Active Directory Engineer

Active Directory Engineer

Salary: $82,500-$110,000

Benefits include:

• Paid vacation, holiday and sick time
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance options
• 401(k)/profit sharing

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled and proactive Active Directory Engineer to design, implement, and maintain our hybrid identity infrastructure, spanning both on-premises Active Directory and Azure Entra environments. This role is critical to ensuring secure, reliable, and efficient identity services across the organization, with a strong emphasis on infrastructure implementation, remediation, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), and the optimization and integration of Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Hybrid Identity Engineering & Integration:
  Architect, implement, and optimize the integration between on-premises Active Directory and Azure Entra ID, ensuring seamless synchronization, secure access, and adherence to best practices in IAM.

• Infrastructure Implementation & Remediation:
  Lead the deployment, configuration, and remediation of Active Directory infrastructure to improve performance, security posture, and operational resilience.

• RBAC & IAM Optimization:
  Design and enforce RBAC policies, streamline identity workflows, and integrate IAM solutions to enhance security, compliance, and operational efficiency.

• Group Policy Administration:
  Develop, implement, and troubleshoot Group Policy Objects (GPOs) to enforce enterprise security standards, automate configurations, and maintain compliance.

• Domain Controller Operations:
  Manage domain controllers, monitor replication health, ensure high availability, and optimize performance across distributed environments.

• Backup & Recovery:
  Implement and maintain robust backup strategies for Active Directory, including regular validation, disaster recovery planning, and recovery testing.

• Troubleshooting & Support:
  Provide advanced support for complex identity-related issues, including authentication failures, policy conflicts, and replication anomalies.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as an Active Directory Engineer working with hybrid environments integrating on-premises AD and Azure Entra ID.

• Strong background in infrastructure deployment, remediation, RBAC design, and IAM integration.

• Deep understanding of Group Policy design, implementation, and troubleshooting.

• Proficiency in domain controller architecture, replication strategies, and performance tuning.

• Hands-on experience with AD backup tools, disaster recovery, and business continuity planning.

• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and documentation skills.

• Relevant certifications (e.g., Microsoft Certified: Identity and Access Administrator, Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect) are preferred.