Lead Active Directory Engineer
Location: Alpharetta, GA (3 days on-site a week)
NO SPONSERSHIP
LOCAL CANDIDATES ONLY
Lead Active Directory & Systems Engineer (On Prem, Windows/VMware)
(10+ years senior level experience required)
- Architect & administer a large, on prem Active Directory forest in a mission critical Windows/VMware ESXi environment; design GPOs, trusts, and delegation strategies for scalability and tight security.
- Engineer virtualization: plan, build, and tune VMware vSphere/ESX clusters, UCS blades, and associated SAN/storage growth.
- Drive automation with Ansible, standardizing builds, patching, and configuration drift remediation across Windows and integrated Red Hat Linux systems.
- Own cornerstone projects - SCADA modernization, Infoblox rollout, UCS/storage expansion, and the deployment of Splunk, ThousandEyes, and Cisco DNAC for observability and security.
- Lead end to end Splunk implementation (indexers, forwarders, search heads) fully in house to meet stringent regulatory controls.
- Troubleshoot & support the OT/monitoring network, partnering with SCADA & Controls Engineering to maintain high availability.
- Champion compliance with industry regulations and internal cyber security standards; maintain rigorous change control documentation.
- Mentor Systems Administrators and junior Engineers; provide escalation, knowledge transfer, and smooth hand off from design/build to run/support.
Environment & Tools: Windows Server , Active Directory, VMware vSphere/ESXi, Cisco UCS, Infoblox, Splunk, ThousandEyes, DNAC, PowerShell, Ansible, Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Why this role matters: You'll join a small cadre of Lead Engineers-the last line of defense ensuring critical industrial systems stay online. Your deep AD expertise and calm under pressure will keep operations running and secure when every second counts.