Sr. IT Ops Analyst

TD•Mississauga, ON

1d•CA$81,600 - CA$115,200•Onsite

About The Position

The Sr. Active Directory Administrator would need to have at least 4+ years of directly related experience supporting Active Directory operations and engineering. The Senior Active Directory Administrator is a subject matter expert that has global responsibility for the design and configuration of the Active Directory and Windows Server environment.

Requirements

At least 4+ years of directly related experience supporting Active Directory operations and engineering.
Proven expertise in designing and architecting domain consolidation projects.
Strong understanding of architecting and configuring Microsoft Windows OS technology including AD Forests, Domains, Trusts, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy and Organizational Units.
Must possess proven experience working with a large enterprise distributed computing environment.
Expert Knowledge of Active Directory architecture and management
Expert knowledge of DNS and DHCP
Expert knowledge in creating, administering, and troubleshooting Group Policies (GPOs)
Expert knowledge of PKI, and Microsoft Certificate Services
Expert knowledge of Distributed File System
Expert knowledge of Microsoft KMS solution
Ability to create custom scripts using PowerShell
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical training, or work/military experience.
6+ years of directly related experience supporting Active Directory operations and engineering with increasing responsibility.
MCSE: Server Infrastructure certification
MCSA: Windows Server 2012 certification
AZURE certification
Minimum 4+ years of directly related experience supporting Active Directory operations and engineering with increasing responsibility.
MCSE: Server Infrastructure certification
MCSA: Windows Server 2012 certification

Nice To Haves

We are looking for a Senior Active Directory candidate who has an MCSE certification.

Responsibilities

Designing and architecting domain consolidation projects.
Designing and architecting a global Active Directory Infrastructure, including, design and implementation of Group Policy, domain consolidation for large scale organizations.
Utilizing logical problem solving to find creative solutions to problems in the environment on a broad scale.
Planning and executing Active Directory Domain level upgrades.
Planning and designing Group Policy Objects as requested to ensure compliance of company policies for servers and user end-point devices.
Assisting in management and support of internal and external DNS systems.
Assisting in management and support of internal DHCP architecture and scoping.
Working with stakeholders and other technical teams to collect business and technical requirements and design / deliver enterprise level solutions.
Maintaining standards for installation of infrastructure software / hardware installations.
Serving as a technical expert for Tier 1/2/3 support groups.
Overseeing the architecture and design of the global backup and recovery of Active Directory.
Collaborating and communicating with architects with internal departments and vendor partners.
Owning and leading discussions in business and technical information technology solution implementations, upgrades, enhancement and conversions.
Recommending solutions as appropriate.
Supporting IT goals and objectives including measures and projects.
Providing problem solving leadership based on experience with the technology.
Acting as a member of the Windows Active Directory Domain Administrator Support Team in providing timely and efficient support to assigned operations; coordinating day-to-day operations, applying security patches/fixes and anti-virus updates as released by software manufacturers and anti-virus vendors, creating and implementing domain level security policies such as authentication mechanisms, password policies and rules, IPSEC policies etc.
Reviewing domain level rights and privileges and performing changes to the same as appropriate.
Collaborating in assessing current and expected Windows infrastructure needs, configuration, maintenance, optimization and documentation of Windows infrastructure.
Following and applying configuration and security standards and policies within a defined Change Management process.
Assisting with implementing solutions for hardware and software.
Implementing common preventive maintenance practices for hardware and software.
Ensuring that system improvements and changes are implemented correctly and completely, and monitoring all effects of the modifications.
Establishing/recommending policies on system use and services.
Performing common administrative tasks.
Supporting of a distributed MS Windows-based network.
Providing leadership for Junior and Senior Team members.