Lead Identity Engineer - Onsite Austin, TX
Required skills
- Microsoft Windows servers
- Active Directory administration
- Group Policy
- DFS
- DHCP
- DNS
- replication
- token authentication
- Domain Administrator
- Microsoft 365
Nice to have
- OKTA
- ADFS
- NOC operations
- customer management
Role summary
We are seeking an experienced Lead Identity Engineer to join our onsite team in Austin, TX. This role focuses on the architecture, maintenance, and troubleshooting of Microsoft Active Directory infrastructure, including migrations, group policy management, and public cloud integration (AWS, Azure, GCP). The ideal candidate will have expert-level system administration skills for Windows servers and Active Directory, with at least 7 years of experience in AD administration/engineering and as a Domain Administrator. Familiarity with OKTA, ADFS, and security best practices is preferred. This hybrid role offers a competitive salary range of $140k-$160k annually, a quarterly bonus, and full benefits.
Requisition Number: 106677
Location: Austin, TX
Schedule: Onsite Monday through Thursday normal business hours, with Friday working remotely.
Salary: Dependent on experience, range is $140k – $160k a year with a quaterly bonus strcuture and full benefits
About the Role:
As an Active Directory Systems Architect, you will be responsible for the maintenance, upgrades, general operations, and troubleshooting of client Microsoft Active Directory infrastructure. You will serve as a technical expert on infrastructure projects related to Directory Services, AD audit tools and certificates, systems management, capacity planning, and disaster recovery.
Key Responsibilities:
- Perform AD migration
- Cross-forest migration experience
- OKTA & ADFS experience preferred
- Handle multiple priorities
- Troubleshoot issues ranging from replication to token authentication
- MS Active Directory design, implementation, management & maintenance
- MS Active Directory Group Policy management of servers and endpoints
- Public cloud IaaS, PaaS (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
- OS server version updates
- Migrate objects between domains
What We’re Looking For:
- Expert-level system administration skills for Microsoft Windows servers, Active Directory administration, and other MS core services (Group Policy, DFS, DHCP, DNS)
- 7+ years of experience in Active Directory administration/engineering, NOC operations, troubleshooting, customer management, and related IT services
- 7+ years as a Domain Administrator within a large Microsoft Active Directory environment: designing, implementing, maintaining, troubleshooting
- In-depth knowledge of authentication and AD security
- Familiarity with security best practices and compliance standards related to Microsoft 365 and Active Directory
Insight is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by law.
Insight does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. Unsolicited resumes will be treated as direct applications from the candidate, and recruiters or agencies who submit candidates for this position without a prior, written vendor agreement will not be eligible for any form of compensation, even if the candidate is hired.
Posting Notes: Austin || Texas (US-TX) || United States (US) || IT Infrastructure & Support || None || US - Austin, TX ||
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