Senior Active Directory Engineer (SME) (W-2)

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Active Directory Engineer - SME (W-2 Contract)

Hybrid Location 2-3 days per week required on-site in Frisco, TX

• Highly proficient in the design, engineering, test, document and support responsibilities for projects requiring Microsoft Active Directory (AD), AD Certificate Services (ADCS), AD Sites & Services (ADSS), DNS/DHCP, and AD Group Policies for server security compliance
• Ensure all designs adhere to the corporate guidelines and specifications.
• Provide technical leadership in the design and engineering of MS Active Directory, ADCS, ADSS, DNS/DHCP, and AD Group Policy that meet the business needs within accepted corporate guidelines.
• Assess risks and recommend enhancements or alternatives.
• Communicate comfortably to Management and clients, understand and react to the urgency of their work.
• Engineers are responsible for third level production support on a 24x7 basis and are responsible for carrying a pager on a 24x7 basis.

Required skills:

• Creating and managing Active Directory Group Policies
• Building and configuring AD Certificate Services
• Migrating Windows servers from one AD domain to another AD domain and resolving any issues
• Must have extensive experience in Active Directory, DFS, DNS, managing sites & services.
• Training or hands on experience on OKTA is required
• Must have enterprise level experience supporting large, complicated environments

Required competencies:

• Problem solving - both working alone and collaboratively with other teams
• Working on multiple concurrent assignments with changing priorities
• Effective verbal communication skill
• Creating technical documentation - both diagrams and detailed procedure
• Action oriented candidate who is able to deliver result
• Proven ability to manage multiple competing priorities
• Ability to identify and aggressively manage project issues and risk
• Highly Self-Driven and Self-Motivate
• Must have good attention to detail
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Adaptable and flexible to changes

Qualified candidates must be authorized to work in the United States. Candidate sponsorship is not available and C2C resources are not permitted on this role.

OpTech is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE), all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran

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