Active Directory Engineer

Arctiq: Intelligent Architecture; Duluth (GA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Arctiq is seeking an Active Directory Engineer to architect, maintain, secure, and optimize Active Directory services and domain controller infrastructure supporting enterprise identity management. You will ensure stability, security, compliance, and high availability while collaborating with IAM, security, and infrastructure teams.

The ideal candidate has hands-on AD experience, implements security segmentation, and serves as a senior resource for day-to-day operations, troubleshooting, and AD

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience managing Microsoft Active Directory within large-scale enterprise environments.
• Proven experience implementing fixes and maintenance activities for domain controllers, including patching and configuration changes.
• Solid understanding of Active Directory security concepts, delegation strategies, and privileged access management.
• Experience supporting Active Directory within an IAM framework.
• Strong troubleshooting abilities across authentication, replication, DNS, and account provisioning.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills in regulated or audit-focused environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, administer, secure, and support Active Directory forests, domains, trusts, OUs, GPOs, and domain controllers.
• Develop, test, and implement remediation for domain controllers including patching and hardening.
• Support user identity lifecycle processes by provisioning and deactivating AD accounts and security groups.
• Build and maintain role-based and group-based access structures aligned with governance standards.
• Collaborate with IAM and PAM teams to support privileged access strategies and delegated administration.
• Monitor and troubleshoot AD environments addressing authentication, replication, DNS, and access incidents.
• Create and maintain operational procedures and runbooks for AD administration and domain controller management.
• Participate in change management, audit support, incident response, and security improvement initiatives.

Skills

Active Directory

Domain Controller

Security hardening

IAM

Troubleshooting

Communication

Tools

PowerShell

Group Policy

DNS

AD DS

Job description

Company Overview

Arctiq is a global, intelligence-driven technology services company delivering professional and managed services across Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure, Networking & Connected Experiences, Cybersecurity, Data & AI, Autonomous Operations & Intelligence, and Enterprise Service Management. We help organizations operate, secure, and modernize complex environments by unifying infrastructure, networking, data, security, automation, and observability under a single, integrated operating model. Our work focuses on helping customers reduce operational friction, improve resilience, and make better, faster decisions as their environments evolve. Arctiq builds on decades of industry expertise and a customer-centric ethos to deliver exceptional value to clients across diverse industries.

Position Overview

The Active Directory Engineer is responsible for architecting, maintaining, securing, and optimizing Active Directory services and domain controller infrastructure that support enterprise identity management, access governance, and privileged access operations. This role focuses on ensuring directory services are stable, secure, compliant, and highly available while collaborating closely with IAM, security, and infrastructure teams to implement enhancements and resolve issues across the environment.

The ideal candidate will have experience with account classification, defining and implementing security segmentation/blocking strategies, and executing remediation activities across complex AD environments. In addition to project-based work, this individual will serve as a senior resource for day-to-day Active Directory operations, troubleshooting, and overall thought leadership around AD security best practices, governance, and infrastructure modernization.

Responsibilities

• Design, administer, secure, and support Active Directory forests, domains, trusts, organizational units, Group Policy Objects (GPOs), and domain controllers.
• Develop, test, and implement remediation efforts for domain controllers, including operating system patching, security hardening, configuration updates, and resolution of replication or performance issues.
• Support user identity lifecycle processes (joiner, mover, leaver) by provisioning, updating, and deactivating Active Directory accounts and security groups through integrated IAM workflows.
• Build and maintain role-based and group-based access structures that align with governance standards and least-privilege access principles.
• Collaborate with IAM and PAM teams to support privileged access strategies, delegated administration models, and administrative security group management.
• Monitor and troubleshoot Active Directory environments, addressing issues related to authentication, replication, DNS, domain controller health, and account access incidents.
• Support integrations between Active Directory and identity governance, authentication, certification, and access request platforms.
• Create and maintain operational procedures, standards, runbooks, and technical documentation related to Active Directory administration and domain controller management.
• Participate in change management activities, audit support, incident response, and ongoing improvement initiatives aligned with security and IAM objectives.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience managing Microsoft Active Directory within large-scale enterprise environments.
• Proven experience implementing fixes and maintenance activities for domain controllers, including patching, security hardening, and production configuration changes.
• Solid understanding of Active Directory security concepts, delegation strategies, and privileged access management.
• Experience supporting Active Directory within a broader Identity and Access Management (IAM) framework.
• Strong troubleshooting abilities across authentication, replication, DNS, account provisioning, and access-related issues.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills with experience operating in regulated or audit-focused environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience integrating Active Directory with identity governance or privileged access management solutions.
• Familiarity with endpoint privilege management and local administrator access models driven through Active Directory group policies or memberships.
• Experience supporting enterprise Active Directory environments spanning multiple domains, regions, or global infrastructures.

Arctiq is an equal opportunity employer. If you need any accommodations or adjustments throughout the interview process and beyond, please let us know. We celebrate our inclusive work environment and welcome members of all backgrounds and perspectives to apply.

We thank you foryour interest in joining the Arctiq team! While we welcome all applicants, only those who are selected for an interview will be contacted.

**This is a contract position with a client of Arctiq**