Active Directory Specialist (Architect)

Job description

Note: Need Immediate Joiners. Brief Job Description: We are seeking an experienced Infrastructure Architect to design and lead the architectural design in creation of a secure, scalable Active Directory (AD) environment. Additional skillset will be seamlessly integrating and co-managing Microsoft Entra ID hybrid environments. Key Responsibilities • Active Directory Architecture & Creation. • Design greenfield Active Directory forest and domain structures. • Define organizational unit (OU) hierarchies and inheritance models. • Establish secure multi-forest trust relationships and replication topologies. • Create hardened Group Policy Object (GPO) frameworks from scratch. • Architect Tiered Administration Models to isolate high-privilege credentials. • Develop disaster recovery, backup, and authoritative restore procedures. Entra ID & Hybrid Integration. • Configure Microsoft Entra Connect for hybrid identity synchronization. • Implement Microsoft Entra ID governance, including Privileged Identity Management (PIM). • Design Conditional Access policies to enforce modern Zero Trust principles. • Manage hybrid Azure AD join configurations for corporate devices. • Optimize single sign-on (SSO) and multi-factor authentication (MFA) workflows. Required Skills & Qualifications Primary Technical Skills. • Expertise in Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) architecture. • Proficiency in Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) and PKI. • Mastery of DNS, Kerberos, NTLM, and LDAP protocols. Experience leading large-scale AD consolidation or migration projects. • Advanced PowerShell scripting skills for identity lifecycle automation. • Experience managing Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD) tenants. • Knowledge of Entra ID Application Proxy and Enterprise Applications. Familiarity with identity federation tools like ADFS or PingFederate. Note: Need Immediate Joiners.