Sr Senior Systems Admin Active Directory

Job Description:

Job Description
BAE Systems is offering an exciting opportunity to support an important and dynamic Department of Justice customer as a Senior Systems Engineer/Active Directory (SSE/Active Directory) supporting a highly capable and diverse team driving technical innovation. The SSE/AD shall routinely make group policy modifications to support the needs of the domain. The SSE/Active Directory shall review existing configurations of the replication topology for inconsistencies and deploys new configurations during site build. She/he shall author PowerShell scripts to automate deployment tasks. The SSE/AD shall configure and troubleshoot name resolution in an Active Directory-integrated split-brain DNS environment. The SSE/AD shall perform daily health checks of the enterprise, and up-channels findings with suggested remedies for implementation. The SSE/AD shall manage the Active Directory-based activation of Windows platforms. Implements security enhancements to the environment as directed by the CSO. The SSE/AD shall proactively review current Active Directory technologies, and presents suggestions of those which may enhance the mission. The SSE/AD shall support the unit with other duties as assigned within the scope of work.

Job Requirements:

Required Education, Experience, & Skills
Minimum Education and experience required:
Four (4) year college degree in system administration, information technology, computer science, computer engineering, plus five (5) years of experience in designing, managing, administering, documenting, troubleshooting, and supporting Active Directory components as detailed above OR in lieu of education ten (10) years of experience in designing, managing, administering, documenting, troubleshooting, and supporting Active Directory components within IT systems in both production and development environments.

SKILL Level- At a minimum, the Senior Systems Engineer/Active Directory shall have demonstrated experience in:

Provide support to multiple Active Directory (AD) technologies
Monitor and maintain existing AD systems
Author technical documentation of components and configurations of environments
Prototype new solutions to IT challenges and optimize existing systems in light of new technologies as they come to market
Enterprise-level experience with the inner-workings of Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) running within at least Windows Server platforms 2016 to present
Provide hierarchy design and delegation within AD DS based on mission needs and security requirements
Plan integration of new domain controllers to the environment
Monitor AD DS health utilizing the toolset inherent to the system as well as System Center Operations Manager (SCOM)
Review and evaluate replication topology for optimization
Manage and maintain trust relationships with outside entities
Utilizes Group Policy to control resources within the environment.
Working knowledge of DISA STIGs and their implementation.
Evaluate the relationship between existing policies and plans for the introduction of those needed in the future.
Troubleshoot Group Policy processing issues
Author Group Policy objects and modifications
Maintain DNS at the service level, verifying functionality and troubleshooting issues
Utilize split-brain DNS for multi-homed enterprise resources
Working knowledge of designing/maintaining AD Federated Services and technologies.
Evaluate and integrate new AD technologies and architectures into the environment.
Maintain the health of existing AD CS technologies and evaluate new certificate issuing
Evaluate two factor authentication methods
Collaborate with multiple stakeholders in the design and development of solutions
Ability to construct Microsoft PowerShell scripts necessary for the automation of tasks within Active Directory components. Provide documented solutions via PowerShell to simplify AD tasks for remote admins.
Experience creating and managing custom schema objects within Active Directory.
Working experience analyzing current Active Directory delegation and proposing steps to convert to a zero trust-based delegation model.
Documents product customization, integration, and validation prior to deployment
Strategy sessions for the planning, development, documentation and review of project-related documents
Draft, review, and finalize procedures, security documentation, and general usage instructions for systems and components
Provide direct assistance to the remote systems administrators with escalation level tasks
Perform duties independently, without direct supervision, and without detailed guidance from superiors
Liaison between field support and management
Participate in the Change Control process meetings, providing direct and candid feedback regarding ideas for proposed changes to systems
Document, test, and deploy modernization technologies to existing production environments
Resolve operational technical challenges and articulate ideas, concepts, and requirements to management
Author and utilize scripting languages, mainly but not limited to PowerShell, to automate tedious, repetitive, and/or error prone tasks related to installation, configuration, and management of IT systems and services

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills
Preferred Skills and Education
Desired Skills and Experience:

Working with Microsoft Azure and/or AWS cloud experience highly desired
Experience with designing and developing Federated Services.
Programing skills utilizing C# and .net to manipulate AD resources.
Experience maintaining code repositories to ensure proper change management.
Experience working with on-premises vendor support to run proactive scans analyzing Active Directory technologies and remediating identified issues.
Experience working on an Agile team
Willingness to implement Lean principles, Agile engineering and DevSecOps
Ability to participate in strategy sessions for the planning, development, documentation, and review of project-related documents

Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $130355 - $221603

Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.

Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20+ hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.

Job Ident #: 112620BR

Company Details

BAE Systems

1601 Research Blvd
Rockville, Maryland 20850 USA
www.baesystems.jobs

BAE Systems is a premier global defense and security company with approximately 100,000 employees delivering a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology solutions...

Benefits:
Competitive

Supported Manufacturers:
Various

Supported Models:

(Job and company information not to be copied, shared, scraped, or otherwise disseminated/distributed without explicit consent of JSfirm, LLC)

Job Info

Location

Quantico, Virginia, United States

Type

Permanent

Company Details

BAE Systems

1601 Research Blvd
Rockville, Maryland 20850 USA
www.baesystems.jobs