Active Directory & Microsoft Entra ID Engineer

HCL Technologies Limited; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 180,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

HCL Technologies Limited in the United Arab Emirates is seeking an experienced AD / Entra ID Engineer (L3 Senior) to manage on-premises Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID environments. You will handle DC migrations, GPO administration, and hybrid identity integrations, including Entra Connect and MFA/CA controls.

The role involves troubleshooting authentication issues, implementing SSO with SAML, OAuth2, and OIDC, and maintaining PKI infrastructure while conducting health assessments and

Qualifications

• Experience managing on-premises Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID environments.
• Proficient in Domain Controllers, DC migrations with minimal disruption.
• Strong troubleshooting of authentication issues and GPO management.

Responsibilities

• Manage and maintain on-premises Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID environments.
• Administer Domain Controllers and perform DC migrations with minimal service disruption.
• Manage Group Policy (GPO) and troubleshoot AD authentication issues.
• Manage users, groups, devices and identity lifecycle.
• Implement and support hybrid identity / Entra Connect environments.
• Manage MFA, Conditional Access, RBAC and Privileged Identity Management (PIM).
• Support application integration and SSO using SAML, OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect.
• Implement and manage Certificate Services / PKI.
• Conduct AD RAP / health assessments and prepare remediation plans.
• Identify and remediate vulnerabilities within AD/Entra ID.
• Troubleshoot authentication, authorization and sign-in issues.
• Monitor sign-in/audit logs and support identity-related incident investigation.
• Support migration initiatives from on-prem AD toward Entra ID / hybrid identity.
• Develop SOPs, runbooks, technical documentation and operational reports.
• Coordinate with Security, Infrastructure, Application and DWP teams.

Skills

Active Directory

Entra ID / Microsoft Entra

GPO

MFA / Conditional Access

RBAC / PIM

SSO (SAML, OAuth2, OIDC)

PKI / Certificate Services

Hybrid identity

AD health assessments

Vulnerability remediation

Tools

Entra Connect

AD CS

Job description

AD / Entra ID Engineer - JD

Role: Active Directory & Microsoft Entra ID Engineer

Level: L3 / Senior Engineer

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and maintain on-premises Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID environments.
• Administer Domain Controllers and perform DC migrations with minimal service disruption.
• Manage Group Policy (GPO) and troubleshoot AD authentication issues.
• Manage users, groups, devices and identity lifecycle.
• Implement and support hybrid identity / Entra Connect environments.
• Manage MFA, Conditional Access, RBAC and Privileged Identity Management (PIM).
• Support application integration and SSO using SAML, OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect.
• Implement and manage Certificate Services / PKI.
• Conduct AD RAP / health assessments and prepare remediation plans.
• Identify and remediate vulnerabilities within AD/Entra ID.
• Troubleshoot authentication, authorization and sign-in issues.
• Monitor sign-in/audit logs and support identity-related incident investigation.
• Support migration initiatives from on-prem AD toward Entra ID / hybrid identity.
• Develop SOPs, runbooks, technical documentation and operational reports.
• Coordinate with Security, Infrastructure, Application and DWP teams.