OT Domain Engineer

SUMMARY:
Must have a strong understanding of AD Attributes, LDAP queries, Powershell Scripting.

POSITION INFO:

12 Month Contract - Hybrid

Our client in the Mining Industry is looking for a Domain Engineer. Must have a strong understanding of AD Attributes, LDAP queries, Powershell Scripting to Modify AD Attributes. Group Policy Analysis, GPO Configuration and Item-Level Targeting, Workstation Configurations, Browser Configuration Settings, familiarity with VMView and other Applications that integrated with Active Directory.

About this position:

• Strong knowledge of permissions that are granted natively to various Microsoft Built-In Groups to perform Active Directory Administrative Functions, knowledge of native permissions granted when building AD objects, knowledge of permissions granted natively to Built-In Groups via GPOs and/or Local Policies
• Thorough functional understanding and ability to configure Active Directory Server Roles (CAs, IIS, File/Print, DNS)
• Working knowledge of GPOs, AD Sites, Replication Topology, and native AD troubleshooting tools
• The Active Directory Engineer will plan, support, implement and design a directory synchronization system for Microsoft Active Directory and Windows-based systems across the enterprise, including directory and identity management solutions
• Implementation of Business-driven changes, Configuration of Group Policies and Integration of AD Management tools/services
• Analysis, design and implementation of Active Directory and Identity Management solutions
• Independently manage and perform engineering lead role for large scale Active Directory and Identity Management projects
• Analyze current Active Directory environment to identify both technical and operational challenges and develop solutions for improvement
• Analysis, design, capacity planning and implementation of Active Directory Security

Responsibilities:

• Meeting with colleagues, development team and business departments to analyse and workshop requirements
• Take ownership of system infrastructure and help to maintain reliability and uptime of core services
• Research and implement new tools, technologies and best practices based on business and IT requirements
• Pair traditional system administration and engineering practices with automation, observability and software development skills.
• Operate and administer Windows servers and management tools on-premise and cloud with a system thinking mindset.
• Understand broad operational performance factors resulting from integrated systems that account for such things as:
• Underlying infrastructure (Container/virtualization/server/networking/storage platforms)
• Security and Controls requirements (Cybersecurity)
• Data/integration
• Availability
• Change management
• Emergency response / Disaster Recovery
• Occasional after-hours support
• Documenting, executing and maintaining the monthly reporting and presentation processes
• Adhering to organisation structure (processes, systems, tools, templates, and operating practices)
• Provide expert technical guidance and input
• Play a leading role in the System engineering team
• Create and maintain technical documentation as needed

Experience:

• 7+ years of relevant work experience is required
• System Architecture Design, documenting, consulting
• Advanced Active Directory implementation, maintenance and support
• Security certificate management and deployments / Wildcard certificates
• Secure FTP (Cerberus beneficial)
• Microsoft Licensing Knowledge
• Reverse Proxy / Static pages / Fortinet
• MPLS / IP Routing
• Internet Information Server (IIS)
• Load Balancer Knowledge (Kemp beneficial)
• Microsoft Windows Server Operating system (2008/2012/2016/2019)
• Microsoft Failover clustering and High Availability technology
• Understanding and application of API/Integration key concepts
• Scripting/programming languages (Powershell and C#)
• Virtualisation (VMWare and HyperV)
• MS Exchange (2013 or newer)
• SMTP/POP3
• HTML
• MailMarshal
• Terminal Services
• Cloud Platforms (Azure, AWS)

Skills, Soft-skills, Abilities and Attributes:

• Excellent and strong problem-solving skills
• Pride in quality work delivered
• Good interpersonal, oral and written communication skills
• Speaking clearly and concisely; fluency in English (Spoken and Written)
• Proven analytical and problem-solving skills
• Detail-oriented
• Judgement and decision-making skills. Critical thinking mindset, evaluating problems and formulating solutions
• Architectural design skills
• System thinking, analyse all aspects of a system, environment, components and connections to address resiliency design, integration, process simplification, and automation
• Willingness to learn new technologies and grow
• Proactive, Self-starter and self-motivated
• Flexible and good teamwork
• Collaborate, support teamwork and promote a positive atmosphere
• Ability to work with minimal supervision
• Strong organisational and time management skills
• Results-orientated
• Customer focus
• Flexible and able to adapt to changes in priorities