IAM Engineer - Active Directory

Function

We’re Hitachi Vantara, the data foundation trusted by the world’s innovators. Our resilient, high-performance data infrastructure means that customers – from banks to theme parks ­– can focus on achieving the incredible with data.   

If you’ve seen the Las Vegas Sphere, you’ve seen just one example of how we empower businesses to automate, optimize, innovate – and wow their customers. Right now, we’re laying the foundation for our next wave of growth.  We’re looking for people who love being part of a diverse, global team – and who get excited about making a real-world impact with data.

IAM Engineer - Active Directory
 

Meet our Team

We are the Identity and Access Management team, part of Cybersecurity at Hitachi Vantara, and we are passionate advocates of information security! We maintain key tools and software in our corporate environment that ensure the proper identity and access management of our employees, vendors, customers, and partners. We are out-of-the-box thinkers, innovators, and team players. We constantly seek new and better ways of doing things. We need highly motivated individuals to join our dynamic team who have positive attitudes and want to be part of something special. We strive for nothing less than the very best IAM program!

What you’ll be doing

As an experienced, technically sound IAM Engineer, you will join a team of IAM analysts, developers, and engineers, reporting to the Director of Identity and Access Management. Working closely with other teams, you will help to mature the Identity and Access Management program at Hitachi Vantara.

As an IAM Engineer, you will assist the engineering team with tasks related to oversight and management of Active Directory, Non-Human Identities, Server Access Control, and more.

Experience level : 8-12yrs only

Your tasks will include:

Mastering your skills related to on-prem Active Directory

Assisting with escalations of Tier 2 support tickets to resolution.

Management of Active Directory objects

User accounts

Computer accounts

AD Group structure

Service and Resource accounts

AD Domain structure

Forest and Child topology

GPO object creation/modification/deletion

GPO topology

Active Directory domain controller maintenance.

Domain health checks

Promoting and demoting servers into the domain environment.

Prep new servers for domain promotion

Post-installation of security tools

Prep demoted servers for decommissioning.

Troubleshooting replication issues

Updating the operating system

Installing security patches

Sites and Service topology management

Management of DNS Zones and Objects

Create/Modify/Delete objects

Troubleshoot DNS resolution issues.

AWS Console management

EC2 instance management

EC2 instance backups

Development of reporting and management scripts in PowerShell

Okta data retrieval.

Ad-Hoc reports on the fly when tasked

Report formatting standards.

Scripting standards

What you bring to the team

Strong working knowledge and experience with Microsoft Active Directory implementation and administration.

AD Replication Management tools

Sites and Services Topology

Active Directory Users and Computers management

Organizational Units Structure and Design

Security Access Control Lists (ACL’s)

Security Group Types

Forest and Child Domains

Working knowledge with AD group policies (GPO’s Local and Domain).

Prefer experience with Active Directory Group Policy Manager (AGPM).

Understanding AGPM policy deployment in the domain environment.

A strong understanding of Domain Naming Services (DNS). A good understanding of DNS Zones, forwarders, conditional forwarders and PTR records. DNS management tools.

Familiar with Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP and LDAPS)

Knowledge of Active Directory integration with Distributed File System Replication (DFSR)

Experience with PowerShell is encouraged.

Knowledge of Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a plus

AWS console management

Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instance management

Understanding EC2 instance storage requirements

AWS EC2 instance backups

Knowledge of AD Quest tools is a plus.

RMAD DRE AD backup

Security IT Search

Change Auditor

SQL DB interaction with Quest tools

Our Company

Hitachi Vantara is part of the Global Hitachi family. We balance innovation with an open, friendly culture and the backing of a long-established parent company, known for its ethical reputation. We guide customers from what’s now to what’s next by unlocking the value of their data and applications to solve their digital challenges, achieving outcomes that benefit both business and society.

Our people are our biggest asset, they drive our innovation advantage, and we strive to offer a flexible and collaborative workplace where they can thrive. Diversity of thought is welcomed, and our employee base is represented by several active Employee Resource Group communities. We offer industry leading benefits packages and promote a creative and inclusive culture. If driving real change gives you a sense of pride and you are passionate about powering social good, we’d love to hear from you.

We’re a global team of innovators. Together, we harness engineering excellence and passion for insight to co-create meaningful solutions to complex challenges. We turn organizations into data-driven leaders that can a make positive impact on their industries and society. If you believe that innovation can inspire the future, this is the place to fulfil your purpose and achieve your potential.

Hitachi is a global company operating across a wide range of industries and regions. One of the things that sets Hitachi apart is the diversity of our business and people, which drives our innovation and growth.

We are committed to building an inclusive culture based on mutual respect and merit-based systems. We believe that when people feel valued, heard, and safe to express themselves, they do their best work.

We help take care of your today and tomorrow with industry-leading benefits, support, and services that look after your holistic health and wellbeing. We’re also champions of life balance and offer flexible arrangements that work for you (role and location dependent). We’re always looking for new ways of working that bring out our best, which leads to unexpected ideas. So here, you’ll experience a sense of belonging, and discover autonomy, freedom, and ownership as you work alongside talented people you enjoy sharing knowledge with.

We’re proud to say we’re an equal opportunity employer and welcome all applicants for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, age, disability status or any other protected characteristic. Should you need reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know so that we can do our best to set you up for success.