Windows Active Directory Engineer - 6 Months

Our client looking for engineer for a staff augmentation engagement for 6 months. During this support period, the engineer will work as requested and instructed to handle any questions, configurations, documentation, implementation, support and day-to-day issues with Customer's environment relative to their Windows Server Active Directory and Active Directory Federated Services.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist in performing active directory domain services and/or role discovery
• Document & review current domain services and roles
• Document Microsoft best practices for domain services and roles upgrades according to most recently published documentation
• Assist on processing and performing upgrades for Server OS and Active Directory Domain Services (and possible collapsing and decommission 13 domains per customer goals) according to findings
• Support for application testing during the Active Directory Domain Services and Functional Level upgrades.
• Assist in reviewing and deployment for the enablement of migration to consistent tools and monitoring pre and post upgrades
• Assisting in reviewing Microsoft best practice regarding domain level-based administrators and enterprise administrator roles and responsibilities for CORP level domain and associated child domains (pre-existing and resultant domains after domain collapses have been performed)
• Support is confined to existing estate - new domains added to, or old domains removed from, the estate due to further mergers, acquisitions, or divestments are excluded
• Assist with planning and deployment of Active Domain Directory Domain Services for hosting services in regional DMZ environment(s)
• Assist with discovery of requirements in deploying Active Directory Domain Services for DMZ based services to be hosted
• Revisit Microsoft best practices for deployments and review with customer prior to build out
• Assist customer during build out of services
• Support of application teams to remediate and re-platform applications into strategic domains

Key Requirements

• At least 2-3 year's technical experience supporting large enterprise Active Directory environments.
• Relevant industry or tertiary qualifications
• Strong and proven skills inActive Directory Administration
• Strong skills with Windows Server in a business environment
• Microsoft Exchange and Office 365 Exchange Online