Senior Professional, Identity & Access Management
Horizontal Talent · Atlanta, GA · 5 days ago
Hybrid$56–$91/hrContract
Responsibilities
- Design, configure, operate, and secure Active Directory forests, domains, trusts, organizational units, Group Policy, and domain controllers.
- Partner with IAM and PAM teams to support privileged access controls, delegated administration, and group structure design.
- Monitor and resolve Active Directory issues related to authentication, replication, DNS, domain controller availability, and account states.
- Create and maintain operational standards, runbooks, and documentation for Active Directory and domain controller services.
- Participate in incident response, change management, audits, and ongoing improvement efforts aligned to security and IAM objectives.
- Develop integration patterns with AWS to support authentication through LDAP or Kerberos.
- Encourage application teams to use Kerberos-based approaches where appropriate to improve authentication patterns.
Requirements
- Hands-on experience administering Microsoft Active Directory in large, complex enterprise environments.
- Strong understanding of Active Directory security, delegation models, and privileged group management.
- Experience operating Active Directory within a broader IAM ecosystem.
- Proven troubleshooting skills across authentication, replication, DNS, lifecycle, and access-related issues.
- Experience working with AWS and Active Directory implementation options such as Managed AD or self-hosted solutions.
- Experience integrating Active Directory with identity governance or privileged access management platforms.
- Experience supporting global, multi-domain, or multi-region Active Directory environments.
Skills
- Hands-on experience administering Microsoft Active Directory in large, complex enterprise environments.
- Strong understanding of Active Directory security, delegation models, and privileged group management.
- Experience operating Active Directory within a broader IAM ecosystem.
- Proven troubleshooting skills across authentication, replication, DNS, lifecycle, and access-related issues.
- Experience working with AWS and Active Directory implementation options such as Managed AD or self-hosted solutions.
- Experience integrating Active Directory with identity governance or privileged access management platforms.
- Experience supporting global, multi-domain, or multi-region Active Directory environments.
Preferred Skills
- Experience creating standards, procedures, and operational documentation for identity services.
- Familiarity with secure access design and modernization initiatives in hybrid environments.
- Ability to work collaboratively across IAM, PAM, infrastructure, security, and application teams.
- Strong communication, problem-solving, and continuous-improvement mindset.