Role Title : Sr Active Directory Engineer
Location : Remote
*Please note, this role is not able to offer visa transfer or sponsorship now or in the future*
Responsibilities :-
- Operationally manage Active Directory infrastructure of multiple Active Directory environments. Review, investigate, and remediate any AD performance irregularities identified by the management and monitoring tools.
- Work with the business and application teams to increase the security of the Active Directory environments by remediating identified security vulnerabilities.
- Leverage security scanning tools to monitor and maintain the Active Directory environment to the published baseline security standards.
- Work with the business and application teams to migrate their applications to the Optum core AD environment or Optum cloud environment.
- Move the Active Directory environment towards consolidation.
Our Ideal candidate will have the below skills and experience .
A senior Active Directory engineer or architect that has extensive experience working on domain integration / migration projects, extensive familiarity with the tools / products listed below to manage and maintain multiple separate Active Directory infrastructures.
- Ideal candidate will have extensive experience working with the business partners and application teams to prepare them to increase the security of their utilization of Active Directory resources and migrating their application to the Optum core AD or cloud environment as part of the Active Directory domain consolidation efforts.
What skills/attributes are required (please be detailed as to number of years of experience for each skill)? - Active Directory infrastructure engineering
- Active Directory performance management / tuning
- server hardware management
- VMware ESX / Hyper-V engineering and operations
The annual salary for this position is between Base of 99,000-116,000 Annually depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.
This position is also eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans.
Benefits: Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:
- Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
- Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
- 401(k) plan and contributions
- Long-term/Short-term Disability
- Paid Parental Leave
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.
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Disclaimer:
Compensation information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.
Applicants may be required to attend interviews in person or by video conference. In addition, candidates may be required to present their current state or government issued ID during each interview.