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Senior Active Directory Engineer

Buffalo, NY, US • Posted 1 day ago • Updated 7 hours ago

Full Time

On-site

USD $97,100.00 - 161,800.00 per year

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Skills

DS
DirectShow
High Availability
Tier 1
Change Control
Mergers and Acquisitions
Dragon NaturallySpeaking
DNS
Microsoft Azure
Microsoft
Active Directory
Hardening
Financial Services
PASS
Delegation
ACL
Identity Management
PIM
Finance
Sarbanes-Oxley
Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
PCI DSS
System On A Chip
Risk Management
Windows PowerShell
Provisioning
Workflow
Reporting
Change Management
Management
Replication
Data Centers
Authentication
Backup
Recovery
Disaster Recovery
RPO
FOCUS
Leadership
Information Security
Auditing
Regulatory Compliance
Cloud Computing
Higher Education
Systems Design
Cyber Security
Critical Thinking
Conflict Resolution
Problem Solving
Communication

DS
DirectShow
High Availability
Tier 1
Change Control
Mergers and Acquisitions
Dragon NaturallySpeaking
DNS
Microsoft Azure
Microsoft
Active Directory
Hardening
Financial Services
PASS
Delegation
ACL
Identity Management
PIM
Finance
Sarbanes-Oxley
Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
PCI DSS
System On A Chip
Risk Management
Windows PowerShell
Provisioning
Workflow
Reporting
Change Management
Management
Replication
Data Centers
Authentication
Backup
Recovery
Disaster Recovery
RPO
FOCUS
Leadership
Information Security
Auditing
Regulatory Compliance
Cloud Computing
Higher Education
Systems Design
Cyber Security
Critical Thinking
Conflict Resolution
Problem Solving
Communication

Summary

This role is four days onsite at our Seneca One Buffalo, NY location, with the flexibility to work from home one day per week
Overview:

Responsible for designing, securing, and operating Microsoft Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) in regulated, high-availability environments. Acts as knowledge resource for and trains less experienced engineers. Completes day-to-day support activities and special projects.

Primary Responsibilities:

Enterprise Active Directory Architecture

Proven expertise supporting large-scale, Tier-1 identity infrastructures with strict uptime, latency, and change-control requirements
Strong experience with:
- Multi-domain and multi-forest designs aligned to business units, regions, or regulatory boundaries
- Forest and external trusts supporting M&A, joint ventures, and third-party integrations
- FSMO role placement optimized for resilience and auditability
Advanced understanding of Active Directory-integrated DNS, split-brain DNS, and secure name resolution models

Hybrid Identity & Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD)

Extensive experience integrating on-prem AD with Microsoft Entra ID in regulated financial environments
Hands-on implementation of:
- Entra Connect (Cloud Sync and Traditional)
- Password Hash Sync, Pass-through Authentication, and Federation
Strong experience with:
- Conditional Access aligned to regulatory and risk-based controls
- Hybrid Join, Entra ID Join, and legacy device coexistence
Understanding of identity lifecycle controls to support joiners, movers, leavers, and separation-of-duties requirements

Security, Compliance & Risk Controls

Expert-level knowledge of Active Directory security hardening in financial services, including:
- Tiered administrative model (Tier 0/1/2)
- Dedicated admin forests or hardened admin boundaries (where applicable)
- Privileged Access Workstations (PAWs) / Secure Admin Workstations
Experience enforcing least privilege, role separation, and dual-control models
Deep familiarity with threats targeting financial institutions:
- Credential theft, Kerberoasting, Pass-the-Hash/Ticket
- Delegation and ACL abuse
Hands-on experience with:
- Privileged Identity Management (PIM)
- Regular access reviews and entitlement recertification
Strong alignment with Zero Trust and defense-in-depth identity strategies

Regulatory & Audit Readiness

Demonstrated experience supporting audits and controls for financial regulations and frameworks, such as:
- SOX, GLBA, PCI DSS, SOC 2
- Internal risk management and model governance requirements
Ability to design AD environments that support:
- Strong logging and traceability
- Tamper-resistant audit logs
- Evidence generation for internal and external auditors

Automation & PowerShell

Advanced PowerShell expertise for:
- Controlled, auditable administrative changes
- Automated provisioning/deprovisioning aligned to compliance workflows
- Identity reporting for risk, security, and audit teams
Experience building automation that integrates with:
- Change management processes
- IAM, ticketing, and security tooling

Operations, Resilience & Recovery

Deep experience managing:
- AD replication topology across data centers and regions
- SYSVOL (DFSR) health and recovery
- Latency-sensitive authentication dependencies
Strong understanding of:
- AD backup, recovery, and authoritative restore procedures
- Identity disaster recovery scenarios with defined RTO/RPO
Experience implementing monitoring and alerting with a focus on early risk detection

Leadership & Governance

Acts as technical authority and escalation point for all directory and identity services
Defines and enforces:
- Enterprise identity standards
- Secure configuration baselines
- Operational runbooks and procedures
Partners closely with:
- Information Security and IAM teams
- Risk, audit, and compliance stakeholders
- Infrastructure, cloud, and application teams
Mentors engineers and reviews designs from a security and risk-first perspective

Education and Experience Required:

Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 3 years' relevant work experience, or in lieu of a degree, a combined minimum of 7 years' higher education and/or work experience

Education and Experience Preferred:

Intermediate understanding of the security system development and infrastructure lifecycle and architecture, and systems design
Proven experience with the tools utilized in assigned Cybersecurity function
Experience translating architecture into technical requirements.
Proficient level of critical thinking and problem solving
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Proven experience collaborating with leaders to execute results.
Prior experience seeking buy-in of others to align on processes.
Ability to analyze and draw conclusions based on quantitative data from multiple sources.

M&T Bank is committed to fair, competitive, and market-informed pay for our employees. The pay range for this position is $97,100.00 - $161,800.00 (USD). The successful candidate's particular combination of knowledge, skills, and experience will inform their specific compensation.

Location
Buffalo, New York, United States of America

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