Active Directory Specialist

Location: Bengaluru

About the Company

You will be part of dynamic team who will be Strategy and implementing Zero Trust Security Model to improve BT’s security posture.

About the Role

You will be having an opportunity to work on Active Directory and Microsoft Entra  (Azure Active Directory) and various new data security and compliance capability/tools such as MDI, MDE. We are seeking a skilled and detail-oriented Active Directory professional to manage, maintain, and assist our large enterprise Active Directory (AD) multi forest environment. This role is liable for ensuring the integrity, security, and efficient operation of our AD/Entra  across multiple domains and environments.

Responsibilities

- Manage and maintain Active Directory (AD) environment, including user accounts, groups, organizational units (OUs), group policies (GPOs), DNS, delegation, AD integrated services and trusts relation.
- Configure and manage domain controllers (demote/promote), replication, and forests/domains.
- Configure and manage Certificate Authority, Secure Certificate Templates Understanding of PKI Infrastructure.
- Monitor system performance, availability, and security using relevant tools.
- Implement and enforce security policies in accordance with IT best practices and compliance standards.
- Troubleshoot and resolve AD-related issues, including login problems, replication errors, and access control issues.
- Plan and execute changes to AD infrastructure, including migrations, upgrades, and disaster recovery.
- Collaborate with IT teams on access management, single sign-on (SSO), SailPoint and identity federation solutions.
- Document AD configurations, processes, and procedures.
- Improving Active Directory security posture by implementing various security controls like MDI, Crowd Strike, Qualys, and Patch deployment etc.
- Writing Power Shell scripts to generate various reports.
- Exploring new Active Directory and Microsoft Entra  (Azure Active Directory) Security features and help to implement it.

Qualifications

- A bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, information technology, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
- 6+ years of experience in Active Directory, ADCS, ADFS and Entra  (Azure AD) administration.

Required Skills

- Detailed knowledge on Microsoft Active Directory and Entra  (Azure Active Directory), Microsoft Entra  (AD Connect).
- Troubleshoot and resolve AD Connect sync issue.
- Knowledge of Identity Protection, Conditional Access Policy, Privileged Identity Management, SSPR and Role Based Access Control.
- Expertise on various authentication protocols – Kerberos, SAML, OAUTH 2.0, OIDC.
- Familiarity with Microsoft Defender features – Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps, Microsoft Defender for Identity (MDI), Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE).
- Strong analytical and debugging skills.
- Curiosity to learn new technologies.
- Ability to write required Power Shell Scripts.
- Proficiency in AD backup tool like Quest RMAD.
- Plan and execute Disaster Recovery for Active Directory Forest.
- Proficiency in Migration tool such as ADMT, Quest Migration or other.
- Configure and manage ADFS for federation service.
- Learning various trending attacks / vulnerabilities and checking if we are on correct state to withstand / prevent / identify those attacks.
- Microsoft certifications (e.g., MCSA, MCSE, Azure Administrator Associate).
- Ability to work on Service now incidents, service request and change request.
- Active Directory Security, vulnerability remediation.
- Troubleshooting Active Directory issues reported by Cross Functional team, identifying root cause, and providing the solution.

Preferred Skills

- Basic of Linux, Networking and Virtualization.

Pay range and compensation package

Not specified in the job description.

Equal Opportunity Statement

We are committed to diversity and inclusivity.