AD Technical Lead

Let us tell you a bit about us

Were Aldermore the awardwinning bank trusted and highly rated by over a quarter of a million customers for more than a decade. With our range of specialist mortgages savings accounts and business finance solutions were backing more people to go for it.

We thrive by saying yes to our customers. We respect the ingenuity of entrepreneurs and their startups; we give firsttimers a legup onto the property ladder; we open up the lending market to many; and thousands of customers chose Motonovo Finance every week to buy their next car van or motorbike.

This is where you come in. We are on a journey. A journey defined by a destination; to deliver on our purpose.

Let us tell you a bit about the opportunity

The role of Active Directory Technical Lead is really important to us. You will work as part of a servicefocused team to deliver Active Directory services and support to meet the business needs across the Aldermore Group working closely with the other members of the Information Security Infrastructure and wider teams across Technology.

We are seeking an experienced Active Directory (AD) Technical Lead to join our Information Security Team. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading the administration support of Active Directory across multiple Polycloud and on Premise environments. The AD Technical Lead will be responsible for ensuring high availability security and performance of the AD Infrastructure while working with crossfunctional teams to meet Business requirements

What will your day look like

• Active Directory Management Support the administration of the Active Directory infrastructure and related technologies resolving incidents proactively managing problems and providing escalation support. Monitor AD performance diagnose issues and perform regular updates and patches to ensure optimal system performance. Design deploy configure and maintain Active Directory environments. In both onpremise and cloudbased infrastructures plus manage AD schema trusts sites and replication to ensure a stable environment.
• Security and Compliance Implement and manage security measures for AD environments including security patches rolebased access controls and compliance with Aldermore Groups security policies. Perform routine audits to ensure compliance with internal security policies as well as external regulatory requirements. Deploy and manage security features such as Privileged Access Management multifactor authentication (MFA) and Microsoft Defender for Identity.
• Automation Scripting Documentation and Reporting Develop maintain scripts and automation tools for Active Directory maintenance and reporting. Automate routine administrative tasks to improve efficiency and reduce manual intervention. Maintain detailed documentation of Active Directory configurations processes and troubleshooting steps.
• Troubleshooting and Support Support and administer the Active Directory Infrastructure related technologies resolving incidents proactively managing problems and providing escalation support for complex technical issues. Collaborate with other IT teams to resolve crossfunctional issues affecting infrastructure and services. Act as a Consultant for Infrastructure and other Technical Teams ensuring best practices where AD is involved.
• As part of the wider Active Directory team provide Out Of Hours support and be oncall as required.
• Provide Leadership Mentorship and Technical direction to Junior Staff and Team members and be an individual contributor to the assessment of their roles.

What do we expect from you

• Proven experience in Active Directory Administration including User and Group Management GPOs DNS and Replication.
• Familiarity with scripting and automation
• Experience with AD integrations including Entra Active Directory Cloud Sync and Entra Connect.
• Knowledge of security best practices for Active Directory environments.
• Experience with backup and Disaster Recovery solutions for Active Directory including Malware protection.
• Strong troubleshooting skills with the ability to resolve complex AD issues effectively and efficiently.
• Experience with MultiForest MultiDomain and CrossPlatform Active Directory environments.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple tasks in a fastpaced environment.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
• Strong knowledge of Active Directory Architecture Replication DNS DHCP Group Policy and AD DS (Active Directory Domain Services).
• Experience with Windows Server 2016/2019/2022 PowerShell scripting and automation of AD tasks.
• Indepth understanding of security protocols access control and authentication mechanisms (e.g. Kerberos LDAP NTLM).

Still curious

Join us and well make the same promises to you as a colleague as we do to each of our customers. Were committed to building a working environment that values respect diversity and compassion. We welcome people regardless of age disability gender identity marital status race faith or belief sexual orientation socioeconomic background and whether youre pregnant or on family leave.

We champion equality by supporting the exceptions to the rule and getting finance to where its needed.

We lend the money people save with us to people who want to get on in life; build businesses and create employment buy property for people to live and work in and purchase vehicles to move families and goods around.