Active Directory Systems Administrator
Fort Meade, MD, United States
GridIron IT is seeking an Active Directory Systems Admin local to the Ft. Meade, MD area.
Security Clearance: Secret or Top Secret Clearance
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:
•Leads MS Active Directory and Group Policy Object (GPO) security expertise on a team working to determine requirements, research, and evaluate problems in the development of solutions and architectures to support a secure infrastructure in MS Active Directory and Office 365 environments.
•Responsible for the upkeep of the security posture of the environment to meet the customer requirements.
•Leads activities to support system integration, system evaluation and analysis, site surveys, verification and validation, cost and risk, and supportability and effectiveness analysis for total systems and architectures.
•Conduct advanced research and analysis of current system GPOs against the STIGs and ACAS findings to support development of strategic implementation plans and designs, document and mitigate risks as well as lessons learned, and provide regular updates.
•Research and collaborate with vendors and various groups, such as R&D, Server, and Network teams, and provide recommendations on how to leverage GPOs for emerging technology to improve cyber security posture.
•Conduct engineering technical analysis to support resolving issues through application of engineering theories and concepts.
•Support the operational assessment and documentation of systems security and compliance posture to maintain accreditation.
•Provide input to project schedules, identify, and mitigate risks, document lessons learned, and deliver regular updates to stakeholders.
•Report security status to key stakeholders.
•Must have flexible working hours to be available to support team when needed.
•This position will involve minimal travel.
•Ability to track, manage, and ensure project tasks are completed in a timely manner: Active Directory, Office 365, GPO, STIGs, Joint Regional Security Stack (JRSS), Cisco switches, routers, and VPN products, ServiceNow, SolarWinds Network Configuration Monitor (NCM), System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
•Bachelors degree and 8+ years of relevant experience; additional years of experience may be substituted in lieu of a degree.
•Microsoft Certifications such as MCSA, MCSE, or other related certifications or specialty experience.
•7+ Years of MS Windows engineering design and operations experience.
•ITIL Foundations
•Experience in System Development Life Cycle
•DoD IAT Level II certification is required before start.