Salary
💰 $120,000 - $140,000 per year
About the role
- Design, engineering, and operational leadership of enterprise directory services
- Own engineering, design, and lifecycle management of directory services platforms including Active Directory, Azure Active Directory, and other cloud-based directory platforms
- Manage multi-forest architectures and cross-entity trust relationships, including M&A integrations, coexistence, migration planning, post-migration stabilization, and decommissioning
- Establish technical standards, architectural roadmaps, and operational best practices for directory services
- Lead resolution of complex or escalated issues related to authentication, replication, trusts, or integration with enterprise systems
- Partner with networking and security teams to ensure alignment with security, compliance, and business requirements
- Develop and maintain automation for provisioning, monitoring, reporting, and validation
- Guide and mentor junior engineers and serve as escalation point for directory-related support
- Participate in planning and execution of strategic initiatives such as forest/domain redesign, modernization, hybrid cloud adoption, and cross-platform integrations
Requirements
- Advanced expertise in directory services architecture, replication, and troubleshooting, with emphasis on Active Directory and related platforms
- Strong understanding of directory technologies and supporting services such as Group Policy, Kerberos, trusts, and PKI
- Proficiency with PowerShell and automation frameworks
- Experience with Azure Active Directory and hybrid identity solutions across multi-cloud environments
- Familiarity with identity federation and modern authentication protocols (SAML, OIDC, OAuth)
- Knowledge of multi-forest and multi-entity trust models, migrations, and consolidations
- Ability to balance technical execution with architectural planning and standards development
- Strong analytical, communication, and leadership skills
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field, or equivalent work experience
- Typically requires 7 or more years of experience with directory services in large-scale, multi-entity enterprise environments
- Industry certifications (MCSE, Microsoft Certified: Identity and Access Administrator Associate, Azure Solutions Architect, or other relevant Microsoft and cloud directory certifications) preferred