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Job title: Active Directory Specialist (Active Directory Engineer)

This position is 100% remote, living in CST or EST time zone (prefer Texas, Alabama, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Mississippi, or surrounding states etc

MUST HAVES .

7+ years of relevant experience as a an Active Directory Specialist (Systems Admin)

• Experience configuring domain controllers AND managing Active Directory forests
• Experience with "LAPS (Local Admin, password, solutions) AND ACL's ( Access Control lists,) troubleshoot, clean up and fix
• Experience implementing Zero Trust security models in AD environments
• Experience extending AD schemas/raising AD forests, working in complex AD environments
• Experience in Banking/Financial Services industry
  
  

7+ years of relevant experience

• Responsibilities
• Work in complex, multi-domain, multi-forest environments,
• Analyze and remediate Active Directory security vulnerabilities identified in a cybersecurity audit.
• Implement security best practices across the AD infrastructure, ensuring compliance with banking and financial industry regulations.
• Triage Active Directory domain controllers, as required, ensuring their security, redundancy, and operational efficiency.
• Refactor Active Directory forests, including schema extensions and forest upgrades, as required to ensure audit compliance.
• Implement and/or modify group policy updates, access controls, and role-based access models to mitigate security risks.
• Enhance AD monitoring, logging, and auditing capabilities to support security and compliance efforts.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity, infrastructure, and compliance teams to ensure AD security aligns with corporate policies.
• Provide expertise in Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) and related identity federation technologies.
• Ensure compliance with NIST, ISO 27001, FFIEC, SOX, and other financial security frameworks, as required by client and/or audit requirements.
  
  

Required Experience

• 7+ years of experience managing Active Directory (AD) environments in enterprise settings.
• 2+ years experience implementing AD solutions within banking/financial services environments.
• Deep expertise in Active Directory security, architecture, and administration.
• Proven experience in remediating AD security risks and implementing security controls.
• Strong knowledge of domain controllers, AD forests, AD trusts, and Group Policy.
• Experience with AD schema extensions, forest raises, and AD migrations.
• Hands-on experience managing complex AD environments in a banking or financial services institution.
• Knowledge of identity & access management (IAM) best practices in financial regulatory environments.
• Familiarity with Kerberos authentication, LDAP, SAML, and similar identity protocols.
• Strong understanding of PowerShell scripting for AD automation and security hardening.
• Experience working within SOX, PCI-DSS, FFIEC compliance frameworks.
• Microsoft Certifications (e.g., MCSE, Microsoft Certified: Identity and Access Administrator, Microsoft 365 Certified).
• Knowledge of Azure Active Directory (AAD) and cloud identity integrations.
• Experience implementing Zero Trust security models in AD environments.