Azure and Active Directory Specialist DV Cleared

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join a world leading global organisation. Our client, a blue-chip IT company, is currently seeking an Azure and Active Directory Specialist DV Cleared based on their customer site in Aldermaston. This is a Full-time, permanent role, Monday to Friday then Monday to Thursday alternating weeks, 8 hours, and 20 minutes per day between 08:00 and 18:00 to start ASAP. The role is paying up to £65K depending on experience.

*** Please note DV clearance is essential, DO NOT apply if you don't have this in place***

Role Overview:

We are looking for customer-focused and keen Azure and Active Directory Specialist to join our Infrastructure and Tools Team supporting a hybrid AD environment. You should have a genuine interest in solving IT issues and empathetic to customer needs and requirements. Day to day tasks include expert management and troubleshooting of Azure and Active Directory services and issues within a complex locked down GPO structure. You should possess good written and verbal communication skills, be willing to collaborate with the wider IT support teams and help us develop a strong partnership with our customers' IT Leadership.

You will be responsible in supporting a strategic change to the service model and implementing new statements of work. This will require working closely with the Operations Manager and Account Project Lead to define and implement a more agile and collaborative structure which is capable of blending BAU support with short term projects and ad-hoc requests, where scoped and agreed. This will be achieved by following Agile and ITIL Continuous Service Improvement methodologies.

Essential Skills/Qualifications:

Azure Active Directory
Azure Networking
Azure Firewalls
Azure Security including Conditional Access Policies and Multi Factor Authentication and Privileged Identity Management
Azure Windows Virtual Desktop
Azure Virtual Machine Management
Azure Storage
Azure Monitoring and log analytics
Azure Enterprise and ADFS Application Provisioning
Active Directory Connect / sync and Active Directory Federation Services
Azure PowerShell scripting
Office 365
Sharepoint Online
Microsoft Windows Server (Apply online only)
Active Directory in a hybrid environment
Group Policy Management
Role & Functional based Security Delegation and Layers and Role Based Access Control
DNS, WINS and DHCP
PKI Services
Strong communication skills both written and verbal
Self-motivated with a positive attitude and comfortable working with ambiguity
Scripting experience using BAT, PowerShell, C# and VB Scripts
Awareness of Change and Release Management

Desirable Skills/Qualifications:

Good knowledge across SCCM; WSUS; SCOM 2012; AGPM; Lumensions; Minimum 5yrs of active AD role
ITIL Foundation certified with a broad experience across Service Management disciplines and Agile delivery
Some Business Intelligence / Data expertise using Microsoft products *** Please note DV clearance is required for this role