Need Systems Engineering Specialist Advisor - Active Directory/Entra ID/Manage Engine - Remote

Largeton Group; Washington (District of Columbia); A distancia; USD 110.000 - 152.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Largeton Group is seeking a Systems Engineering Specialist Advisor specializing in Active Directory, Entra ID, and Manage Engine. Location: Plano, TX (Remote) with a 6–12 month duration. Start ASAP; experience: 10+ years in architecture, AD migrations, and enterprise IAM.

The role emphasizes identity governance, access reviews, certificate services, RBAC, Privileged Access Governance, and Zero Trust alignment, with strong scripting and security expertise required.

Formación

• Minimum 5 years in architecture and designing, migrating Active Directory environments (on-premise and Entra ID).
• Hands-on experience with Entra ID (Azure AD) administration for enterprise setups.
• Strong PowerShell scripting and automation capabilities for AD and IAM tasks.
• Experience with Privileged Access Management and PAM solutions (e.g., CyberArk).
• Knowledge of AD/X AAD authentication, federation, MFA, and conditional access policies.
• Experience with AD migrations, forests/domains consolidation, trusts, and ADMT/Quest tools.
• Familiarity with DNS/DHCP/Infoblox in large AD environments and LDAP integration.
• Experience writing GPOs, change control, and security/logging for AD/Azure.
• Exposure to SAML, OAuth, OpenID and IAM standards.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills.

Responsabilidades

• Provide programmatic, operational, and technical support for Identity Governance and Administration (IGA).
• Lead or participate in RBAC, entitlement reviews, and compliance reporting activities.
• Support certificate services and zero trust identity initiatives.
• Assist with AD/Azure migrations, forest consolidation, and domainJoins across enterprise environments.
• Maintain AD/Entra ID integration with on-premises systems and security controls.
• Develop PowerShell scripts to automate routine AD/IAM tasks and audits.

Conocimientos

Active Directory migration

Entra ID / Azure AD

PowerShell scripting

Privileged Access Management

RBAC / IAM governance

AD assessment & GPOs

Ad security & audits

Networking & DNS in AD

Certificate Services

SIEM integration

Herramientas

ADMT

Quest

Repadmin

Infoblox/DHCP

Descripción del empleo

Systems Engineering Specialist Advisor - Active Directory/Entra ID/Manage Engine

Location: Plano, TX (Remote)

Duration: 6 - 12 Months

Interview: Video

Start: ASAP

Experience: 10+ Years

Job Description

The objective of this effort is to provide comprehensive programmatic, operational, and technical support for:

• Identity Governance and Administration (IGA)
• Access Certification and Entitlement Reviews
• Certificate Services
• Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
• Privileged Access Governance
• Identity Lifecycle Management
• Compliance Reporting and Metrics
• Audit Readiness Activities
• Zero Trust Identity Alignment

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years relevant experience in Architecture and designing, solutions & Migrating Active Directory, Entra ID, Windows & End points
• Strong Demonstrated experience with Active Directory migration tool or equivalent and consolidation of Global Forest and Domains. Hands on experience in successful consolidation of AD Forests and Domains
• Must have hands-on experience working on Entra ID (Azure Active Directory)
• Extensive Experience working as Entra Admin for enterprise Active Directory setup and maintenance
• Strong experience in AD Trusts, two-way Trusts and one-way Trusts and deep knowledge of Active Directory Schemas and meta data
• Strong Knowledge on Entra ID Identity Management & Integration with on premise
• Strong knowledge of Azure Active Directory technologies, including authentication models, federation, Multifactor Authentication (MFA), conditional access policies and other relevant capabilities.
• Knowledge of best practices in AD/Azure Privileged access management and modern AD/Azure Secured Administration practices
• Strong PowerShell scripting
• Strong Knowledge on IAM disciplines like PIM and Privilege Administrative Accounts PAM solutions such as CyberArk
• Good knowledge on ADFS and Entra ID sync connectors
• Strong familiarity with DNS Active Directory integrated, partitions and Infoblox & DHCP systems and Migration of services from Active Directory any platform
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience in AD assessment in terms of OU delegation, GPOs, permission etc.,
• Expertise in Active Directory versions 2003, 2008R2, 2012R2 & 2016, 2019 and Azure Active Directory
• Good knowledge and hands on experience in setting up lab based on the solution requirements
• Demonstrated working knowledge and hands on experience in AD disaster recovery, Replication issues and resolution using tools such as repadmin
• Demonstrated experience in writing and applying GPOs, especially related to domain consolidations
• Good Knowledge on Active Directory & windows audit logs and levels and SIEM integration
• Good knowledge on Networking, firewalls, including host firewalls, DNS, DHCP, DFS & Network load balancers and Secure Global Directory or Secure LDAP
• Good knowledge on Cryptography, certificates, PKI, symmetric, asymmetric keys, Encryption & hash algorithms
• Good knowledge on AD authentication protocols Kerberos, NTLM, LDAP, LDAPS & LDAP-Start TLS
• Good knowledge on Network log capturing & analyzing the network packet captures through the tools Wireshark, Tshark, Microsoft NM etc.,
• Good knowledge on application integration with LDAP & Kerberos i.e. Keytab, krb5 etc.,
• Good knowledge on AD migration tools like ADMT, Quest etc., knowledge on AD trusts, forest, domain tree structures, sites, DNS, GPOs, OU, FRS, DFSR.
• Good knowledge on any Identity & Access Management tools like FIM, MIM, OIM, Quest etc.,
• Exposure to SAML, OAuth, OpenID and other security/IAM related standards
• Strong hands‑on familiarity with host‑based security solutions, Forensic & Investigation agents, and Compliance scanning and reporting, Hardening Active Directory
• Knowledge of single sign‑on, federation, active directory/LDAP, Kerberos/NTLM authentication & integrated Windows authentication
• Good knowledge on Identity management and Role based access control, attribute-based access control & entitlement management
• Good knowledge on power shell scripting with AD modules or VB .Net and ability to write scripts based on the requirement
• Excellent communication skills, especially verbal and written
• Good documentation skills to write a design & configuration documents version control
• Excellent Interpersonal skill and ability to work as part of a team
• Home office for remote work
• Ability to work some weekends and late nights performing approved changes
• ITIL V3 or later experience, experience in writing change request and attending Change Advisory Boards (CAB) meeting
• Experience with Security Controls and compliance