Senior Infrastructure Engineer (Active Directory & Windows Core Services)

Senior Infrastructure Engineer (Active Directory &
Windows Core Services)

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Centrica Energy is looking for aSenior Infrastructure Engineer, who will contribute to strengthening knowledge within the Active Directory and Core Windows Services field.

We are currently in the migration phase, where we want to consolidate Active Directories t o simplify management and overall complexity of our setup. In the project you will be able to contribute with your knowledge in design aspects of Active Directory, involv ing structure, delegation, security aspects, but also hands on.

Many of our in-house developed applications leverage AD authentication in different ways, which adds to the complexity when consolidating and migrating the m into a new domain, so application migration experience would be a big plus.

The daily long-term activities will include ensuring standardization, stability, and security around Active Directory, but also other Core Windows Components.

About the role

We are a small infrastructure team and therefore you will also be involved in some operational responsibilities. Therefore, we expect that you have:

Technical skills:

Several years of experience in Active Directory from a large-scale enterprise:
Confident with design and delegation principles (least- privilegie ), k nowledge of managing identities, including tiering, k nowledge of multi-site / multi-region setup

Several years of experience with Active Directory Certificate Services (PKI):
Certification Authority configuration and management, c ertificate template management, configuration, and deployment

Several years of experience handling Windows Server Operating System s:
K nowledge of deployment and configuration, s trong skills in troubleshooting, b road knowledge of other Windows Core Services like DNS, DHCP, file services and WSUS

Strong i nterest with in automation and integration i.E. Powershell, Ansible, Terraform, SaltStack or IaC

Interest within security and hardening principles for all of the above, including Microsoft Security Baselinesand CIS Framework

Personal skills:

Outgoing personality with an open mindset in terms of ideas and approach

Team player oriented – Good alone, but better together mentality

Able to structure your own work and work independently

Natural interest in standardization and documentation

Eager to learn and grow in your primary field of expertise

Centrica Energy is part of Centrica Group, which are responsible for the general security posture of the platform, which means, that:

Microsoft Entra ID responsibility lies with the corporate g roup function, which means cooperation with g roup around activities

S ecurity hardening will be done in close cooperation with g roup function

Troubleshooting and deep diving with SOC using the Microsoft Defender suite

Centrica Energy moves energy from source to use – driving the green transition while offering sustainable and predictable energy costs for suppliers and offtakers. Working alongside some of the world’s leading energy investors and businesses, we’re looking to re-shape the energy future and bridge the future to a carbon neutral economy.

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This role is being handled by the Centrica recruitment team and NO agency contact is required.

PLEASE APPLY ONLINE by hitting the 'Apply' button.Applications will ONLY be accepted via the ‘Apply’ button.This role is being handled by the Centrica recruitment team and NO agency contact is required.

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