Active Directory Administrator - Mostly remote

Title: Active Directory Administrator - Mostly remote

Location: Harrisburg, PA, USA

Length: Long term

Restriction: W2 or C2C

Description:

*** Very long term project Long term usually goes for 3+ years*** Webcam interview *** Mostly remote*** ***

***This position is onsite for orientation and the first week, but then times when onsite in Harrisburg, PA is required for a day or so

***Candidates still need to reside within reasonable traveling distance of The Server Farm in Harrisburg, PA

Short Description:

Active Directory Services

Job Description:

Key Responsibilities:

Technical Lead for all Active Directory related projects and operational support

Support for teams requiring AD support

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

Responsible for domain upgrade projects

Compose scripts to automate system administrative tasks

Compose scripts for reporting

Office 365 related services and technology support

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

Skype for Business – video, meetings, collaboration support

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

Exchange Online – support and documentation

Documentation and support for O365 SharePoint Online and Delve

Documentation and support of Office Mobile Apps on mobile devices

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

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

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

Required Skills:

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

Strong scripting skills (VB Script, PowerShell)

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.

Strong record of understanding & interest in current & emerging technologies demonstrated through training, job experience &/or industry activities.

Be a strong team player

Demonstrate a customer focus building strong customer relationships

Have strong analytical skills – strong problem solving skills

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