Security Specialist: Active Directory Platform Support

Job Description

We are actively searching for a talented and experience Security Specialist: Active Directory Platform Support. This role is performed by technical professionals who specialize in providing services to clients on infrastructure & software components. Activities include operation and maintenance of Microsoft Active Directory and Azure Active Directory, including troubleshooting, applying patches/version upgrades, and managing high availability solutions and load balancing.

Responsibilities

• Check DNS zones and remove obsolete ones. Clean-up and removal of stale zones and resource records is required to prevent accumulation of zone data, and to improve responsiveness
• Check name servers and remove Windows Internet Name service (WINS) dependencies
• Check DNS for dormant static records and configure DNS scavenging, which removes stale and orphaned DNS records from the database
• Clear the DNS cache at regular intervals
• Check DHCP logs for failed leases or depletion of IP pools
• Monitor the availability of Domain Controllers
• Check AD replication health – verify if all Domain Controllers (DCs) are communicating with the central monitoring console and examine all replication alerts on DCs
• Verify that all DCs run on same Service pack and hot fix patches
• Review trust relationships in the forest and remove broken trusts
• heck backups, and validate the procedures to restore system data upon failure. Backup Group Policy Objects (GPOs)
• Engage other resolver teams (OS / Network etc) as required, in case of issue with the underlying infrastructure
• Maintain Azure AD Connect Service
• Triage Azure AD Connect Health Alerts for Sync and ADFS
• Monitor Hybrid Logs:
• Azure AD App Proxy Connectors
• Azure AD Passthrough Authentication Agents
• Azure AD Password Writeback Service
• Troubleshoot self-service password reset service in Azure Active Directory
• Support other application teams on Active Directory Integration activities – authentication methods including MFA”

Experience/Qualification

• Diploma/BTech/Degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related qualification
• 1 to 8 years of experience

If you meet the above requirement please email your CV to info@soma-solutions.co.za