Systems Architect

Note : Full hybrid work environment where the candidate will need to be able to come into the office 3 days a week.

Job Description

Cabinet is a top tier technology organization serving the needs of the agencies and citizens of the client through providing a truly enterprise scale network.  The Directory Services Branch within the cabinet serves as a group of skilled professionals that design, maintain, and support a large and diverse technology directory for the digital identities that empower the mission of our agencies to provide critical services within a 21st century digital government environment. The Directory Services Branch within the Cabinet is seeking a skilled professional with experience in Microsoft Active Directory and Azure identity technologies.  The Directory Services Branch supports multiple user forests and domains within a large scale distributed directory infrastructure to ensure that technology users across the Executive Branch of Government, and the public, can authenticate to the technology that support critical services for the agencies and the citizens they serve. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Work with other technical team professionals to ensure that the Commonwealth’s enterprise directories are maintained at the highest level of functionality and availability.
• Research, develop, and implement best practices and processes behind Active Directory and IAM related technologies (Active Directory Federation Services, AzureAD, Single Sign-on, Galsync, and Microsoft Identity Manager)
• Develop technical documentation, processes, and procedures for the technology and services provided by the branch.
• Provide recommendations and guidance to other teams in the organization as it relates to the directory and Identity and Access Management.

Preferred Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• Must be able to contribute in a teamwork focused environment.
• Excellent customer service.
• Good time management and multi-tasking skills.
• Familiar with ITIL standards and processes.
• Must have experience with complex Active Directory implementations (Domain Name System, Distributed File System, Group Policy, ect.).
• Experience in the upgrade/maintenance of a large enterprise multi-domain/multi-forest Active Directory environment is preferred.
• AzureAD Identity experience and related technologies.
• Strong Power Shell skills.
• Technical training and certifications a plus (Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer, Security+, ect.).