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Job Description

BAE Systems is offering an exciting opportunity to support an important and dynamic Department of Justice customer as a **Senior Systems Engineer/Active Directory (SSE/Active Directory)** supporting a highly capable and diverse team driving technical innovation. The SSE/AD shall routinely make group policy modifications to support the needs of the domain. The SSE/Active Directory shall review existing configurations of the replication topology for inconsistencies and deploys new configurations during site build. She/he shall author PowerShell scripts to automate deployment tasks. The SSE/AD shall configure and troubleshoot name resolution in an Active Directory-integrated split-brain DNS environment. The SSE/AD shall perform daily health checks of the enterprise, and up-channels findings with suggested remedies for implementation. The SSE/AD shall manage the Active Directory-based activation of Windows platforms. Implements security enhancements to the environment as directed by the CSO. The SSE/AD shall proactively review current Active Directory technologies, and presents suggestions of those which may enhance the mission.The SSE/AD shall support the unit with other duties as assigned within the scope of work.

Required Education, Experience, & Skills

Minimum Education and experience required:

Four (4) year college degree in system administration, information technology, computer science, computer engineering, plus five (5) years of experience in designing, managing, administering, documenting, troubleshooting, and supporting Active Directory components as detailed above **OR in lieu of education ten (10) years of experience** in designing, managing, administering, documenting, troubleshooting, and supporting Active Directory components within IT systems in both production and development environments.

**SKILL Level-** At a minimum, the **Senior Systems Engineer/Active Directory** shall have demonstrated experience in:

+ Provide support to multiple Active Directory (AD) technologies

+ Monitor and maintain existing AD systems

+ Author technical documentation of components and configurations of environments

+ Prototype new solutions to IT challenges and optimize existing systems in light of new technologies as they come to market

+ Enterprise-level experience with the inner-workings of Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) running within at least Windows Server platforms 2016 to present

+ Provide hierarchy design and delegation within AD DS based on mission needs and security requirements

+ Plan integration of new domain controllers to the environment

+ Monitor AD DS health utilizing the toolset inherent to the system as well as System Center Operations Manager (SCOM)

+ Review and evaluate replication topology for optimization

+ Manage and maintain trust relationships with outside entities

+ Utilizes Group Policy to control resources within the environment.

+ Working knowledge of DISA STIGs and their implementation.

+ Evaluate the relationship between existing policies and plans for the introduction of those needed in the future.

+ Troubleshoot Group Policy processing issues

+ Author Group Policy objects and modifications

+ Maintain DNS at the service level, verifying functionality and troubleshooting issues

+ Utilize split-brain DNS for multi-homed enterprise resources

+ Working knowledge of designing/maintaining AD Federated Services and technologies.

+ Evaluate and integrate new AD technologies and architectures into the environment.

+ Maintain the health of existing AD CS technologies and evaluate new certificate issuing

+ Evaluate two factor authentication methods

+ Collaborate with multiple stakeholders in the design and development of solutions

+ Ability to construct Microsoft PowerShell scripts necessary for the automation of tasks within Active Directory components. Provide documented solutions via PowerShell to simplify AD tasks for remote admins.

+ Experience creating and managing custom schema objects within Active Directory.

+ Working experience analyzing current Active Directory delegation and proposing steps to convert to a zero trust-based delegation model.

+ Documents product customization, integration, and validation prior to deployment

+ Strategy sessions for the planning, development, documentation and review of project-related documents

+ Draft, review, and finalize procedures, security documentation, and general usage instructions for systems and components

+ Provide direct assistance to the remote systems administrators with escalation level tasks

+ Perform duties independently, without direct supervision, and without detailed guidance from superiors

+ Liaison between field support and management

+ Participate in the Change Control process meetings, providing direct and candid feedback regarding ideas for proposed changes to systems

+ Document, test, and deploy modernization technologies to existing production environments

+ Resolve operational technical challenges and articulate ideas, concepts, and requirements to management

+ Author and utilize scripting languages, mainly but not limited to PowerShell, to automate tedious, repetitive, and/or error prone tasks related to installation, configuration, and management of IT systems and services

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills

Preferred Skills and Education

Desired Skills and Experience:

+ Working with Microsoft Azure and/or AWS cloud experience highly desired

+ Experience with designing and developing Federated Services.

+ Programing skills utilizing C# and .net to manipulate AD resources.

+ Experience maintaining code repositories to ensure proper change management.

+ Experience working with on-premises vendor support to run proactive scans analyzing Active Directory technologies and remediating identified issues.

+ Experience working on an Agile team

+ Willingness to implement Lean principles, Agile engineering and DevSecOps

+ Ability to participate in strategy sessions for the planning, development, documentation, and review of project-related documents

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $130355 - $221603

Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.

Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20 hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.

Sr Senior Systems Admin Active Directory

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