Job Summary:
MDAEdge is seeking a Senior Directory Infrastructure Engineer to join their Engineering Team. This role involves managing a variety of functions related to enterprise identity infrastructure, including Active Directory and security incident response, while ensuring effective lifecycle management of AD domains.
Responsibilities:
• Design, implement, and maintain enterprise directory services infrastructure
• Manage the complete lifecycle of AD domains, including planning, deployment, maintenance, upgrades, and decommissioning
• Lead domain consolidation, migration, and forest restructuring projects
• Develop domain health monitoring and proactive maintenance procedures
• Create and execute disaster recovery plans for directory services
• Develop and maintain automation scripts using PowerShell for directory management tasks
• Interface with directory services using Graph API and REST API for custom integrations
• Implement and maintain security best practices for directory services
• Design and manage trust relationships between domains and forests
• Create and maintain documentation for directory architecture and operational procedures
• Provide escalation support for critical directory service incidents
Qualifications:
Required:
• 5+ years of hands-on experience with enterprise directory services (Active Directory, Entra ID, OKTA Universal Directory, LDAP)
• Demonstrated experience with AD domain lifecycle management, including domain creation, upgrades, and decommissioning
• Advanced PowerShell scripting skills with demonstrable experience automating directory management tasks
• Proven experience with Microsoft Graph API and REST API integration for directory management
• Experience with directory synchronization technologies (Azure AD Connect, OKTA integration agents, etc.)
• Strong understanding of identity security best practices and compliance requirements
• Experience with multi-forest and hybrid identity environments
• Ability to design and implement complex directory architecture solutions
• Bachelor's degree in information technology or related field, or equivalent experience
Preferred:
• Relevant certifications (Microsoft 365 Certified: Identity and Access Administrator, OKTA Professional, etc.)
• Experience with Terraform, Ansible, or similar IaC tools for directory infrastructure
• Knowledge of SAML, OAuth, OIDC, and other modern authentication protocols
• Experience with Group Policy design and management
• Expertise in domain controller sizing, placement, and performance optimization
• Experience with domain functional level upgrades and cross-domain migrations
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure automation
• Experience with implementing Zero Trust architecture
Company:
The world doesn't have a talent shortage. It has a talent alignment problem. MDA Edge exists to fix that. Founded in , the company is headquartered in Sheridan, WY, US, , with a team of 51-200 employees. The company is currently Growth Stage.