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# DV Cleared - Active Directory Architect

- **Company:** Lucid Support Services Ltd
- **Location:** Erskine, UK
- **Salary:** £145,600.0 - £166,400.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Active Directory, Active Directory Federation Services, Monitoring of Systems, Identity and Access Management, Kerberos (Protocol), Lightweight Directory Access Protocols (LDAP), NT LAN Manager, OAuth, Windows PowerShell, Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), Security Information and Event Management
- **Published:** August 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerboard.com/pt/en/find-jobs-in-United-Kingdom/-B547452BF5894EABCF/

## About the Role

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.

## Description

* 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.


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