Senior Active Directory Engineer — Azure AD & Automation Lead

PepsiCo; United States; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

PepsiCo is seeking a senior Directory Services engineer to lead design, deployment, and operational support of a large-scale Active Directory environment in a hybrid on-premises and cloud ecosystem.

You will manage Microsoft AD and Azure AD, implement governance controls, and drive automation using PowerShell and scripting. Collaboration with security, IT ops, and application teams will be essential to ensure high availability and compliance.

Qualifications

• 9+ years experience with engineering and design of Active Directory.
• 8+ years in supporting Active Directory.
• 3+ years support Azure Active Directory.

Responsibilities

• Analyze, design, and support a highly complex, enterprise-level Active Directory service in a hybrid on-premises and cloud-hosted environment.
• Manage enterprise identity cloud directories, including Microsoft AD and Azure AD.
• Translate business needs into workable technology solutions.
• Participate in or lead troubleshooting and incident resolution of complex high severity incidents
• Develop automated solutions using scripts, pipelines, and cloud-based server-less computing platforms
• Develop detailed architecture, standards, design, and implementation documentation
• Analyze the current Directory Services environment to identify technical and operational opportunities and develop continuous improvement action plans.
• Participate in disaster recovery, capacity planning, performance monitoring, and maintenance to ensure high availability.

Skills

Active Directory design

Active Directory engineering

Azure Active Directory

PowerShell

Group Policy (GPO)

LDAP

Security & SOX controls

Troubleshooting

Scripting

Windows Server

Tools

Microsoft AD

Azure AD Connect

Job description

PepsiCo is seeking a senior Directory Services engineer to lead design, deployment, and operational support of a large-scale Active Directory environment in a hybrid on-premises and cloud ecosystem.

You will manage Microsoft AD and Azure AD, implement governance controls, and drive automation using PowerShell and scripting. Collaboration with security, IT ops, and application teams will be essential to ensure high availability and compliance.