Architect - Active Directory (AD) Solutions

DGR Systems a growing premier technology consulting company is looking for an Architect with specific expertise in Active Directory solutions.

This individual will provide technical expertise and strategic experience in designing and managing complex AD environments while also understanding business needs and security requirements for our customers.

The ideal candidate must be an excellent communicator with an ability to simplify complex topics into clear messages and must be consultative in focus with a growth mindset and passion for continuous learning to bring the best solutions to our clients. The candidate will bring technical experience and business acumen to DGR Systems.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate Expertise: Be a subject matter expert in the deployment approach and the functional technical and operational aspects surrounding Active Directory projects and act as a major supporting role amongst the broader team in Active Directory thought leadership around technologies such as:
• AD Architectures (forests domains trees trusts and replication topologies)
• Group Policy Management (design implementation and troubleshooting)
• Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) (architecture configuration and management)
• Active Directory Certificate Services (ADCS) (architecture configuration management and handson CLM experience)
• Active Directory Security (rolebased access delegation leastprivilege access admin tiering model enterprise access model)
• Active Directory Sites and Services (replication configuration multisite and multiforest environments)
• Entra ID Integration (onprem AD hybrid identity environments EntraConnect Sync Entra Cloud Sync managing identities)
• Identity Governance (implementation and configuration of identity governance solutions including Entra ID Governance access reviews entitlement management lifecycle workflows privileged identity management (PIM) conditional access and audit/reporting in compliance with organizational policies)

• Practice Technical Leadership: Assist Practice leadership in evaluating emerging technology products and industry trends for use in setting business strategy for the company.
• PreSales Engineering: Support practice leadership and business development in evaluating and recommending technologies tools and platforms for all project sizes and complexities and communicating recommendations to stakeholders.
• Architecture Planning: Develop comprehensive architecture plans for any project size and complexity addressing system integrations data flows and infrastructure needs with a focus on scalability security and performance.
• Design Solutions: Create detailed architecture and design documents that align with business objectives and technical constraints across all project sizes and complexity.
• Implementation Oversight: Oversee the implementation of solutions ensuring development teams adhere to architectural plans and addressing any issues during the implementation phase.
• Documentation: Maintain detailed documentation for all projects including architectural designs decisions and changes with clear diagrams specifications and guidelines.
• Risk Management: Identify and mitigate risks in the architecture and design phases for projects of any size developing strategies to address potential challenges.
• Stakeholder Communication: Effectively communicate in both written and verbal form technical concepts and solutions to both technical and nontechnical stakeholders facilitating discussions and providing guidance throughout the project lifecycle.
• Quality Assurance: Ensure solutions meet quality standards and perform as expected. Conduct reviews provide feedback and suggest improvements to maintain adherence to architectural guidelines and enhance practices.
• Compliance and Governance: Ensure all solutions comply with relevant regulations standards and organizational policies addressing compliance issues as they arise.
• Collaboration: Collaborate with architects engineers project managers and delivery leaders to align architecture with project goals and ensure integration with existing systems.
• Mentorship and Leadership: Engage in the training development coaching and selection of less experienced team members providing leadership and guidance.
• Other duties as required.

• 8 years of experience in the IT industry with 2 years minimum focus on Active Directory (AD) Solutions.
• Experience in designing scalable AD environments migration to modern AD environments consolidating or restructuring AD environments for better alignment
• Experience with Security protocols AD security auditing and zerotrust models.
• Experience with scripting and automation in PowerShell and other automation tools.
• Experience with Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions rolebased access control and multifactor authentication.
• Experience with backup solutions and disaster recovery.
• Experience with troubleshooting and optimization.
• Experience with Enterpriselevel deployments.
• Professional Certifications are preferred (Microsoft Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate Microsoft Identity and Access Administrator Associate ITIL CISSP etc)
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate technical concepts to nontechnical stakeholders.
• Proven track record of successfully delivering complex technical projects.
• Ability to thrive in a fastpaced dynamic environment and manage multiple priorities effectively.
• Proven consultative mindset and experience with the ability to integrate complex elements and customer requirements into innovative technical architectures
• Demonstrated clientfocus solutions provider excelling at understanding customer needs and translating those needs to solutions.
• Presentation skills with a high degree of comfort with both technical and nontechnical audiences to present customer solutions and have conversations to understand the customer needs and how the technologies will benefit them.

Why DGR

DGR Systems helps solve the most complex business and operational challenges for their customers. Our team of toplevel industry experts takes an innovative and straightforward approach to consulting design deployment and ongoing Assurance Services to meet customer needs.

At a glance DGR Systems was founded in 2009 in Tampa Florida and provides fullservice solutions in the areas of Modern Workplace (Endpoint Solutions Collaboration) Security (Identity and Access Management Zero Trust Information Protection) Modern Infrastructure and Cloud and Applications (Collaboration Apps SQL Reporting Power Platform). With an impressive depth of experience across the Microsoft technology solution stack combined with our focus on integrating solutions from multiple leading vendors we help organizations design and execute against their most challenging digital transformations. At DGR Systems our culture is built around one simple standard: Excellence is our Baseline and we deliver on that standard with every customer every day.

Core Values

DGR Systems core values are an essential and enduring tenant of our organization. They are a small set of timeless guiding principles describing who we are how we treat people and how we run our business.

• Passion Love what you do and make it evident through your approach to your work and the attitude you display.
• Ownership Be accountable for outcomes. Take initiative to start and move things forward to make something better.
• Integrity Do the right thing. Always. Every time. Without exception.
• Navigation Find solutions to problems. Evolve adapt and embrace change around you for tomorrow will be different than today.
• Teamwork Be approachable and engage with the team around you constantly. We win or lose together.

FullTime Team Member Benefits

DGR Systems is committed to the health and welfare of our team members. This commitment involves offering a comprehensive benefits program to help prepare team members and their family for planned as well as unplanned life events.

• Group Health Care Plans (Medical Dental & Vision)
• Company Paid Life Insurance (Basic & AD&D)
• Company Paid Short Term & Long Term Disability
• Company Paid Family Leave (Maternity Paternity)
• Voluntary Insurance Options (Voluntary Life Accident Insurance Critical Illness Insurance)
• 401(k) with Company Match
• Paid Time Off (Vacation Sick & Public Holidays)
• Certification Reimbursement
• Work From Home Program
• Wellness Resources

We are interested in every qualified candidate who is eligible to work in the United States. However we are not able to sponsor visas.

DGR Systems believes in remote work and will accept qualified candidates throughout the United States. However preference will be given to candidates who currently reside with the Midwest Southeast and Southwest areas of the United States.

Required Experience:

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