DoD AD Migration SME — Quest Pro Lead

Nowges; Fort Meade (MD); Vor Ort; USD 85.000 - 100.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Nowges is seeking a Quest Migration Pro SME to lead enterprise Active Directory migrations for the Defense Enclave Services program at DISA and DoD Fourth Estate agencies. The role focuses on AD migrations, SID History, one-way trusts, and secure data transfers across forests, with close collaboration across Identity, Endpoint, Security, and Program Management teams.

You will design migration strategies, develop runbooks, and implement migration tooling using QMM and Quest Migrator Pro, ensuring

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor's degree with 7-10 years of relevant experience, or Master's degree with 5–8 years of experience (additional experience may be considered in lieu of degree)
• Minimum 7 years of experience supporting enterprise Microsoft Active Directory environments
• Minimum 3 years of hands-on experience utilizing Quest Migration Manager (QMM), Quest Migrator Pro, or equivalent enterprise Active Directory migration solutions
• Experience designing and supporting Active Directory forest migrations, consolidations, or restructures
• Strong understanding of Active Directory architecture including forests, domains, trusts, sites, replication, DNS, FSMO roles, Group Policy, and authentication
• Experience implementing and supporting SID History migration and resource access preservation
• Experience migrating Windows workstation profiles while maintaining user data and application functionality
• Strong PowerShell scripting skills supporting migration automation and reporting
• Experience troubleshooting Active Directory authentication, Kerberos, LDAP, DNS, and trust-related issues
• Experience supporting Windows 10/11 enterprise environments
• Experience working directly with customers and stakeholders to gather requirements, provide migration status, and resolve technical issues
• Strong communication, organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills with the ability to support large enterprise migration activities
• Experience using Atlassian tools including Jira and Confluence
• Current DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification (Security+ CE, CISSP, or equivalent)

Aufgaben

• Lead the planning, design, and execution of enterprise Active Directory migrations utilizing Quest Migration Manager (QMM) / Quest Migrator Pro
• Design and implement migration strategies for users, groups, computers, service accounts, and security principals between Active Directory forests
• Develop migration runbooks, wave plans, rollback procedures, and technical documentation supporting enterprise migration operations
• Configure and administer Quest Migration Manager components including Directory Synchronization, Resource Updating Manager, Migration Manager for Active Directory, and associated migration agents
• Design, configure, and troubleshoot one-way Active Directory trusts required to support migration operations
• Implement and validate SID History migration while ensuring compliance with DoD security requirements and migration objectives
• Perform workstation profile migrations utilizing Quest tools while maintaining user settings, permissions, and application functionality
• Coordinate with Endpoint Engineering teams supporting MECM, Intune, Autopilot, Group Policy, and Windows deployment solutions to ensure successful workstation migrations
• Collaborate with Identity Management teams to synchronize Active Directory objects, resolve identity conflicts, and maintain directory integrity throughout migration activities
• Support migration of file share access, application permissions, and other security resources requiring SID History or resource updating
• Troubleshoot complex migration failures involving Active Directory replication, Kerberos authentication, DNS, trusts, GPO processing, and Windows security
• Develop PowerShell automation to support migration validation, reporting, provisioning, cleanup, and operational efficiencies
• Support security assessments and implementation of STIG-compliant migration solutions while identifying and mitigating operational risks
• Provide technical leadership during migration events, cutovers, and post-migration stabilization activities

Kenntnisse

Active Directory migrations

Quest Migration Manager (QMM)

Quest Migrator Pro

PowerShell scripting

Strong communication

Troubleshooting

Security compliance

Team collaboration

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

Quest Migration Manager (QMM)

Quest Migrator Pro

MECM

Intune

Group Policy

Jira

Confluence

PowerShell

Jobbeschreibung

Nowges is seeking a Quest Migration Pro SME to lead enterprise Active Directory migrations for the Defense Enclave Services program at DISA and DoD Fourth Estate agencies. The role focuses on AD migrations, SID History, one-way trusts, and secure data transfers across forests, with close collaboration across Identity, Endpoint, Security, and Program Management teams.

You will design migration strategies, develop runbooks, and implement migration tooling using QMM and Quest Migrator Pro, ensuring