Active Directory Monitoring & Observability Specialist - Hybrid

USDC•Charlotte, NC

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Active Directory Monitoring & Observability Specialist is responsible for the design, implementation, administration, and continuous improvement of enterprise monitoring, observability, alerting, analytics, and operational intelligence capabilities supporting Active Directory and hybrid identity platforms. This role partners closely with Active Directory Engineering, Identity & Access Management (IAM), Cyber Security, Infrastructure Operations, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), and Platform Engineering teams to ensure the availability, performance, security, compliance, and resiliency of critical identity services.

Requirements

Hybrid schedule requirement of a minimum of 3 days per week
Deep expertise in Active Directory, including Forest and Domain Architecture, Domain Controller Operations, AD Replication, LDAP, DNS, Kerberos, Group Policy Management, and Security
Strong experience with Grafana dashboard development, metrics visualization, alerting framework design, and data source integration
Proficiency with Splunk, including Splunk Enterprise, Search Processing Language (SPL), Data Models, and dashboard development
Experience with additional technical skills such as Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, Elasticsearch, Kibana, Azure Monitor, Microsoft Sentinel, Dynatrace, AppDynamics, DataDog, ServiceNow, PowerShell, Python, REST APIs, Terraform, Git, and CI/CD Pipelines

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain enterprise monitoring solutions for Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS), Domain Controllers, Global Catalog Servers, DNS Services, Kerberos Authentication Services, LDAP Services, Group Policy Infrastructure, Active Directory Replication, Active Directory Certificate Services (ADCS), and Microsoft Entra ID / Hybrid Identity integrations
Develop proactive health monitoring for replication latency and failures, authentication failures, Kerberos ticket anomalies, LDAP performance degradation, and other critical events
Implement real-time service health monitoring and enterprise operational dashboards
Build automated service health scoring and operational readiness reporting
Design and develop advanced Grafana dashboards and visualizations, creating executive, operational, engineering, and security-oriented dashboards
Integrate Grafana with platforms such as Splunk, Prometheus, Elasticsearch, OpenTelemetry, Azure Monitor, and Microsoft Sentinel
Build service maps, dependency views, SLA/SLO scorecards, capacity analysis dashboards, and trend analysis reporting
Establish enterprise observability standards and dashboard governance
Implement observability best practices aligned with SRE principles, defining and managing SLIs, SLOs, and KPIs
Develop automated anomaly detection capabilities and build predictive operational analytics
Facilitate root cause analysis, trend analysis, and support incident and problem management processes