Sr. Active Directory Administrator

Job Description:

Education Qualification:

BscIT, BE, Minimum 5years experience working as an Active Directory Administrator, Certification in IT Field is preferred, Prior experience in servers and OS Analysis will be given preference.

Strong in AD architecture creation and problem-solving skills

 Sr. Active Directory Administrator

Sr. Active Directory Administrator provides support, implementation, and design services for Microsoft Active Directory and Windows-based systems across the enterprise, including directory and file server solutions. Resolves and appropriately completes assigned cases and change requests and acts as an escalation for support issues. Applies new solutions through research and collaboration with team and determines course of action for new application initiatives. Implements new software solutions as required by the business. The core infrastructure technology duties include enterprise Microsoft Active Directory and Windows file services architecture creation and management, global system security and policy configuration, and top-level support for enterprise-wide initiatives. This role requires an in-depth knowledge of Active Directory, File service, Federation, Windows Server 2012/2012 R2/2016/2019, Windows security, ADFS Proxy, Distributed File System, Certificate Service, Windows cluster and related technology.

Job description

• Minimum 8 years overall IT experience with 5-6 years of experience working with Microsoft Directory services.

• Identify opportunities to innovate, extend and enhance service delivery everywhere possible 

• In-depth knowledge of Active directory, ADFS, DFSR, DHCP, AD Certificates & DNS.

• Installing, configuring and troubleshooting Terminal Server, ADFS

• Installing, configuring and Troubleshooting Active Directory Cross Forest.

• Experience in Scripting, VB script, PowerShell and Batch script.

• Experience in group policies and troubleshooting and implementation.

• Experience in Account lockout troubleshooting.

• File and folder management.

• Experience and in-depth knowledge on DFS & FRS.

• In-depth knowledge of TCP/IP, SMB and Kerberos etc.

• In-depth knowledge on DNS and DNS query, Zone Transfer etc.

• In-depth knowledge on Active Directory Replication troubleshooting and hands on replication tool.

• In-depth knowledge on Active Directory disaster recovery and backup solution.

• Basic troubleshooting on networking and Office365, etc.

• Excellent communication, writing, meeting facilitation.

• Flexibility to adjust to changing requirements, schedules and priorities.

 Special skills / Certifications/Requirements (if any): MCSE or MCSA

 Responsibilities:

• Key member of our Escalation team interfacing, collaborating, and governing all work related to this role.

• Produce enterprise-level designs for key global initiatives and following those through to implementation through collaboration with project, engineering and support teams

• Must be able to work in a team environment with a can-do attitude capable of overcoming difficult challenges.

• Troubleshooting and ability to analyze technical problems to prevent future occurrence.

• Identify opportunities to innovate, extend and enhance service delivery everywhere possible.

• Identify opportunities to innovate, extend and enhance service delivery everywhere possible

• Own Root Cause Analysis and Problem Management for corporate Identity Management environment.

• Serves as escalation point for application support and troubleshooting provides guidance and direction in resolution of escalated issues and/or complex production, application or system problems.

• Ability to translate technical issues into understandable business language for end users.

• Develops, documents, and enforces the standards, security procedures, and controls for access to ensure integrity of the Windows Systems, Active Directory, and related systems.

 Shifts: Night Shift Mainly (Should be ready for Rotation as per business requirement