SC/DV On Prem AD/Azure support Engineer

Job Title: SC/DV cleared ON-PREM AD/Azure support specialistAll potential candidates should read through the following details of this job with care before making an application.Location: Aldermaston, Reading. Potential hybrid agreementsRate: £600-610 per dayWorking hours: standard office hoursInside IR35 - Umbrella contractors only*This role is not suitable for consultants or architects*Holding SC or DV clearanceWe are looking for customer-focused and enthusiastic Azure and Active Directory Specialist to join the company. You should have a genuine interest in solving IT issues and empathetic to customer needs and requirements. Day to day tasks include expert management and troubleshooting of Azure, Dev environments and Active Directory services and issues within a complex locked down System structure. You should possess good written and verbal communication skills, be willing to collaborate with the wider IT support teams and help us develop a strong partnership with our customers IT Leadership.The successful candidate will be responsible in supporting a strategic change to the service model and implementing design documents and processes along with new statements of work. This will require working closely with the Operations Manager and Account Project Lead to define and implement a more agile and collaborative structure which is capable of blending BAU support with short term projects and ad-hoc requests, where scoped and agreed. This will be achieved by following Agile and ITIL Continuous Service Improvement methodologies.ESSENTIALS SKILLS/QUALIFICATIONS:5 years plus Azure Active Directory experience (Essential)Working Knowledge and implementation experience of Azure Dev Ops and Dev Test LabsAzure Virtual Desktop knowledge and implementation experience (Nerdio)Azure Cloud Infrastructure KnowledgeInfrastructure as a Code (knowledge and implementation experience) (IaC)CI/CD pipelines knowledge and understandingARM templates / Bicep (knowledge and implementation experience)Microsoft Tiered Model Knowledge and how this impacts different tiered environmentsAzure Role & Functional based Security Delegation and Layers and Role Based Access ControlAzure Networking ExperienceAzure Firewalls ExperienceAzure Security including Conditional Access Policies and Multi Factor Authentication and Privileged Identity ManagementAzure Virtual Machine ManagementAzure Storage ExperienceAzure Monitoring and log analyticsAzure Enterprise and ADFS Application ProvisioningActive Directory Connect / sync and Active Directory Federation ServicesAzure PowerShell scriptingMicrosoft Windows Server 2016, 2019 and 2022 experienceComfortable working with a Hybrid Joined Active Directory environmentGroup Policy Management and Conditional Access Policy Management ExperienceDNS, DHCP ExperienceWorking knowledge and understand of PKI ServicesScripting experience using BAT, PowerShell, C# and VB ScriptsAwareness of Change and Release ManagementStrong communication skills both written and verbalSelf-motivated with a positive attitude and comfortable working with ambiguityGood knowledge of MS Endpoint ManagementGood knowledge of Office 365 and Exchange OnlineDESIRABLE SKILLS/QUALIFICATIONS:Infrastructure Support experience/ background inc patching, backups and restores, Windows/LinuxAD Sync and AD Connect Experience beneficialAzure ContainersAzure KubernetesAzure Endpoint Management / IntuneGood knowledge across SCCM; WSUS; SCOM 2019; AGPM; Lumensions.ITIL Foundation certified with a broad experience across Service Management disciplines and Agile deliveryBenefits:Development through Training/CertificationPut through DV clearance (including tax allowance)potential hybrid working (home and onsite)Joining a strong team with a wealth of knowledge and experienceIf you have the skill required, apply now!!!