Role: Azure Active Directory professional

Experience: 5 - 15 years

Location: Noida

Position Overview (Job Summary):

Senior AD / Azure AD (Entra ID) professional with 5- 15 years experience, responsible for designing, reviewing, guiding, and executing secure and resilient on-prem, cloud, and hybrid identity solutions.
Focus includes security implementation, incident response, risk management, large-scale migrations, solution design documentation (HLD/LLD), presales support, and leading cross-functional delivery.

Primary Skills:

On-Premises Active Directory (Mandatory)

AD design/sizing/implementation/migration (for 6000+ objects)
Intra & Inter forest migrations, co-existence, and AD consolidation
Windows Server: 2003 / 2008 / 2012 / 2016 / 2019 / 2022
AD transformation & migration tools:
ADMT
Quest / Binary Tree
Data migration tools: Double-Take, Quest, ShareGate
AD-related Wintel tech build/migration:
DNS, DHCP, IPAM, PKI, RADIUS, Hyper-V, KMS, WINS
File Services, Print Services, DFS
DirectAccess, RDS (Terminal Services)
ADFS integration design for Azure + Office 365
AD environment assessment for security, reliability, availability, operational efficiency
PowerShell scripting / automation tool development

Azure AD / Entra ID (Mandatory)

Azure AD architecture, operations, maintenance
SSO, Azure AD Connect, MFA, Conditional Access (CAP), Identity Protection
Modern authentication protocols: SAML, OAuth, OIDC
Identity governance policies (incl. governance configuration)
RBAC, Groups, Custom Attributes
B2B, B2C tenant, Hybrid Azure AD Join / Hybrid Domain Join policies
PIM (Privileged Identity Management)
Transition experience for Azure AD
PowerShell hands-on

Secondary Skills (Good-to-have / Supporting):

Experience:

10+ years overall IT experience
Strong background in managing AD / Azure AD
Proven expertise in security system implementation, incident response, risk management
Large-scale migrations and transformation projects

Role and Responsibilities:

A. Key Responsibilities

Solution Design & Architecture

Review, design, guide, and execute efficient, scalable, cost-effective solutions
Design solutions meeting availability and resilience targets
Capacity planning: determine server specs & infra requirements (storage, network, security)
Ensure solutions align with client strategy, Cognizant strategy, and SLAs
Validate and review project documents: HLD, LLD, design docs

Migration / Transformation Delivery

Perform environment assessments for migration readiness
Define migration/remediation approach with:
milestones, timelines, risks, mitigation plan
Lead complex AD migrations:
inter/intra-forest migration, coexistence, consolidation
migrate users/computers/member servers at scale
Execute Wintel platform upgrades & AD modernization activities
Build and migrate core Wintel services (DNS/DHCP/IPAM/PKI/RADIUS/File/Print/DFS/RDS etc.)

Azure AD / Hybrid Identity

Operations, Security & Automation

Assess AD posture to improve security/reliability/availability
Support incident response and risk management (as part of identity operations scope)
Create PowerShell automation scripts/tools for workloads

Client & Delivery Leadership

Lead cross-functional teams and delivery execution
Drive project calls and support presales for on-prem/cloud/hybrid deployments
Communicate solutions clearly (verbal + written), address client concerns
Define effort estimates and project timelines

B. Additional Responsibilities

Develop/maintain DR plans for AD
Integrate AD with other tools/platforms/applications for robust identity ecosystem
Liaise with customer stakeholders (client community) on transformation programs
Collaborate with PMs / Delivery Managers / Solution Architects for technical specs translation
Support migration of resources (file/DFS/print/DHCP) and related third-party solutions

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