Overview

By Light has an opening for an Active Directory Administrator position supporting the Army National Guard (ARNG) in Falls Church, VA. This is an IT Service Management contract in support of the operation, modernization, expansion, and further evolution of the ARNG’s global Information Technology (IT) services including networking, compute, storage, infrastructure, applications, hosting, and program management services. The GECOS program supports the ARNG enterprise IT infrastructure, its Wide Area Network (WAN), authentication and directory services, cybersecurity, application hosting, and associated services. GECOS uses ITIL best practices framework as the basis for IT Service Management (ITSM) model.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, and maintain Active Directory and third-party software utilities for hardware systems within operational guidelines.
• Produce global enterprise-level designs for secure Active Directory and Identity systems for global initiatives.
• Monitor systems for vulnerabilities, track, prioritize remediate or mitigate per policies.
• Strong knowledge of Active Directory design and Group Policy, DNS, and DHCP.
• Provide root cause analysis and problem management for corporate Identity Management environment.
• Lead projects through implementation via collaboration with all IT, security, and support teams.
• Create and maintain system documentation for domain technologies, including installation, configuration, and appropriate troubleshooting steps.
• Identify opportunities and improve existing processes through solutions to recurring problems and enhancements to existing solutions or documentation.
• Document processes and solutions.
• Provide support for implementation, troubleshooting and maintenance of IT systems.
• Manage IT system infrastructure and any processes related to these systems.
• Provide support to IT systems including day-to-day operations, monitoring, and problem resolution for Active Directory task and activities.
• Provide Tier 3 problem identification, diagnosis, and resolution of problems.
• Provide support for the escalation and communication of status to agency management and internal customers.
• Provide support for the dispatch system and hardware problems and remain involved in the resolution process.
• Install/load operating system and application software.
• Integrate new technologies into new and existing systems, including the transition and migration of corporate systems.

Required Experience/Qualifications

• BA/BS or equivalent years of combined experience and training
• 8 years’ Experience working with Microsoft Identity technologies including:
  • Active Directory / Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS)
  • VMWARE
  • Certificate Services
  • Lightweight Directory Services
  • Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
  • Identity Governance Administration
  • Privileged Access Management
  • Single Sign On (SSO)
  • Group Policy
• Experience working with large AD enterprises to include DNS and DHCP technologies
• Knowledge of server virtualization technologies, preferably VMware and Microsoft technologies.
• Have at least 1 of the following certifications:(Microsoft) MCSA, MCSE, MCIPT, MECM, (VMware) VCP
• Possess the appropriate baseline certifications to achieve DoD 8570.01-M Information Assurance Technical (IAT) Level II.
• DoD8570.01M MS Cert or Training certificate.

Preferred Experience/Qualifications

• IT engineering experience in a global information technology infrastructure environment
• Experience working in large DoD enterprise network environments
• Experience working with DISA STIGs
• Experience working with MECM (Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager)
• Experience working with Microsoft RDS (Remote Desktop Services)
• Experience working with Microsoft Exchange
• Experience working with Microsoft Print Services
• Possess an ITIL® v3 or ITIL® 4 Foundation or a higher certification in either category

Special Requirements/Security Clearance

• Active SECRET DoD clearance or higher.