Active Directory Engineer
Location: Culver City, CA (candidate needs to be onsite 3 days / week)
Start: ASAP
Duration: 4/30/2026 with possibility of extension
Rate: Market/Competitive
Must have skills:
Managing Active Directory Operations
Managing Group Policy with complex Inheritance, Precedence and Enforcement
Working with the client’s enhanced security On-prem AD domains, monitoring AD replication and resolving any replication issues
Using PowerShell/Visual Studio Code for troubleshooting and all other scripting needs
Ability to follow existing SOPs and to create new ones
Required experience:
Extensive Active Directory experience and Azure exposure
High-level PowerShell scripting skills, proven ability to read and modify existing complex automation scripts and modules as well as script from scratch
Previous experience in large, enterprise environments (more than 1,000 servers)
Experience working in a multi-team environment across multiple geographies
Ability to follow and enforce strictly defined security standards and processes. Familiarity with Change, Incident, Problem and Service management.
Natural leadership and mentoring abilities
Ability to work easily with people of different backgrounds
Ability to follow existing SOPs and to create new ones
Responsibilities:
Working with the client’s enhanced security On-prem AD domains
Working with the client’s Azure AD tenants
Configuring and managing privileged access (PAM) and access models
Upgrading and migrating AD physical and virtual servers
Using PowerShell/Visual Studio Code for troubleshooting and all other scripting needs
Managing Group Policy with complex Inheritance, Precedence and Enforcement
Evaluating current environment and clean-up of un-needed AD objects
Collaborating with IT teams to build out any new servers required
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