Active Directory Engineer
Location: Culver City, CA (candidate needs to be onsite 3 days / week)
Start: ASAP
Duration: 4/30/2026 with possibility of extension
Rate: Market/Competitive
Must have skills:
Managing Active Directory Operations
Managing Group Policy with complex Inheritance, Precedence and Enforcement
Working with the client’s enhanced security On-prem AD domains, monitoring AD replication and resolving any replication issues
Using PowerShell/Visual Studio Code for troubleshooting and all other scripting needs
Ability to follow existing SOPs and to create new ones
Required experience:
Extensive Active Directory experience and Azure exposure
High-level PowerShell scripting skills, proven ability to read and modify existing complex automation scripts and modules as well as script from scratch
Previous experience in large, enterprise environments (more than 1,000 servers)
Experience working in a multi-team environment across multiple geographies
Ability to follow and enforce strictly defined security standards and processes. Familiarity with Change, Incident, Problem and Service management.
Natural leadership and mentoring abilities
Ability to work easily with people of different backgrounds
Ability to follow existing SOPs and to create new ones
Responsibilities:
Working with the client’s enhanced security On-prem AD domains
Working with the client’s Azure AD tenants
Configuring and managing privileged access (PAM) and access models
Upgrading and migrating AD physical and virtual servers
Using PowerShell/Visual Studio Code for troubleshooting and all other scripting needs
Managing Group Policy with complex Inheritance, Precedence and Enforcement
Evaluating current environment and clean-up of un-needed AD objects
Collaborating with IT teams to build out any new servers required
Skills Required
- Managing Active Directory operations (on-prem AD domains)
- Managing Group Policy with complex inheritance, precedence and enforcement
- Monitoring AD replication and resolving replication issues
- High-level PowerShell scripting skills; read, modify, and create complex automation scripts/modules
- Experience using Visual Studio Code for troubleshooting and scripting
- Extensive Active Directory experience with Azure AD exposure
- Experience in large enterprise environments (more than 1,000 servers)
- Experience working in multi-team, multi-geography environments
- Ability to follow and create SOPs and enforce defined security standards and processes
- Familiarity with Change, Incident, Problem and Service Management (ITSM)
- Natural leadership and mentoring abilities
- Configure and manage privileged access models (PAM)
- Upgrade and migrate AD physical and virtual servers
- Evaluate environment and clean up unneeded AD objects
- Onsite presence in Culver City, CA three days per week
What We Do
Comspark International Inc. is a global software and engineering consulting firm specializing in the development and maintenance of web-enabled solutions. The company provides a wide range of cutting-edge IT services, including software development, outsourcing, and enterprise application solutions such as ERP, AI, and blockchain. They assist clients across various industry domains by creating and implementing specialized technology solutions to drive business efficiency.
