DV Cleared - Active Directory Architect

• Design and evolve on-premises AD environments, including domains, forests, trusts and replication.
• Develop and manage secure Group Policy strategies.
• Design identity integrations, including ADFS.
• Implement tiered administration, least-privilege access, PAWs and PAM solutions.
• Conduct AD health checks, security assessments and remediation activities.
• Support identity-related incident resolution and root-cause analysis.
• Produce HLDs, LLDs, security documentation and operational runbooks.
• Integrate AD with enterprise security and monitoring tools, including SIEM platforms.
• Work with technical, security, infrastructure and customer stakeholders to deliver solutions.

We are seeking an experienced Microsoft Active Directory Architect to design, implement and optimise secure, enterprise-scale AD environments., * Proven experience as an Active Directory Architect or Senior SME.

• Strong hands-on expertise in Microsoft AD, including multi-domain and multi-forest environments.
• Extensive knowledge of Group Policy, DNS and DHCP.
• Experience designing enterprise-scale AD environments.
• Knowledge of Kerberos, NTLM, LDAP, SAML and OAuth.
• PowerShell Scripting and automation experience.
• Strong understanding of identity security and privileged access controls.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder engagement and documentation skills.
• Ability to work independently in secure, customer-facing environments.