Senior Active Directory Engineer

This is an exciting opportunity for a seasoned Platforms Engineer to join our team, delivering Microsoft platforms technology migration support  Qualified candidate will have 4 years’ experience managing Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, and Windows Server and Windows Workstation operating systems in retail environments.

Responsibilities:

  • Deliver subject matter expertise in Microsoft Identity including Active Directory and Azure AD
  • Deliver subject matter expertise in Microsoft server OS security and hardening best practices
  • Deliver subject matter expertise in Microsoft Active Directory migrations
  • Identify and interview stakeholders to develop and document organizational requirements
  • Discover existing infrastructure and AD-aware ecosystem and establish a clear scope of the effort
  • Analyze findings and present data and recommendations to project sponsors and decision makers
  • Design end-state architecture, migration plan, validation plan, and cutover plan and assist in the development of the migration project plan
  • Perform pilot migration plan for users, groups, workstations, and applications
  • Plan and perform migration of file & print services and other applications as identified during discovery
  • Support application teams in migration of applications
  • Guide and support in-earnest migration efforts
  • Support cutover and decommissioning of legacy environment
  • Report on current state, issues, and future activities

Qualifications:

  • 8+ years of experience with Active Directory
  • Accomplished, supported, and lead multiple Active Directory migrations
  • Expertise with Windows Server 2008/2008 R2, Server 2012/2012R2, and Server 2016
  • Microsoft Server and Client security best practices and knowledge of methodologies to harden Microsoft Server and Client OS
  • Enterprise (more than 15,000 users) experience with design, implementation, and operation of Active Directory
  • Experience using migration and integration tools such as ADMT or Dell / Quest Migration tools
  • Superior problem solving and troubleshooting skills at a Sr Systems Engineer level
  • Sufficient technical depth to communicate with business and other internal IS Groups at a peer level
  • Possess the ability to work independently with minimal management supervision and as part of nationwide team of engineers
  • Be confident and actively participating in team support by proposing and implementing solutions
  • Strong interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills
  • Patient, calm, and supportive demeanor
  • Highly self-motivated and directed with keen attention to detail
  • Strong organizational and communication skills
  • Competent in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and Outlook)
  • Able to work and complete tasks without being micro managed
  • Detail Oriented and resourceful

Admin experience preferred