NASA Active Directory Azure Ops specialist

Job Description

Description

Active Directory (AD)/Azure Operations Team Member

ICAM is looking for an IT Systems AD/Azure Operations team member to work in our Enterprise Active Directory Environment.  The right candidate will have a wide range of technical skills to support customer facing troubleshooting and support. 

The candidate must have strong communications skills and be able to present complex technical details to a large diverse stakeholder community.  The candidate must be able to analyze business requirements and translate them into technology solutions. A successful candidate must have experience in designing, developing, configuring, and supporting AD infrastructure components (Forests, Domains, Site, Services, Group Policy Objects (GPOs), and Microsoft integrated DNS. 

The candidate will also support services for Microsoft Azure projects focused on Azure IaaS including, determine customer business, functional, and technical requirements and develop scoping and levels-of-effort; migrating on-premises services to Microsoft Azure; Automating Azure tasks using PowerShell and JSON templates.

Overall the ideal candidate will have experience in working IT projects within a large enterprise environment leveraging a systems engineering approach.  The ideal candidate will have:

• Ability to translate technical issues into understandable business language for end users.
• Desired experience working in a fast paced environment with a career track record of engineering, developing, deploying, and maintaining business critical systems in the area of technical expertise including hands on solution development and implementation experience.
• Team Player with strong communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills. The role requires interaction with different teams across the NASA Agency.
• Must be able to work in a team environment with a “can do” attitude capable of overcoming difficult challenges
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and follow through to tasks completion
• Able to work independently or within a support team with minimal supervision
• Demonstrate excellent analytical and problem resolution skills
• Effective verbal, written communication and technical writing skills
• Ability to engage and escalate to the vendor for difficult or impactful issues
• Strong time management skills
• Continuous drive for improvement
• Listening skills
• Negotiation skills
• Inquisitive mind
• Continuous desire to learn
• Leadership skills

Preferred Technical Skills/Experience:

• Experience with supporting enterprise services, such as large Active Directory (AD)/Azure environments.
• Extensive experience with infrastructure and server theories, principles and concepts; application infrastructure and standards; networking fundamentals; Windows; Physical Server architecture; Virtualization Technologies (e.g. VMware, HyperV) and LAN/WAN/Firewall/VPN network technologies.
• Experience supporting Microsoft Identity technologies including Active Directory, and Windows Server 2016/2019.
• Develops, documents, and enforces the standards, security procedures, and controls for access to ensure integrity of the Windows Systems, Active Directory, and related systems.
• Knowledge of server virtualization technologies, preferably Microsoft hypervisor technologies
• Creating and deploying configuration changes with Powershell

Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelors and two (2) years or more experience; Masters and 0 years related experience
• Years of experience accepted in lieu of degree. 

Desired Certifications and Experience:

• Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE), or Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA), and Security+
• Background in designing and supporting AD with 5+ years of experience

Clearance:

• NASA Public Trust background investigation with a level of confidence of 50 or higher.

Overview

SAIC® is a premier Fortune 500® technology integrator driving our nation's technology transformation. Our robust portfolio of offerings across the defense, space, civilian, and intelligence markets includes secure high-end solutions in engineering, digital, artificial intelligence, and mission solutions. Using our expertise and understanding of existing and emerging technologies, we integrate the best components from our own portfolio and our partner ecosystem to deliver innovative, effective, and efficient solutions that are critical to achieving our customers' missions.

We are more than 26,500 strong; driven by mission, united by purpose, and inspired by opportunities. SAIC is an Equal Opportunity Employer, fostering a respectful work culture based on diversity, equity, and inclusion that values all contributors. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $7.1 billion. For more information, visit saic.com.