The Client:
Our client, one of Ireland’s leading banks, is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Active Directory and Group Policy Administrator to work in Dublin, Ireland.
What Youโll Love:
- This role is an opportunity to work on a Permanent / Contract basis for one of the top banks in the country.
- The role offers an Attractive Day Rate and and a flexible Hybrid working model.
What you are expected to have:
- 7โ10 years of experience working with Active Directory and Azure AD
- 7 years of progressive experience in Microsoft Windows Server 2022/2019/2016/2012 or newer administration
- 7 years of experience in Active Directory 2016 or newer administration
- At least 5 years of hands-on experience with Group Policy Management
- Minimum 4 years of experience in scripting automation (VBScript, PowerShell, or similar)
- Minimum 3 years of extensive PowerShell scripting for task automation and reporting
- Experience with Advanced Group Policy Management (AGPM)
- Experience with Azure AD Connect (AADConnect), AppProxy, and Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS)
- Strong knowledge of DNS, DHCP, LDAP and AD-related infrastructure
- Experience with Active Directory backup and recovery procedures
- Ability to manage migrations and upgrades related to AD and domain controllers
- Experience installing and managing security reporting tools for monitoring AD changes
- Working knowledge of certificate-based authentication and PKI infrastructure
- Ability to keep AD environments compliant with Microsoft patches, updates, and DISA STIG security guidelines
- Experience supporting, monitoring, and maintaining Active Directory as a whole.
- MCP/MCTIP certification required andย ITIL certification preferred.
- Experience working with automation, reporting, and policy teams.
Soft Skills
- Experience using Incident & Task Management tools (e.g., Remedy)
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Experience handling customers, severity cases, and high-priority incidents
- Ability to produce Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for major and critical issues
- Strong team leadership and conflict management skills
- Ability to provide guidance on AD policies, procedures, and operations.
What you will do:
- Manage, plan, and implement Active Directory across an enterprise environment, including physical and logical AD architectures.
- Design and maintain Sites, Subnets, Organizational Units (OUs), and Domain Controller strategies.
- Oversee and modify the AD Schema, ensuring alignment with enterprise requirements.
- Monitor and troubleshoot AD replication, trust relationships, and overall directory health.
- Perform and manage backup and recovery operations for Active Directory.
- Design, implement, and optimize Group Policies for security, performance, and user/computer environment configuration.
- Troubleshoot Group Policy issues and manage administrative templates and configuration strategies.
- Plan and execute GPO backup and recovery processes.
- Develop strategies for enterprise-wide configuration of user and computer settings using Group Policy.
You are good to apply if you are:
- Irish or EU or British Citizen, or holding a Stamp 4 or Stamp 1G permit.
- Residing in the specified job location currently
Why Should You Apply?
Aside from a highly competitive day rate/salary, this role will provide a great balance of support and challenge for someone who wants to take the next step in their career.
Interested? Apply here:
If you feel youโve got the right skills and experience, we would absolutely love to hear from you!
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