Engineer Directory Services

Thomson Reuters is looking for a highly skilled individual who combines solid technical Skills with a high degree of business insight for the position of Engineer Directory services – Active Directory Services within our Identity and Access Management team. The IAM team at TR is completely transforming the entire identity landscape as a cornerstone of our security posture.  

In this role, you will administrator a secure and scalable Active Directory service capability. You will be responsible for driving the operational capability across our AD platforms. You will focus on the administration and continuous operation improvement.

About the role:

• Managing, installing, and troubleshooting Microsoft windows active directory, DNS, services on windows 2012/2016 platforms.
• Install and configure Active Directory Domain Services for objects management (users, groups, network printers, network guests' nodes) and Active Directory Lightweight Active Directory Services for deployment of applications.
• Creating Organizational Units (OU’s) and setting up Group Policy Objects (GPO), and Group Policy Containers (GPC). .
• Having knowledge with DCPROMO process and configuring AD Site, OU structure, Site Link, DNS, DHCP, WINS, Global Catalog server, Directory Services, Subnet mask, DNS forwarders, Reverse Lookup.
• Involved in fixing the interoperability among different applications and setting the rules on profiles in Application Isolation Environment (AIE). Involved in troubleshooting functionality errors of the applications in isolation environment.
• Strong hands-on administration experience on Windows server - Forest, Domain trust, AD, ADFS, DNS, WINS, DHCP, Group Policy, Distribution lists , Windows folder security, and IP filter.
• Expert level knowledge at Active Directory LDAP service, shell scripting, Certificate services (PKI), AD Site Topology - all under a multi-site multi-domain Windows 2012 environment.
• Expertise in Active Directory design and support (Group Policy Object (GPO), Active Directory (AD) Schema, Organization Unit (OU), LDAP, Sites, Replication, etc.)
• Creating and Linking Group policies for Windows Server in AD domain. Experience in Performing the Domain functional level from windows server.
• Experience working closely with Security Service teams for least privilege configurations.
• Experience in creating and maintain group policy objects for Windows servers host access.
• Experience in analyzing system issues to determine root cause, and work with concerned teams in testing and implementing fix to resolve issues.
• Coordinate with service providers, vendors and various teams throughout the organization to ensure timely resolution on Issues.
• Monitor performance of Windows Server environment and take appropriate proactive measures to prevent impacts.
• Design and develop specialized automation tools, scripts, and processes for the administration and performance monitoring of Windows systems
• Strong troubleshooting skills in a Windows environment - Event log analysis, installation and administration of Windows Server, including user setup and defining roles, performance tuning, backup and restore, security monitoring, registry and AD scripting.
• Experience with Vulnerability mitigation and patch management.
• Configuring and managing DNS and Active Directory. Created Active Directory Sites, OU containers and groups to assign permissions.
• Assigning shared level/security level permission to customer folders and files.
• Managing and maintaining services to client as per agreed contract and SLA's are achieved
• Reporting daily operational issues in daily review meetings with account management
• Reporting outage incidents and ensuring RCA's are provided to client. Keep track of RCA records towards timely completion from team.
• On-Call support during off-duty hours on weekdays, weekends, and holidays on a scheduled/rotating basis.
• Act as a member of the Windows Active Directory Domain Administrator Support Team in providing timely and efficient support to assigned operations; coordinate day-to-day operations, apply security patches/fixes and anti-virus updates as released by software manufacturers and anti-virus vendors, create and implement domain level security policies such as authentication mechanisms, password policies and rules, IPSEC policies etc
• Review domain level rights and privileges and perform changes to the same as appropriate
• Collaborate in assessing current and expected Windows infrastructure needs, configuration, maintenance, optimization, and documentation of Windows infrastructure
• Follow and apply configuration and security standards and policies within a defined Change Management process
• Assist with implementing solutions for hardware and software. Implement common preventive maintenance practices for hardware and software
• Ensure that system improvements and changes are implemented correctly and completely and monitor all effects of the modifications.
• Experience in Vulnerability remediation.
• Strong working knowledge of ITIL Incident, Problem and Change Management disciplines

About You:

• 4+years IT or IT Security experience including the following: Windows 2012/2016 server - Forest, Domain trust, AD, ADFS, DNS, WINS, DHCP, Group Policy, Distribution lists , Windows folder security, and IP filter.
• 2+ years’ experience with server technology capability and products.

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What's in it For You?

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