
Staff Engineer – Centrify/AD Management
D-ploy GmbH
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United Kingdom
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About the role
- Lead the **consolidation and migration of multiple Centrify zones**, ensuring smooth integration of separate and unique environments into a unified structure
- Analyze, manage, and consolidate **AD objects and schemas**, preventing and resolving potential conflicts during migration
- Design and implement strategies to **safely merge zones into a single defined structure**
- Collaborate closely with **HPC (High Performance Computing) environments** and **Storage/Backup teams**, ensuring seamless interaction with large-scale data systems
- Manage and optimize **Centrify/AD integrations**, including proxies interacting with large (petabyte-scale) storage shares
- Develop and implement **automation solutions** to streamline migration and operational tasks using **PowerShell and/or Python**
- Ensure stability, security, and scalability of identity and access management processes
- Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to **AD bridging, RBAC, and UNIX/Linux identity provisioning**
- Contribute to best practices, documentation, and continuous improvement of IAM processes
Requirements
- Proven experience with **Active Directory (AD) object and schema management**
- Hands-on experience with **Centrify IAM platform**
- Strong expertise in **Linux systems**, particularly **RedHat-based distributions**
- Solid understanding of:
- - **UNIX profile provisioning**
- - **Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)**
- - **AD bridging and proxy management**
- Experience working in **complex, large-scale infrastructure environments** (e.g., HPC, large storage systems)
- Proficiency in **PowerShell** for scripting and automation
- Experience with **Python** for automating processes and improving efficiency
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to manage complex migration scenarios
- Ability to work collaboratively across multiple technical teams
- Candidates must declare criminal record extract not older than three months
- **Nice to Have**
- - Experience with **large-scale data environments (PB-level storage systems)**
- - Background in **automation-first infrastructure or DevOps practices**
- - Familiarity with **backup and storage solutions integrated with IAM systems**
Benefits
- Broad range of activities, tasks, and projects
- Flexible working conditions
- Minimum 5 weeks of vacation
- Paid sick days
- Meal vouchers
- Vouchers (B-day voucher, wedding, and new born surprise)
- Contributions to wellness programs (multisport card)
- Fishing for Friends program – our referral program
- Refreshments in the D-ploy office
- Further development and professional advancement
- Friendly and international working environment
- Company-sponsored events
- Competitive salary and various benefits
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Hard Skills & Tools
Active Directory (AD) object managementActive Directory (AD) schema managementCentrify IAM platformLinux systemsRedHat-based distributionsUNIX profile provisioningRole-Based Access Control (RBAC)AD bridgingPowerShellPython
Soft Skills
problem-solvingcollaborationcommunication