Lead Systems Engineer - AD Expert
Responsibilities
Core Microsoft & Infrastructure Skills
Strong expertise in Microsoft Azure and its cross-functional integration with other Microsoft solutions/products.
Proficiency in PowerShell for maintaining, transforming, and creating automation scripts.
Solid understanding of Windows Server technologies, including:
Active Directory (AD)
DNS
DHCP
Expertise in PKI administration.
Experience with Document Classification & Protection (AIP).
Broad knowledge of systems related directly or indirectly to Messaging.
Active Directory & Identity Management
Hands-on experience with:
Promotion/demotion of Domain Controllers
GPO administration and management
AD health checks
Site/subnet configuration
Trust relationships
Understanding of multi-domain and multi-forest architectures.
Experience with Strong Authentication
Knowledge of ADFS and Office 365 identity integrations.
Basic understanding of Project Management principles.
Ability to demonstrate strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
Solid grasp of ITSM / ITIL processes; certifications are an added advantage.
Additional Skills (Good to Have):
DFS (Distributed File System)
ACL (Access Control List) management
Storage concepts, especially NAS systems
Communication & Collaboration:
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills (mandatory).
Ability to engage effectively in global projects and deliverables across EMEA, Americas, and Asia.
Should be able to organize workload, follow procedures, and provide required reporting/escalation updates to management.
Operational Responsibilities :
Prepare and deliver reports requested by management and compliance teams.
Contribute to Business Continuity (BCP) testing, project collaboration, and handling escalations or crisis situations.
Ensure effective coordination with international teams and managers through structured communication and documentation.
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Role / Job Summary –
For our beneficiary AYVENS (formerly ALD and LeasePlan), in an international context
undergoing rapid transformation, we are looking for an Identity/AD expert who understands
the challenges of transformation as well as production management. This involves
participating in transformation/integration projects, improving security around AD
infrastructures, MCO and the evolution of our Identity/AD infrastructures. Backlog
management (INC/REQ/Change tickets, etc.) and support for N2 teams.
The Ayvens Workplace, used in more than 43 countries, is based on Microsoft solutions in
hybrid mode. In order to manage these infrastructures, solid skills are required in Microsoft
solutions, but also in similar solutions:
• Azure and its cross-functional links with other MS solutions/products
• Powershell, to be able to maintain, transform and also create scripts
• Windows servers in general (AD \ DNS \ DHCP \ …)
• Certificate management (PKI)
• Document classification (AIP)
• And in general, anything related, directly or indirectly, to messaging.
To carry out this service, the Workplace team is made up of 13 resources in France and 8
resources in India. A particular focus will be required in the Workplace team's work, and a
summary of ongoing actions will need to be shared with management during weekly
meetings.
Finally, knowledge of inter-tenant migrations would be an advantage in the context of the
transformation plan.
The Beneficiary wishes to improve the quality of its IT systems management.
To this end, the Beneficiary wishes to benefit from the Service Provider's expertise in technical
architecture.
In this context, the service consists of contributing to:
- The MCO of infrastructure services
- Passing all service changes to Cab. This requires familiarity with processes such as:
- Impact assessment and rollbacks
- Level 3 support for our beneficiaries
- Contributing to projects:
o GTE for our beneficiary AYVENS
o AYVENS impacting GT
- Contributing to various entity meetings
- Ensuring procedures, DATs and all other documents related to the scope.
Finally, due to the international context, English is mandatory.
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