Active Directory Engineer

Own your opportunity to serve as a critical component of our nation’s safety and security. Make an impact by using your expertise to protect our country from threats., * Engineer, manage, monitor, maintain, troubleshoot, and update Active Directory and related directory services.

• Support and optimize identity and authentication systems.
• Provide technical leadership and escalation support for complex identity, access, authentication, and centralized resource management issues.
• Autonomously handle and resolve critical technical incidents, ensuring the reliability, security, and performance of Active Directory and directory services.
• Develop and maintain automation and orchestration to streamline maintenance, configuration management, and monitoring of directory services systems.
• Implement and enforce security best practices for identity and access management, including hardening, auditing, and compliance with applicable standards.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, standard operating procedures, and runbooks for directory services operations and incident response.
• Evaluate, test, and recommend new tools and technologies to enhance and modernize the directory services and identity environment.
• Participate in on-call rotations and change management processes to support mission needs as required.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field
• Additional relevant experience may be substituted for formal education.
• Minimum of 8-10 years of hands-on experience engineering and managing Active Directory in large, complex enterprise environments.
• Demonstrated proficiency with:
• Active Directory design, administration, and troubleshooting
• Group Policy design and management
• DNS, DHCP, and related Windows infrastructure services
• Hybrid identity solutions
• Authentication and authorization protocols
• Strong understanding of system security, identity lifecycle management, and access control methodologies.
• Proficiency with PowerShell and other scripting languages for automation, reporting, and configuration management.
• Relevant certifications strongly desired, such as:
• Microsoft: Windows Server Hybrid Administrator, Azure Administrator, Azure Security Engineer, MCSE (or successor)
• Cloud: Azure or AWS Administrator/Security certifications

Work Requirements

Years of Experience

10 + years of related experience

• may vary based on technical training, certification(s), or degree Certification

The likely salary range for this position is $148,750 - $201,250. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

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