Lead Microsoft Identity Engineer - Onsite in Austin, TX

Insight; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full benefits

Quarterly bonus

Job summary

Insight seeks a Lead Microsoft Identity Engineer to support enterprise identity infrastructure across Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, and related authentication platforms. This role combines hands-on engineering, migration expertise, troubleshooting, and strategic infrastructure improvements to ensure secure and reliable identity services.

You will serve as an SME for AD, authentication technologies, identity security, and directory services while supporting modernization and migration

Qualifications

• 7+ years of enterprise AD engineering and administration.
• Deep expertise in AD design, migration, and troubleshooting.
• Strong knowledge of authentication and identity security principles.

Responsibilities

• Lead Active Directory migration projects across forests and domains.
• Design, implement, and maintain AD, DNS, and related services.
• Manage Group Policy for servers and endpoints.
• Support and troubleshoot authentication technologies (ADFS, Kerberos, LDAP).
• Migrate users, groups, and objects between domains/forests.
• Administer identity services in hybrid environments.
• Collaborate on modernization with Entra ID, Okta, and cloud platforms.
• Perform health assessments, remediation, and optimization.

Skills

Active Directory

Group Policy

DNS

DHCP

DFS

Windows Server

ADFS

Microsoft Entra ID

Identity security

Tools

Okta

Microsoft Entra ID

Job description

Location: Austin, TX

Schedule: Onsite in Austin, TX Monday-Thursday. Fridays are remote (normal business hours)

Compensation: DOE; range is $140,000-$160,000 a year salary plus a quarterly bonus structure + full benefits

About the Role

We are seeking a Lead Microsoft Identity Engineer to support and enhance enterprise identity infrastructure across Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, and related authentication platforms. This role combines hands-on engineering, migration expertise, troubleshooting, and strategic infrastructure improvements to ensure secure and reliable identity services.

You will serve as a subject matter expert for Active Directory, authentication technologies, identity security, and directory services while supporting modernization and migration initiatives across hybrid environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead Active Directory migration projects, including cross-forest migrations
• Design, implement, maintain, and troubleshoot Microsoft Active Directory environments
• Manage Group Policy for servers and endpoints
• Support and troubleshoot authentication technologies, including ADFS, Kerberos, LDAP, and token-based authentication
• Migrate users, groups, computers, and other directory objects between domains and forests
• Administer and support Microsoft identity services in hybrid environments
• Partner on identity modernization initiatives involving Microsoft Entra ID, Okta, and cloud platforms
• Perform Active Directory health assessments, remediation, and optimization
• Manage Windows Server upgrades and lifecycle activities
• Support disaster recovery, capacity planning, and infrastructure improvements
• Handle multiple concurrent projects and operational priorities

Required Experience

• 7+ years of experience administering and engineering enterprise Microsoft Active Directory environments
• 7+ years of experience with Active Directory design, implementation, migration, and troubleshooting
• Deep expertise with:
  • Active Directory
  • Group Policy
  • DNS
  • DHCP
  • DFS
  • Windows Server
• Strong understanding of authentication protocols and identity security
• Experience troubleshooting replication, authentication, and directory services issues