Conversant Group is an IT infrastructure and security consulting company based in Chattanooga, TN. Conversant Group has provided technical, organizational, procedural, and process consulting internationally since the company was formed in 2009.
Unlike many in IT, Conversant Group has a unique perspective: technology is a tool, nothing more. Technology should support the business, and the business should support the people.
About This Position
The Active Directory (AD) and Entra ID engineer is responsible for designing, building and maintaining complex, large scale and global identity directory services environments.
\n- Manage and Maintain Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID.
- Identity provisioning, governance, SSO, MFA, and Conditional Access Policies.
- Manage Risky User / Risky Sign in.
- Enterprise Application provisioning - SSO.
- Single Sign-On technologies such as Okta, Ping, DUO.
- Additional responsibilities as assigned.
- In this role you will support and help build the Entra ID strategy and roadmaps, considering the corporate strategy, industry security trends, and applicable regulatory requirements.
- Enhance the security of our corporate environment by developing processes and implementing technology around user identity and access management.
- Be a subject matter expert for identity provisioning, governance, SSO, MFA, and Conditional Access Policies.
- Analyze, design, and support a highly complex, enterprise level Active Directory in a hybrid on-premise and cloud hosted environment.
- Implement, execute, and support critical IAM processes, including overall identity management, access management, provisioning/de-provisioning, user onboarding/offboarding, SSO, MFA, & CAP.
- Manage and troubleshoot all aspects of Active Directory and Entra ID (Azure AD).
- Must have hands-on experience delivering Azure Single Sign-On integrations, helping to manage and maintain AD, GPO, ADSS, ADCS, DNS, DHCP, Entra ID, AAD Connect, RBAC, Intune, Azure App Proxy, Conditional Access and Microsoft Security Stack.
- Create and maintain system documentation for domain technologies, including installation, configuration, and appropriate troubleshooting steps.
- Proactively identify potential threats, exploit attempts, and other security events related to Directory Services and IAM & make recommendations and/or take action to mitigate identified issues as appropriate.
- Actively contribute to and participate in security incident response as needed.
- Work with internal Security teams to remediate critical security findings as they relate to identity.
- Work with internal stakeholders to implement appropriate role-based access controls for access within the organization.
- Provide ongoing operational support to ensure day-to-day operations are running smoothly.
- Identify and implement opportunities for technology, automation, and security enhancements for IAM functions.
- PowerShell - Create, modify, execute.
- Lean/Smarter IT have a mindset of innovating/automating IT solutions/processes.
- Mentor / Cross train.
- Collaborate and work across globally diverse teams and different time zones.
- Excellent analytical, organization, and problem-solving skills.
- Demonstrated strong written and oral communication skills, including strong relationship building skills and leadership capabilities.
- Ability to form relationships across all levels of the company while modeling Conversant’s Culture and Values.
- Ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce conclusions and responses.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with high attention to detail.
- Ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce conclusions and responses.
- Ability to communicate effectively, both verbal and written.
- 6+ years previous work experience with Entra ID (Azure AD), Active Directory, AWS, Conditional Access Policy management, MFA, SSO.
- Previous success with Identity and Access Management and Governance processes and projects.
- B.S. degree in a computer science, information technology, computer related discipline or 4 years IT work experience in a global information technology infrastructure environment.
- Self-motivated. Pursue ongoing learning opportunities to strengthen skill sets.
- Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills in both technical and non-technical language.
- Demonstrate energy, sense of urgency and enthusiasm in partnering with business stakeholders, colleagues, and suppliers to fulfil needs and sustain world-class solutions.
- Be a strong team player and collaborator willingness to share ideas, documentation, and best practices.
Why work with us?
We offer a dynamic, innovative work environment with rewarding work - help save our clients from disaster!
We truly value our employees and provide an extraordinary package to prove it, including:
Internal and external learning & development opportunities, including career advancement.
Competitive compensation & benefits.
Scheduled & flexible PTO programs.
Fully remote work options.
Family friendly programs
Care packages
Regular team building events.
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