Windows Server Engineer - Active Directory ,Domain Controllers , DHCP

CtrlS; Pune District; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

CtrlS is seeking a Windows Server administrator with strong AD expertise to manage Hyper-V environments and storage networks. The role involves deploying resource pools, configuring clusters, and performing migrations and upgrades across AD domains.

The ideal candidate will monitor security, drive capacity planning, and coordinate with cross-functional teams to maintain 100% SLA while optimizing infrastructure performance.

Qualifications

• Experience as Windows Administrator with AD domain services.
• Knowledge of virtualization management and resource pool handling.
• Experience configuring Hyper-V cluster, storage migrations, and replication.

Responsibilities

• Manage Hyper-V resource creation, modification, and upgrades.
• Configure and troubleshoot Hyper-V clusters and replication.
• Handle storage migrations and ISCSI/FC storage.
• Migrate/upgrade AD domains (2012 to 2019/2106).
• Monitor security and perform capacity planning.

Skills

Windows Server

AD Administration

Hyper-V

IIS

WSUS

GPO

Performance Tuning

Resource Management

Tools

Hyper-V Manager

VMware/Virtualization (VMs in pools)

NLB

Storage (ISCSI/FC)

Active Directory Schema/Forest

Job description

Windows Server admin with AD, AD, Hypers V; IIS,WSUS, GPO, Management:

3-8 years of Windows Admins Knowledge on resource management framework on Virtualization like creation of resource pools, adding the VMs into resource pools, MS Load balancing and Performance tuning on the infrastructure.

• Resource Creation, Modification & upgradations of VMs in Hyper-V management
• Hyper V/Windows Cluster Configuration, troubleshooting & Management
• Hyper V replication configuration troubleshooting and management
• Hyper V storage migrations and Storage knowledge ISCSI & FC
• Experience on Migration/ Upgradation of Hyper V and AD 2012 to 2106/2019 Windows OS Platforms
• Windows NLB Configuration and NIC Teaming configuration, troubleshooting & Management
• Projects Scope design, Deployment, Migration and Transition to operations teams.
• Perform
• performance reports to plan for proper Capacity Planning on the infrastructure growth
• Monitoring servers for Security and Virus threats and prompt remediation
• Escalating cross functional issues to Microsoft\\Dell\\HP and coordinating with them to resolve the issues
• Resolving Priority 1/2/3 issues and ensures 100% SLA
• Analysing Event, Incident, Change & Problem tickets and providing status on daily and weekly status call
• Good problem-solving skills and work towards resolution and identify the Root-Cause

Active Directory Management:

Domain Administrators have to perform the duties associated with Schema and Enterprise administrators as identified below.

Schema Administrator

• Maintains security and integrity of schema

Enterprise Administrator

• Creation and management of the forest
• Overall security and reliability of the forest
• Creation and removal of domains

Domain Administrator

• Creation and management of directory infrastructure
• Includes FSMO roles, trusts, Kerberos KDCs, replication topology, etc.
• Creation of all top-level OU hierarchies with standard sub- s, groups, and appropriate security permissions. This includes adding the OU Admins to the Add Computers group, Group Policy Creator Owners group, and OU Admins mail list. It also includes setting appropriate permissions on the created objects and linking of default GPOs.
• Monitoring and reporting associated with the reliability and security of the domain
• Use the domain admin account only for actions that require the privilege level of this account
• Monitoring changes to domain root and domain controllers OU to ensure unauthorized changes do not occur
• Day-to-day management of the domain controllers
• Monitoring connectivity, synchronization, replication, netlogon, time services, FSMO roles, schema, NTDS database partitions, DNS settings, SRV records, and trust relationships
• Review DC event and security logs and take corrective actions
• Monitor and resolve security situations at all levels of the domain to ensure a stable and secure domain
• Domain Controller Management
• Physical security of the domain controllers in IT Division space and oversite for all domain controllers
• Backups and restores on domain controllersFull disaster recovery plan and practice recovery of DCs and core Directory objects
• Policy monitoring and compliance
• Apply and enforce standard naming conventions for objects in the domain
• Comply with AD policies and standards as defined on the AD Web Site
• Monitor compliance with AD policies and standards as defined on the AD Web Site, including Change Management,
• Communication and Coordination
• Arbitrate disputes between OU Admins
• Provide OU Admins with assistance when requested
• Coordination with the Cyber Security group to ensure the domain is secure
• Comply with all Cyber Security group orders regarding emergency conditions
• Work collectively with the OU administrators
• Secure remote administration of the DCs and member servers managed by the Infrastructure Group
• Manage group policy at root of domain and for Domain Controllers OU
• Manage the root Users and the root Computers OUs
• Install and manage security reporting tools used to monitor changes to the Active Directory
• Coordinate and configure alarm distribution to OU Admins for OU-related events
• Plan and manage all migrations and upgrades related to the AD or the DCs

OU Administrators:

• Ensure overall security and integrity of their managed OU hierarchy
• Use the OU admin account only for actions that require the privilege level of this account
• Monitoring changes to OU hierarchy to ensure unauthorized changes do not occur
• Delegation of authority to others for appropriate object administration in their OU hierarchy
• Account management
• Creation/deletion/management of objects, i.e. local user accounts, groups, workstations, servers, printers, etc. in their OU hierarchy
• Regularly perform housekeeping duties to keep their OU hierarchy clear of stale, unused, expired, and other no longer needed objects
• Process requests for access control authorized by data owner
• Process requests for group drive mappings via login script
• Create new computer accounts and join to directory services
• The OU administrator will designate which administrators have "account operator" access to the Windows user accounts for users in their department.
• These account operators will have privileges that let them make changes to a subset of attributes for the accounts in their OU
• This subset of attributes includes Windows-centric information like home directory location, profile location, terminal server settings and other kinds of user data that isnt replicated from the root of the domain
• Group Policy Object (GPO) creation, troubleshooting, and management
• Publishing resource objects from their OU hierarchy in the Active Directory as applicable
• Manage Group Policy Object (GPO) links within their OU hierarchy
• Coordinate activities of Member Server owners
• Work with server and/or data owners to set up permissions
• Seniority Level

• Mid-Senior level
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• Full-time
• Information Technology
• Hyper-V
• Failover
• File Servers
• Active Directory
• Microsoft Products
• High Availability Clustering
• WSUS
• Cluster Management
• Group Policy
• Microsoft Cluster Role & responsibilities

Preferred candidate profile

Perks and benefits