Zero Trust & Active Directory Security Engineer

Are you looking to elevate your cyber career? Your technical skills? Your opportunity for growth? Deloitte's Government and Public Services Cyber Practice (GPS Cyber Practice) is the place for you! Our GPS Cyber Practice helps organizations create a cyber minded culture and become stronger, faster, and more innovative. You will become part of a team that advises, implements, and manages solutions across five verticals: Strategy, Defense and Response; Identity; Infrastructure; Data; and Application Security. Our dynamic team offers opportunities to work with cutting-edge cyber security tools, and grow both vertically and horizontally at an accelerated rate. Join our cyber team and elevate your career.

Work you'll do

As a Directory Services Engineer, you'll be joining a team of expert engineers and technicians supporting a high-profile government customer. In this role you'll function as part of a team assisting with oversight for Microsoft Active Directory and Entra ID services support for current and future initiatives related to the Identity & Access Management services capability.

• Work with the Architecture team to implement and integrate technical solutions.

• Manage customer satisfaction through effectively communicating and managing customer expectations.

• Assist with data collection efforts to determine optimal directory services model to support cloud adoption strategies.

• Proactively research and evaluate tools and technologies as appropriate to the Directory Services environment to enhance end-user experience with new product offerings/capabilities.

• Execute, and manage strategy for Directory Services and related products and platforms.

• Design, install, configure, and maintain the customer's Windows Server, Active Directory, and Entra ID-based environments to meet business requirements.

• Apply advanced consulting skills, extensive technical expertise, and knowledge of vendor best practices to maintain the current Active Directory and Identity and Access Management infrastructure.

• Execute, and manage strategy for Directory services and related products and platforms.

• In conjunction with lead technical architects, build and develop project plans for all project phases/lifecycle.

• Manage Vendor maintenance agreements and systems lifecycle.

The team

Deloitte's Government and Public Services (GPS) practice - our people, ideas, technology and outcomes-is designed for impact. Serving federal, state, & local government clients as well as public higher education institutions, our team of more than 15,000 professionals brings fresh perspective to help clients anticipate disruption, reimagine the possible, and fulfill their mission promise.

At Deloitte, we believe cyber is about starting things-not stopping them-and enabling the freedom to create a more secure future. Cyber Identity leverages methodologies and a digital identity platform to help clients control which employees, partners, suppliers, customers, and citizens have access to sensitive organizational applications and data. Cyber Identity also focuses on the integrations of cutting-edge technologies and cloud providers. Our team is dedicated to enhancing IAM programs so our clients can mitigate risk, reduce intrusion, and secure information. If you're seeking a career in IAM, cloud systems, or identity governance then Cyber Identity is for you.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor's Degree required

• 6+ years of experience with Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA) and compliance.

• 6 + years of experience with Microsoft Entra ID and Entra ID Connect.

• Deep understanding of technical aspects and interoperability of Directory Services in an Enterprise cloud-based environment, including Active Directory architecture, Sites and Services, and management.

• 5+ years of Networking (DNS, DHCP, LDAP, PKI) and Authentication (Kerberos, NTLM, SAML, OpenID Connect, OAuth2, single sign-on, MFA) experience.

• Proficiency in scripting languages such as PowerShell to automate and integrate IAM processes.

• Proficiency with Microsoft 365 Office and collaborations tools and ServiceNow.

• Must be able to obtain and maintain the required clearance for this role

• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future

• Ability to travel 10-15%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve

Preferred

• Microsoft Certified: Identity and Access Administrator Associate

• Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate

• CompTIA Security+

• CompTIA Networking+

• Microsoft 365 & Office 365 certs

• 1+ year of experience with assessing ZT principles

• 1+ year of experience with Active Directory Forest or Entra ID tenant migrations

The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Deloitte, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $92981 to $163125.

You may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or protected veteran status, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or protected veteran status, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law.