Active Directory Administrator (Azure)

This role sits 3 days per week on-site in Baltimore, MD - Please do not apply if you cannot commit to three days on-site (no exceptions). This position is also for W2 only and cannot do C2C.

Top Skills' Details

1) 5-8 yrs experience of advanced Microsoft Active Directory, Enterprise Administration Preferred

2) Should have practical experience with migrating Windows Servers, Active Directory and experience leveraging AZURE: Azure site recovery, back ups Vnets

3) Experience with Azure AD (Single-Sign On, building subscriptions, RBAC, Azure MFA, Azure B2C)

Proficiency in managing user accounts, groups, permissions, and Group Policy Objects (GPOs) within Active Directory.

Scripting experience is a must: PowerShell experience for automation and creating reports

Description:

Our client is seeking a Senior Level Cloud Administrator to serve on the on their Windows Platform Cloud Operations Team. This role is to support their Cloud Migration and Platform Operations responsibilities to serve and support the business and engineering partners.

Primary DUTIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

• These resources will handle the day to day Wintel and Active Directory and Windows Servers work such as server builds for a divestiture Project (Fission) Access Management, provisioning, certificates, Group policy and provisioning,

This person should have a strong understanding of the following technical functions involving infrastructure migrations that would include:

Site Failover, group policy creations, VNET, backup and recovery.

• Proficiency in managing user accounts, groups, permissions, and Group Policy Objects (GPOs) within Active Directory.

• Knowledge of DNS, DHCP, and other network services integration with Active Directory.

• Troubleshooting skills to address issues related to directory services and user access.

• Strong communication skills for interacting with users and other IT teams.

• Powershell experience for automation and creating reports

Heavy VMware, Automation, Virtualization

Windows Server Installations and Security Patch Management, Deployment, And Configuration. (Server 2016, 2019, 2022)

- Azure Infrastructure:

-Responsible for installation, configuration,policy creation for Azure VM,Vnet’s, perform Azure back ups, Azure Site recovery and understand importance of business continuity as well as the support and management of the following:

iii. Manage Azure AD subscriptions

iv. Manage RBAC roles

v. Manage Azure MFA

vi. Manage Azure B2C

vii. Manage DNS/DHCP Requests

This group has about 5000 Windows Servers in which 75% are virtualized.

Configure and maintain server processes, configurations, and backups

• Maintain and monitor Wintel and Server Operations efforts

• Maintain server inventory information to ensure accuracy of configuration management DB.

• Support the production release management system for documenting, planning, and implementing IT changes.

• Plan, coordinate, communicate and implement security patching activities for Wintel server platforms.

• Refine and automate regular processes, track issues, and document changes

• Assist in racking and stacking of servers in our client’s datacenters

• Provide 24x7 support and participate in on call rotation for critical production systems

• Perform scheduled maintenance and support release deployment activities after hours

• Provide technical expertise and/or solution delivery support for maintaining performance and reliability of server solutions.

• Maintain and enhance engagement with business and IT partners to sustain service levels and high availability of server compute services. Visible and accessible to clients providing guidance for how to successfully request new devices as needed.

• Assists in coordinating and implementing planned infrastructure changes for business and/or IT clients.

This team is responsible for operations support of the servers within our client's 2 local datacenters, OMF and MSW and the Co-Lo in Ashburn, VA

Skills:

Scripting, Powershell, microsoft active directory, Dns, Windows, Azure, group policy, DHCP, AD Replication, Distributed File System, RBAC

Top Skills Details:

Scripting,Powershell,microsoft active directory,Dns,Windows,Azure,group policy,DHCP

Additional Skills & Qualifications:

•24/7 on-call rotational duties (They currently have a 4-person team, which means that the new contractor is expected to be on-call once every 4 weeks as primary and once every week as secondary)

•Location - Baltimore (3 days in the office at BHQ, 2 days work from home)

Excellent communications, Must be able to work with minimal supervision

Should be well versed in PowerShell Scripting

Experience Level:

Expert Level

About TEKsystems:

We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.