Active Directory Engineer

Role: Active Directory Engineer

Location: Remote
Duration: 6+ months

Minimum Experience required-12 years

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  Support, design, install, customize, and maintain servers and all associated components.
  Provide general administration of systems. This includes user access administration, system services, configurations, and the development of tools to manage the environment.
  Assists with the development of prototypes/proofs of concepts to validate key project assumptions prior to making significant investments.
  Provide break/fix support of associated software and operating system.
  Communicating with team, customers, and sponsors effectively. Able to establish credibility by appealing to reason and using research, data, facts.
  Maintain system performance by pro-active monitoring and trending the utilization of system resources.
  Maintain system reliability and availability by managing system updates and patches.
  Design, install and implement systems to provide efficient, cost-effective solutions for the business' computing needs. Research industry trends and directions within the industry, to assist with developing long-term IT infrastructure strategies.
  Assists with the identification of system requirements. Devises or modifies procedures to solve problems considering computer equipment capacity and limitations, operating time, form of desired results, and integration of components.
  Use appropriate change control procedures for implementing software enhancements.
  Oversees systems testing, leads integration testing, and assists in user testing.
  Coordinates the maintenance of assigned applications.
  Monitors system and application performance metrics. May provide input to solutions and/or recommendations for improvements.
  Remain abreast of current technologies and best practices that may be applicable to the company.
  Establishes relationships with the users and the IT organization to provide technical solutions to meet user needs through the analysis of business workflows and an understanding of business needs.
  Assists in the performance of Merger and Acquisitions
  Assists in Domain mergers and divestures.
  
  Essential Skills/Experience:

Active Directory - Microsoft centric environment
Basic computer skills: Operating Systems, Microsoft Office
Provide support for Active Directory and related technologies:
Active Directory Domain Services (ADDS)
Sites and Services Configuration
Azure Entra ID
AD Connect
DNS
DHCP
Microsoft Certificate Authority (MSCA)
KMS and RDP licensing
PowerShell scripting
TCP/IP Subnetting

Minimum Requirements:
Five (5) years business experience using and supporting active directory, computing, and network technology in an enterprise environment.