows Server Operating System (2012/2016/2019/2022) configuration, performance management, troubleshooting on physical and virtual environments.
• Microsoft certification in the Windows Server OS or Active Directory Space a plus
• Insurance industry experience helpful but not required.
• Bachelor s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent work experience

Supervisory Responsibility

• n/a

Necessary Tasks

• Computer and phone use required

ECLARO is a company that delivers talent. We provide fully customizable, comprehensive talent acquisition and management of seasoned professionals through a number of business models, including consulting, Professional Hire, Global Integrated Delivery and Managed Services.

ECLARO recruits and manages a staff of highly skilled individuals in an array of specialized disciplines. This approach enables our clients to leverage new opportunities, respond to increased and changing demands and increase their profitability.

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Specialties: Customized solutions for Human Capital and Talent Acquisition, Permanent placement and retained search, Recruiting, Staff Augmentation, Contract Labor, Managed Services, RPO, MSP, VMS, IT solutions, management and support, offshore business process outsourcing.

Equal Opportunity Employer: Eclaro values diversity and does not discriminate based on Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.

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Industry: Staffing and Recruiting

Type: Privately Held Company

Size: 501-1000 employees

Founded: 1999