Systems Engineering Specialist Advisor - Active Directory/Entra ID/Manage Engine

Role: Systems Engineering Specialist Advisor - Active Directory/Entra ID/Manage Engine

Role Overview

Looking for talented security-oriented Systems Engineering Specialist Advisor with strong Active Directory/Entra ID/PIM/AD Manager/Manage Engine/Identity skills. This role will be part of a larger dedicated security team dedicated to supporting, troubleshooting, upgrading Active Directory, Entra ID and related Identity technologies.

Role Responsibilities:

The objective of this effort is to provide comprehensive programmatic, operational, and technical support for:

• Identity Governance and Administration (IGA)

• Access Certification and Entitlement Reviews

• Certificate Services

• Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)

• Privileged Access Governance

• Identity Lifecycle Management

• Compliance Reporting and Metrics

• Audit Readiness Activities

• Zero Trust Identity Alignment

Required Qualifications:

· Minimum 5 years relevant experience in Architecture and designing, solutions & Migrating Active Directory, Entra ID, Windows & End points

· Strong Demonstrated experience with Active Directory migration tool or equivalent and consolidation of Global Forest and Domains. Hands on experience in successful consolidation of AD Forests and Domains

· Must have hands-on experience working on Entra ID (Azure Active Directory)

· Extensive Experience working as Entra Admin for enterprise Active Directory setup and maintenance

· Strong experience in AD Trusts, two-way Trusts and one-way Trusts and deep knowledge of Active Directory Schemas and meta data

· Strong Knowledge on Entra ID Identity Management & Integration with on premise

· Strong knowledge of Azure Active Directory technologies, including authentication models, federation, Multifactor Authentication (MFA), conditional access policies and other relevant capabilities.

· Knowledge of best practices in AD/Azure Privileged access management and modern AD/Azure Secured Administration practices

· Strong PowerShell scripting

· Strong Knowledge on IAM disciplines like PIM and Privilege Administrative Accounts PAM solutions such as CyberArk

· Good knowledge on ADFS and Entra ID sync connectors

· Strong familiarity with DNS Active Directory integrated, partitions and Infoblox & DHCP systems and Migration of services from Active Directory any platform

· Demonstrated knowledge and experience in AD assessment in terms of OU delegation, GPOs, permission etc.,

· Expertise in Active Directory versions 2003, 2008R2, 2012R2 & 2016, 2019 and Azure Active Directory

· Good knowledge and hands on experience in setting up lab based on the solution requirements

· Demonstrated working knowledge and hands on experience in AD disaster recovery, Replication issues and resolution using tools such as repadmin

· Demonstrated experience in writing and applying GPOs, especially related to domain consolidations

· Good Knowledge on Active Directory & windows audit logs and levels and SIEM integration

· Good knowledge on Networking, firewalls, including host firewalls, DNS, DHCP, DFS & Network load balancers and Secure Global Directory or Secure LDAP

· Good knowledge on Cryptography, certificates, PKI, symmetric, asymmetric keys, Encryption & hash algorithms

· Good knowledge on AD authentication protocols Kerberos, NTLM, LDAP, LDAPS & LDAP-Start TLS

· Good knowledge on Network log capturing & analyzing the network packet captures through the tools Wireshark, Tshark, Microsoft NM etc.,

· Good knowledge on application integration with LDAP & Kerberos i.e. Keytab, krb5 etc.,

· Good knowledge on AD migration tools like ADMT, Quest etc., knowledge on AD trusts, forest, domain tree structures, sites, DNS, GPOs, OU, FRS, DFSR.

· Good knowledge on any Identity & Access Management tools like FIM, MIM, OIM, Quest etc.,

· Exposure to SAML, OAuth, OpenID and other security/IAM related standards

· Strong hands-on familiarity with host-based security solutions, Forensic & Investigation agents, and Compliance scanning and reporting, Hardening Active Directory

· Knowledge of single sign-on, federation, active directory/LDAP, Kerberos/NTLM authentication & integrated Windows authentication

· Good knowledge on Identity management and Role based access control, attribute-based access control & entitlement management

· Good knowledge on power shell scripting with AD modules or VB .Net and ability to write scripts based on the requirement

· Excellent communication skills, especially verbal and written

· Good documentation skills to write a design & configuration documents version controls

· Excellent Interpersonal skill and ability to work as part of a team

· Home office for remote work

· Ability to work some weekends and late nights performing approved changes

· ITIL V3 or later experience, experience in writing change request and attending Change Advisory Boards (CAB) meeting

· Experience with Security Controls and compliance