Active Directory Services Product Specialist (PS Emerging) 

Key Responsibilities:

• Technical Lead for all Active Directory related projects and operational support.

o Support for teams requiring AD support.

o – LDAP integration, Certificates, Group Policy Admin, Domain Controller deployment and support, custom schema extensions, ADFS, PKI, and DNS, user logon scripts.

o Responsible for domain upgrade projects.

o Compose scripts to automate system administrative tasks.

o Compose scripts for reporting.

• Office 365 related services and technology support.

o Work with other IT support teams to trouble shoot issues related to authentication.

o Skype for Business – video, meetings, collaboration support.

o OneDrive for Business – support, execute department plans/migration of user data.

o Exchange Online – support and documentation.

o Documentation and support for O365 SharePoint Online and Delve.

o Documentation and support of Office Mobile Apps on mobile devices.

o PST Migration – migration support and documentation as the department migrates PST data to online mailboxes (network upload or drive shipping).

o Subject matter expert for implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions to support the departments effort to integrate with Azure Application Integration and Data/Analytics Solutions.

Position will work closely with:

• Security Team, Core Network Team, SCCM Team, Workstation Support Teams, Mobile Device Management Team, Trainers, and other state agencies as required.

Qualifications/Requirements

• Minimum 10 years experience supporting and deploying complex Active Directory Domain Services.

• Must have strong scripting skills (VB Script, PowerShell).

• Must have hands on experience with the following:  AD schema extensions, promoting new domain controllers, designing and building new Active Directory services, troubleshooting replication, firewall configuration requirements for domain/domain client communications, advance group policy administration (WMI filtering, setting precedence, item level targeting), and OU design and delegation.

Candidate will:

• Have a strong track record of understanding and interest in current and emerging technologies demonstrated through training, job experience and/or industry activities.

• Be a strong team player – collaborates well with others to solve problems and actively incorporates input from various sources.

• Demonstrate a customer focus; building strong customer relationships.

• Have strong analytical skills – strong problem solving skills, can communicate in a clear manner and effectively evaluates information to make decisions; anticipates obstacles and develop plans to resolve them.

• Be change oriented – actively generates process improvements; supports and drives change, and confronts difficult circumstances in creative ways.