Microsoft Security Active Directory Senior Consultant

About the role

Our Deloitte Cyber team helps organizations address evolving cybersecurity challenges across identity, access, and platform security. Join our team to deliver solutions that help clients strengthen resilience, modernize identity environments, and manage cyber risk with confidence.

Recruiting for this role ends on 12/31/2026.

Responsibilities

• Leading Active Directory and identity infrastructure engagements across assessment, design, migration, implementation, stabilization, and post-implementation phases.
• Performing and overseeing Active Directory assessments covering domain and forest architecture, domain controllers, Sites and Services, Domain Name System (DNS), Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), replication, trusts, Group Policy, privileged groups, service accounts, authentication protocols, and administrative processes.
• Designing and implementing Active Directory security and hardening improvements, including administrative tiering, role-based access controls, service account management, Group Policy controls, and identity threat detection and recovery capabilities.
• Architecting and supporting enterprise Active Directory environments, including hybrid identity integrations with Microsoft Entra ID, federation, synchronization services, and application dependencies.
• Leading or supporting domain and forest migrations, separations, and consolidations, including discovery, dependency analysis, cutover planning, validation, rollback, and post-migration stabilization.

Skills

• Ability to work independently and collaborate as part of a team
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Meticulous attention to detail and quality of work product
• Ability to build and sustain professional relationships
• Ability to lead projects or workstreams
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
• Strong interpersonal skills and professional demeanor
• Ability to meet deadlines
• Ability to provide clear guidance to others

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Security, Engineering, Information Technology, or another technical field.
• 4+ years of experience in technical consulting, enterprise infrastructure, identity security, or Active Directory engineering.
• 4+ years of hands-on experience designing, securing, assessing, migrating, or operating Microsoft Active Directory environments.
• Experience with enterprise Active Directory services, including domain and forest architecture, domain controllers and replication, DNS, DHCP, Sites and Services, Group Policy, trusts, service accounts, Lightweight Directory