Active Directory Architect
iflowArlington, VA
Active Directory Architect
iflowArlington, VA
3 days ago
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Role Name: Active Directory Architect / Infrastructure Architect
Location: West palm Beach, FL - Remote
Duration: 6 MonthsRole Overview
We are looking for an experienced Active Directory / Infrastructure Architect with strong expertise in enterprise Microsoft infrastructure, Active Directory administration, DNS, server administration, automation, and endpoint management. The ideal candidate should have hands-on experience designing, implementing, troubleshooting, and maintaining highly available enterprise infrastructure environments.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, implement, and manage enterprise Microsoft Active Directory environments, including domains, forests, trusts, Sites & Services, replication, Group Policy, and authentication.
- Architect and administer DNS infrastructure, including DNS zones, records, forwarders, delegation, troubleshooting, and high availability.
- Perform Active Directory administration including user/group management, OU structure, GPOs, permissions, authentication, and access management.
- Troubleshoot complex AD, DNS, Windows Server, authentication, and replication issues.
- Manage Windows Server infrastructure and support enterprise-level server administration activities.
- Develop and maintain automation using Ansible for server configuration, deployment, patching, and operational tasks.
- Utilize Tanium for endpoint management, asset visibility, compliance, vulnerability remediation, software deployment, and system monitoring.
- Develop automation and administration scripts using PowerShell and other scripting technologies.
- Implement infrastructure security best practices, including privileged access management, authentication controls, hardening, and policy enforcement.
- Monitor Active Directory health, DNS performance, replication status, server availability, and infrastructure capacity.
- Participate in infrastructure modernization, migration, upgrades, and consolidation initiatives.
- Create architecture documentation, technical procedures, operational runbooks, and disaster recovery plans.
- Work with security, network, cloud, and application teams to resolve infrastructure dependencies and integration issues.
- Provide technical leadership, participate in design reviews, and mentor infrastructure/administration teams.
- Required SkillsActive Directory Architecture & Administration
- Microsoft Windows ServerDNSGroup Policy / GPOAD Sites & ServicesAD Replication
- Domains, Forests & TrustsPowerShellTaniumAnsibleServer Administration
- Infrastructure Troubleshooting
- Enterprise Authentication & Access Management
- Security Hardening
- Automation & Configuration Management
Preferred Skills:
- Azure Active Directory / Microsoft Entra IDDHCPPKI / Certificates
- Microsoft Identity Services
- Windows Failover ClusteringVMwareSCCM / MECMTerraformAzure / AWS infrastructureITIL / enterprise infrastructure operations
- Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity
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JOB OVERVIEW
Experience level
Senior
Location
Arlington, VA
Occupation
Network and Computer Systems Administrators
Industry
Computer Systems Design Services
Posted
3 days ago
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