Active Directory Specialist

Company:  CDW
Location: Chicago
Closing Date: 05/11/2024
Hours: Full Time
Type: Permanent
Job Requirements / Description

Active Directory Migration Specialist

Chicago, IL

2 days per week onsite

6 month to 1 year project for large AD Migration


The Active Directory Migration Specialist is responsible for supporting Active Directory Migration in a large enterprise environment. Will be responsible for performing discovery and migrations of users/computers/servers and continual support for Windows workstation/server migration related issues. Will perform application assessment, documentation, planning, work with the technical debt team on application migrations to GoogleApp/SaaS replacements as well as migrations using Quest's On Demand Migration for Active Directory (ODM-AD).


Purpose:

  • Support Active Directory Migration efforts
  • Perform discovery and migrations of users/computers/servers
  • Provide continual support for Windows workstation/server migration issues
  • Perform application assessment, documentation, and planning
  • Work with the technical debt team on application migrations to GoogleApp/SaaS replacements
  • Perform migrations using Quest's On Demand Migration for Active Directory (ODM-AD)


Primary Duties / Responsibilities:

  • Application assessment, documentation, and planning
  • Discovery of Active Directory, sites, users, computers, servers, applications, OU’s, GPOs, group memberships
  • Analyze systems and assist with migration approaches
  • Communicate with site managers, end users, technical leads, and project managers
  • Submit change requests, send communications, schedule, and perform user and computer migrations
  • Provide input to system environment changes to ensure minimal disruption
  • Assist with documentation, standards, policies, procedures, and configurations in Confluence
  • Act as escalation point for Active Directory Migration issues
  • Follow and incorporate ITIL methodology


Qualifications/Experience/Background:

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, and/or equivalent work experience
  • Minimum 5 years of Windows Server and Active Directory administration experience
  • Minimum 3 years experience with Citrix Xenapp, Citrix Cloud, VDAs, VDIs
  • Microsoft MCSE certification a plus
  • Technical knowledge of systems including servers, virtualization, backup, recovery, and cloud
  • Experience in a complex multi-forest, multi-domain Active Directory environment
  • Experience in a highly secure tiered infrastructure environment
  • Experience with Microsoft Entra Connect/Azure AD Connect a plus
  • Experience with Windows desktops & servers
  • Experience with Windows Remote Desktop Services (RDS Servers)
  • Experience with Active Directory Migration
  • Experience with Quest's Migration Manager for Active Directory and File Servers (MMAD)
  • Experience with Quest's On Demand Migration for Active Directory (ODM-AD)
  • Experience with Quest’s OneIdentity Password Manager
  • Experience with PowerShell, scripting, and automating tasks
  • Experience with VMware and virtualization
  • Experience with Citrix Cloud Xenapp, VDA, VDI
  • Experience with Linux a plus
  • Experience with AWS a plus
  • Experience with SCCM a plus


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