Active Directory Administrator with German

Andersen; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private health insurance

Sports compensation

Mentoring program and adaptation for 新

Bonus up to 1000 EUR/month linked to经验

Corporate training portal access

Team events (parties, pizza days)

Job summary

Andersen is hiring an Active Directory Administrator with German for a project focused on upgrading and migrating Quest Active Administrator to Windows Server 2025. The role emphasizes security enhancements, automation, and system reliability for an international automotive supplier IT environment.

Your responsibilities include upgrading, migrating databases and agents, evaluating Azure SQL Managed Instance, refining Group Policy management, and ensuring proper logging and backups.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with Quest Active Administrator environments for 2+ years.
• Experience with upgrades and agent updates.
• AD DC administration experience.
• DB migration or setup experience.
• Understanding Tier 0 security and gMSA usage.
• GPO backup, recovery and history management.
• PowerShell script review and optimization.

Responsibilities

• Upgrade Quest Active Administrator from 8.9.0.301 to 8.9.1.9 and update DC agents.
• Migrate to Windows Server 2025, including database and agent migration.
• Evaluate Azure SQL Managed Instance for database solutions and optimize logging.
• Review and reduce agent permissions per Tier 0 security model.
• Consolidate security delegations and templates; remove duplicates.
• Review and optimize PowerShell scripts for OUs.
• Optimize GPO history management and backups.
• Manage security delegations, GPO backups/recovery, and attribute backup/recovery.
• Administer log collectors for Domain Controllers and ensure logging.

Skills

Active Directory

PowerShell

Group Policy

Tier 0 security

gMSA

Delegation management

English (Upper-Intermediate)

German (Upper-Intermediate)

Tools

Quest Active Administrator

Azure SQL Managed Instance

Domain Controllers

Job description

Andersen is hiring an Active Directory Administrator with German for a project upgrading and migrating an IT administration platform and enhancing security, automation, and system reliability.

Our customer is an international automotive supplier specializing in the development and production of automotive components and technology solutions. The company combines engineering expertise with advanced manufacturing capabilities to support customers across multiple markets. It focuses on innovative solutions that enhance vehicle performance and user experience while maintaining strong partnerships with leading automotive manufacturers.

The project is focused on upgrading and migrating the Quest Active Administrator platform to Windows Server 2025. It includes optimizing database and security configurations, consolidating administrative settings, and improving Group Policy management, backups, and automation to ensure reliable and efficient IT operations.

Responsibilities

• Upgrading Quest Active Administrator from version 8.9.0.301 to 8.9.1.9, including updating agents on Domain Controllers (DCs).

• Migrating Quest Active Administrator to a new Windows Server 2025 environment, including database migration or creation and agent migration.

• Evaluating Azure SQL Managed Instance as a potential database solution and optimizing database logging and archive log configurations.

• Reviewing and reducing permissions for agents and services in accordance with the Tier 0 security model, including evaluating the use of Group Managed Service Accounts (gMSA).

• Analyzing and consolidating existing security delegations and templates, eliminating duplicate configurations.

• Reviewing and optimizing PowerShell scripts used for standard Organizational Units (OUs).

• Optimizing GPO history management, including cleaning up obsolete GPO history and reducing unnecessary backups.

• Managing and supporting security delegations, GPO backup and recovery, and attribute-level object backup and recovery.

• Administering log collectors for selected Domain Controllers and ensuring proper logging functionality.

Requirements

• Hands-on experience with Quest Active Administrator environments for 2+ years.

• Experience performing solution upgrades and agent updates.

• Experience with Active Directory Domain Controllers and related administration activities.

• Experience with database migration and/or database setup activities.

• Knowledge of Azure Managed MSSQL Database Service evaluation and implementation scenarios.

• Understanding of permission models and security concepts, including Tier 0 principles.

• Experience with Group Managed Service Accounts (gMSA).

• Experience with Group Policy Objects (GPOs), including backup, recovery, and history management.

• Experience with delegation management and template consolidation.

• Ability to review and evaluate PowerShell scripts.

• Level of English – from Upper-Intermediate and above.

• Level of German – from Upper-Intermediate and above.

Reasons why this job would be interesting to you

• Experience in teamwork with leaders in FinTech, Healthcare, Retail, Telecom, and others. Andersen cooperates with such businesses as Samsung, Siemens, Johnson & Johnson, BNP Paribas, Ryanair, Mercedes, TUI, Verivox, Allianz, T-Systems, etc..

• The opportunity to change the project and/or develop expertise in an interesting business domain.

• Guarantee of professional, financial, and career growth! The company has introduced systems of mentoring and adaptation for each new employee.

• The opportunity to earn up to an additional 1,000 EUR per month, depending on the level of expertise, which will be included in the annual bonus, by participating in the company's activities.

• Access to the corporate training portal, where the entire knowledge base of the company is collected and which is constantly updated.

• Bright corporate life (parties / pizza days / PlayStation / fruits / coffee / snacks / movies).
  Certification compensation (AWS, PMP, etc).

• Referral program.

• Private health insurance and sports compensation, depending on the type of employment.

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