Active Directory Specialist (Architect)

ValueLabs · Bangalore, India

Note: Need Immediate Joiners.

Brief Job Description:

We are seeking an experienced Infrastructure Architect to design and lead the architectural design in creation of a secure, scalable Active Directory (AD) environment. Additional skillset will be seamlessly integrating and co-managing Microsoft Entra ID hybrid environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Active Directory Architecture & Creation.

• Design greenfield Active Directory forest and domain structures.

• Define organizational unit (OU) hierarchies and inheritance models.

• Establish secure multi-forest trust relationships and replication topologies.

• Create hardened Group Policy Object (GPO) frameworks from scratch.

• Architect Tiered Administration Models to isolate high-privilege credentials.

• Develop disaster recovery, backup, and authoritative restore procedures.

Entra ID & Hybrid Integration.

• Configure Microsoft Entra Connect for hybrid identity synchronization.

• Implement Microsoft Entra ID governance, including Privileged Identity Management (PIM).

• Design Conditional Access policies to enforce modern Zero Trust principles.

• Manage hybrid Azure AD join configurations for corporate devices.

• Optimize single sign-on (SSO) and multi-factor authentication (MFA) workflows. Required Skills & Qualifications

Primary Technical Skills.

• Expertise in Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) architecture.

• Proficiency in Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) and PKI.

• Mastery of DNS, Kerberos, NTLM, and LDAP protocols. Experience leading large-scale AD consolidation or migration projects.

• Advanced PowerShell scripting skills for identity lifecycle automation.

• Experience managing Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD) tenants.

• Knowledge of Entra ID Application Proxy and Enterprise Applications. Familiarity with identity federation tools like ADFS or PingFederate.

Note: Need Immediate Joiners.