Azure Infrastructure Engineer

Trigint Solutions
Washington, DC
08 May 2024

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Position: Azure Infrastructure Engineer

Location: Washington DC

Duration: 12+ Months Contract

Job Description:The Azure Infrastructure Engineer must have 4-7 years of experience in Microsoft Active Director Federation Services (ADFS).Candidate will be responsible for server environment including server deployment, migrations, upgrades, patch management, application support, virus remediation, business continuity, operational and disaster recovery. Designs, implements Azure foundational elements including VNETs, Blob storage, instances, functions, networking, etcetera. Understands and works with Azure Disk, Azure Resource Monitoring, Azure Automation, Runbook and Azure Backup and Restoration. Builds methods for cost management and billing, resource utilization and calculation.Candidate shall be well versed in managing Active Directory Management, Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS), and Group Policy administration.Candidate must be able to speak clearly and communicate effectively both verbally as well as in a written format (Email, Reports, etc.). Prior experience in either leading or supporting Active Directory Services, ADFS and Azure Infrastructure resources is essential.

Qualifications:
  • 4-7 years of Active Directory experience to include managing Group Policy Objects (GPOs), Active Directory Federation Services(ADFS), Azure Active Directory, and Azure Active Directory Domain Services (AADS).
  • 4-7 years of experience operating and maintaining Windows servers – group policy and permissions; vulnerability scans, audits, and mitigations; patch management
  • Experience with DNS and certificate management
  • Extensive scripting experience; preferably with PowerShell. Performs task automation through the creation of scripts, Azure automation and orchestration
  • Configuring and operating Proxy servers

Secondary:
  • Azure cloud experience
  • Providing user support and guidance
  • Provision and maintain secure Linux and Microsoft Windows Servers
  • Experience with Firewall Load balancers, F5, WAF
  • Developing, Implementing, and maintain backups/disaster recovery solutions, and supporting enterprise system monitoring tools.
  • Provide technical support, troubleshooting, and complex problem resolution
  • Performing system hardening through STIG review, GPO, and scripts.
  • Troubleshooting OS

Responsibilities:
  • Administration and optimization of Active Directory accounts, groups, and computers
  • Monitoring of system performance
  • Create and maintain system configuration documentation
  • Daily monitoring of log files for potential system or security issues
  • Actively participate in knowledge transfer - serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) and be willing to provide strong, consistent technical advisement and mentorship; drive documentation efforts and the adoption of enterprise standards
  • Be an escalation point for internal and external teams around Active Directory and Exchange
  • Drives positive co-collaboration across enterprise teams; establish a rapport with Business Leaders and become a trusted partner
  • Perform other tasks as assigned
  • Continually monitor environment to ensure best practices and Federal guidelines are being followed.
  • Create advanced monitoring strategies for monitoring and reporting health of Active Directory components.
  • Record problem symptoms and status information in a timely fashion and communicate internally within IT and externally with the customer through problem resolution.
  • Responsible for day-to-day administration duties including Windows Active Directory object maintenance. Conducts complex troubleshooting and repair tasks on Active Directory, Windows Server 2008-2019, Domain Controllers, user authentication and other operational systems as needed.
  • Monitoring, backup, and restoration procedures for Active Directory.
  • Document new system components, or modifications to existing components
  • Ensure the security and integrity of system and product solutions.
  • Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) infrastructure management
  • ID: #40459062
  • State: District of Columbia Washington 00000 Washington USA
  • City: Washington
  • Salary: Depends on Experience
  • Job type: Contract
  • Showed: 2022-05-08
  • Deadline: 2022-07-03
  • Category: Et cetera