Active Directory Architect

Tekskills; Chennai District; Hybrid; INR 1,800,000 - 2,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Tekskills in Chennai seeks an experienced Active Directory Architect to design and implement enterprise AD environments, including forest and domain design, GPOs, OU structures, and DNS architecture. This role also covers enterprise app integrations on AAD SSO and hybrid AD strategies.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate AD with identity management systems, cloud services, and third-party applications, while developing and maintaining documentation, standards and

Qualifications

• 10+ years of Active Directory architecture, migration/implementation, assessment experience.
• Design, plan, and implement enterprise-level Active Directory environments, including forest and domain design, group policy objects (GPOs), OU structure, and DNS architecture.
• Enterprise App Integrations on AAD SSO
• Assess AD migration strategy and identify the target state with AD, Microsoft Entra ID or Hybrid
• Lead migration projects from legacy directory services to Active Directory, ensuring minimal disruption to business operations.
• Architect and implement security best practices within Active Directory, including role-based access control (RBAC), authentication mechanisms, and group memberships.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate Active Directory with identity management systems, cloud service s, and third-party applications.
• Develop and maintain documentation, standards, and procedures related to Active Directory architecture, configuration, and operations
• Perform capacity planning, performance tuning, and troubleshooting for Active Directory infrastructure components.
• Experience with AD Backup/Recovery solutions and security posture enhancement
• Stay current with emerging technologies, industry trends, and security threats related to Active Directory and identity management. Role & responsibilities

Responsibilities

• Design, plan and implement enterprise AD environments with forest and domain architecture.
• Lead migration projects from legacy directory services to Active Directory with minimal business disruption.
• Integrate AD with identity management systems, cloud services, and third-party apps.
• Develop documentation, standards and procedures for AD architecture and operations.
• Perform capacity planning, performance tuning and troubleshooting of AD infrastructure.

Skills

Active Directory

AD migration

GPOs

RBAC

Identity management

Cloud integration

Documentation

Capacity planning

Job description

• 10+ years of Active Directory Architecture, migration/implementation, assessment experience
• Design, plan, and implement enterprise-level Active Directory environments, including forest and domain design, group policy objects (GPOs), OU structure, and DNS architecture.
• Enterprise App Integrations on AAD SSO
• Assess AD migration strategy and identify the target state with AD, Microsoft Entra ID or Hybrid
• Lead migration projects from legacy directory services to Active Directory, ensuring minimal disruption to business operations.
• Architect and implement security best practices within Active Directory, including role-based access control (RBAC), authentication mechanisms, and group memberships.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate Active Directory with identity management systems, cloud services, and third-party applications.
• Develop and maintain documentation, standards, and procedures related to Active Directory architecture, configuration, and operations.
• Perform capacity planning, performance tuning, and troubleshooting for Active Directory infrastructure components.
• Experience with AD Backup/Recovery solutions and security posture enhancement.
• Stay current with emerging technologies, industry trends, and security threats related to Active Directory and identity management. Role & responsibilities

Preferred candidate profile