Responsibilities:
- Design and modernize the county’s Active Directory solution while ensuring they integrate seamlessly with modern identity technologies like Entra ID and Okta
- Leverage your expertise in DNS and DHCP to ensure network reliability and optimization
- Lead efforts to modernize and optimize the Active Directory (AD) to meet the organization’s evolving needs
- Integrate AD with modern identity management platforms such as Entra AD, Okta, and other solutions to support hybrid and cloud environments
- Plan and implement the modernized AD environment
- Develop and enforce AD domain security policies, ensuring secure authentication, authorization, and compliance with best practices
- Conduct AD audits and monitoring to ensure integrity, performance, and security of the AD environment
- Manage and troubleshoot DNS and DHCP services within the organization, ensuring reliability, security, and performance
- Maintain DNS zones, records, and troubleshooting DNS issues related to AD integration.
- Ensure proper DHCP configuration, including IP address management, scope setup, and failover configurations
- Work with network and infrastructure teams to maintain DNS/DHCP scalability, redundancy, and performance
- Collaborate with the security and infrastructure teams to develop and enforce identity and access management policies
- Provide expert-level support to resolve complex issues related to AD, DNS, and DHCP
- Deliver technical guidance and mentorship to junior staff on AD, DNS, and DHCP best practices
Experience:
- 5+ Years of experience managing and modernizing Active Directory environments
- Proven experience integrating AD with modern identity management solutions such as Entra ID, Okta, or similar platforms
- Strong background in DNS and DHCP management within large-scale, complex network environments
- In-depth understanding of AD infrastructure, Group Policy, Trusts, Replication, Sites, and Organizational Units (OUs)
- Experience migrating and restructuring Domain objects to conform to Best Practices
- Expert-level knowledge of Windows Server (2012/2016/2019/2022) and AD-related services. o Familiarity with cloud-based identity solutions (Entra ID, AWS IAM, etc.)
- Expertise in DNS (including DNSSEC) and DHCP configuration, management, and troubleshooting
- Experience with PowerShell scripting for automation and reporting within AD/DNS/DHCP
- Strong understanding of security protocols, Kerberos, LDAP, and AD Certificate Services (ADCS)