Nationwide · 1 week ago
Specialist, Technology Engineering (Active Directory Engineer)
Ohio - Columbus, Three Nationwide Plaza
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
4+ years expNationwide is a Fortune 100 company focused on delivering innovative technology solutions to enhance customer care. The Active Directory Engineer will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining the Active Directory infrastructure while ensuring secure configurations and compliance with standards.
BankingFinancial ServicesInsuranceLife Insurance
Responsibilities
Creates and implements standard builds/templates for all technology platforms
Drives requirements to meet current and future needs, tracks and reports capacity postures
Applies secure software and systems engineering practices throughout the delivery lifecycle to ensure our data and technology solutions are protected from threats and vulnerabilities
Analyzes reports and delivery recommendations to remediate capacity issues
Implements capacity enhancements
Designs standard and custom technology solutions for business partner projects, including pre-production testing, performance tuning, handoffs and certification
Delivers technology/product optimization, migrations and management, including technology/product design, planning, power and environmental management
Collaborates with others to develop meaningful metrics that drive fact-based decisions on a given product/environment/solution
Conducts proactive system maintenance, disaster recovery planning, data backup and recovery as well as inventory, configuration and utility product management
Executes production engineering processes, incident management, root cause analysis, problem management, change management, release management and knowledge management
Provides production support for all technology platforms
Provides oversight for technical labs and development environments
Qualification
Required
Intermediate level of experience supporting Active Directory infrastructure
Design, implement, and maintain AD infrastructure
Manage group policy objects
Troubleshooting access issues, including DNS services issues
Creation and maintenance of accounts
Monitor, audit, and configure security policies
Ensure secure configuration and standard control compliance
Ability to seek opportunities to improve process/procedures via AI and automation
Basic knowledge of cybersecurity fundamentals (specific to Identity Access Management)
Ability to consult and collaborate with customers and technology partners
Soft skills to include verbal and written communication
Four years of experience with moderately complex integrated solutions and an ability to develop and modify existing solutions for specialized needs
Experience with automation of solution configurations deployment and with system management processes and tools
Experience with concepts and solutions: IaaS, PaaS, SaaS and Package Solutions
Strong communication skills
Knowledge of planning, management and execution of Accelerated Solutions Deliver framework
Information Security acumen
Influencing, negotiating and priority setting
Preferred
Experience or knowledge of MS Entra ID
Experience or knowledge of AWS Identity Center
Experience using PowerShell
Experience with Splunk or New Relic
Undergraduate studies in computer science, management information systems or a related field
Technology certifications or designation are not required, but encouraged (i.e.: AWS, Azure, scripting and development languages, delivery methods, security)
Insurance/financial services industry knowledge is a plus
Benefits
Medical/dental/vision
Life insurance
Short and long term disability coverage
Paid time off with newly hired associates receiving a minimum of 18 days paid time off each full calendar year pro-rated quarterly based on hire date
Nine paid holidays
8 hours of Lifetime paid time off
8 hours of Unity Day paid time off
401(k) with company match
Company-paid pension plan
Business casual attire
And more.
Company
Nationwide
Nationwide, a Fortune 100 company based in Columbus, Ohio, is one of the largest and strongest diversified insurance and financial services organizations in the United States.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Jim Grafmeyer
VP, Chief Enterprise Architect
Tony Fenton
Vice President Commercial Lines Underwriting & Product - Commercial, E&S and Specialty
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