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Akkodis · 1 day ago

Security Engineer

Richmond, VA

Contract

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$65/hr - $70/hr

4+ years exp

Akkodis is seeking a Security Operations Engineer for a Contract position with a client located in Richmond, VA or Plano, TX. The role involves analyzing and enhancing the security posture of a complex Active Directory and Single Sign On environment, managing enterprise cloud infrastructures, and developing automated solutions.

Information Technology & Services

H1B Sponsor Likely

Hiring Manager

Himanshu Chauhan

Responsibilities

Analyze, enhance, and support the security posture of a highly complex, enterprise level Active Directory and Single Sign On environment in a hybrid on-premise and cloud hosted configuration

Active Directory SME (Domain Controller operations, GPO, AD Sites & Services, Ability to automate day to day tasks, user & group management, etc…)

Manage enterprise cloud infrastructures in AWS

Translate business needs into workable technology solutions that meet the needs of internal customers

Participate in or lead troubleshooting and incident resolution of complex, high severity incidents

Develop automated solutions using scripts, pipelines, and cloud-based server-less computing platforms

Develop detailed architecture, standards, design, and implementation documentation

Analyze the current Authentication Services environment to identify both technical and operational opportunities and develop continuous improvement action plans

Qualification

Active DirectoryAWSCloud Infrastructure managementPingFed/PingIDSAMLSSOOAuthLDAPOIDCPowerShellVBScriptYAMLPythonMicrosoft Identity ManagerJiraConfluenceServiceNowSplunkNew RelicCICD pipelineGit

Required

High School Diploma, GED or equivalent certification

At least 4 years of experience working in cybersecurity or information technology

At least 1 years of experience with Active Directory, AWS, PingFed, or PingID

At least 1 years of experience with Cloud Infrastructure management

Active Directory Domain Service 2016/2020 OS advanced - All things AD - replication, sites, GP, managing a domain, creating a DC, domain reduction etc

Ping skillset/infrastructure (PingFed or PingID)

Active Directory Domain Service 2016/2020 OS advanced

Cloud Infrastructure management (AWS)

SAML, SSO, OAuth, LDAP, OIDC (OpenID Connect) etc

Preferred

5+ years of experience with securing and managing Active Directory at an enterprise level

5+ years of experience with EC2, CFT, and AWS cloud infrastructures

5+ years of experience in Active Directory security

5+ years of experience developing complex scripts in PowerShell, VBScript, YAML, Python or other languages to develop automated solutions

3+ ADDS engineering /Ops senior experience

3+ PowerShell advanced

3+ Identity Lifecycle Management

3+ Splunk (querying, dashboards), New Relic (Identity Security, compliance NIST, Group Policy controls, Governance polices), Observability

3+ AWS, Azure, EntraID

CICD pipeline/DevOps, Git and version controls

Microsoft Identity Manager

Radiant Logic

Jira, Confluence

ServiceNow

AWS Solutions Architect &/or MS SC-300 Certified

Benefits

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life insurance

Short-term disability

Additional voluntary benefits

An EAP program

Commuter benefits

A 401K plan

Paid Sick Leave

Holiday pay

Company

Akkodis

Glassdoor3.3

Akkodis provides digital engineering solutions for sustainable and innovative industries.

Zug, Zug, CHE

10001+ employees

https://www.akkodis.com

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