Staff Engineer II Active Directory
Job Location:
Columbus, NE - USA
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Job Summary
Job Title:
Staff Engineer II - Active DirectoryLocation:
Block 23What youll do:
As an Staff Engineer II within the Identity and Access Management (IAM) department youll serve in a mid-level hands-on engineering role with a primary focus on Active Directory technologies. Youll be part of a collaborative IAM team responsible for managing maintaining and supporting the organizations on premises and hybrid Active Directory infrastructure including directory services authentication authorization and identity lifecycle this role youll identify development and operational support needs contribute to Active Directorycentric design decisions and take ownership of assigned project and enhancement tasks. As an IT Staff Engineer II youll facilitate technical discussions and cross team collaboration working closely with security infrastructure and application teams to ensure stable secure and scalable identity services.- Take assignments that can be worked on individually without supervision and manage work effort from concept to completion.
- Provide high-level engineering and functional support for Active Directory and Windows Server services including GPO RADIUS/NPS PKI/Certificate Services ADFS and other domain-related services
- Serve as Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Active Directory and PKI infrastructure providing architectural guidance and advanced troubleshooting
- Design redesign and maintain Active Directory forests domains trusts and OU structures supporting a hybrid Entra AD environment
- Architect and enforce Group Policy (GPO) strategy including security baselines hardening and lifecycle management
- Design and manage permissions delegation models and RBAC aligned with least privileged principles
- Implement and maintain Active Directory security hardening aligned with CIS NIST or other internal/external standards
- Design and manage tiered administration models (Tier 0 / privileged access separation)
- Support and integrate PKI Kerberos and authentication controls across the environment
- Design build and manage enterprise Microsoft Active Directory and Windows file services architecture
- Independently execute large-scale Active Directory initiatives (redesigns migrations modernization cleanup)
- Act as L3 escalation for Active Directoryrelated incidents and resolve issues assigned through the incident management system
- Develop document and maintain runbooks standard operating procedures and workflows for L2 operational teams
- Configure and troubleshoot Windows desktop environments (AD GPO) in support of VDI / Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) deployments
- Provide on-call support for critical identity and directory services incidents
- Ensure compliance with IT policies procedures and industry standards including reviewing and refining IT control enhancements.
What youll need:
- 7 years of related experience in IT App Support IT Development IT Networking Active Directory/Azure (Entra) AD or similar field.
- Bachelors degree in related field required.
- Intermediate to advanced knowledge of general Financial Services or Banking preferred.
- Intermediate to advanced knowledge of core Windows Server services
- Advanced knowledge of applicable regulatory and legal compliance obligations rules and regulations industry standards and practices.
- Intermediate to advanced ability to see the big picture and align projects with organizational goals. Expertise in resolving conflicts and addressing challenges as well as skilled at identifying and mitigating risks at the project level. Proficient in governance patterns tied to intake technical reviews and architectural compliance.
- MCSE or equivalent Microsoft certification (or equivalent real-world experience)
- Advanced speaking and writing communication skills.
- May require up to 25% travel.
Benefits youll love:
We offer all the important things youd want like competitive salaries an ownership stake in the company medical and dental insurance time off a great 401k matching program tuition assistance program an employee volunteer program and a wellness addition youll have the opportunity to bolster your business knowledge learning the ins and outs of how successful companies operate and manage their finances giving you invaluable hands-on experience to help grow your career!
About the company:
Western Alliance Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Alliance Bancorporation. Alliance Bank of Arizona Alliance Association Bank Bank of Nevada Bridge Bank First Independent Bank and Torrey Pines Bank are divisions of Western Alliance Bank; Member FDIC. AmeriHome Mortgage is a Western Alliance Bank company.
Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to equal employment and will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race sex color religion age nation origin marital status disability protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or genetic information. Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process and/or need an alternative method of applying please email or call . When contacting us please provide your contact information and state the nature of your accessibility issue. We will only respond to inquiries concerning requests that involve a reasonable accommodation in the application process.
Western Alliance Bancorporation
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