Solutions Architect ( Active Directory SME)

Dawn InfoTek Inc. is a professional IT consulting team that partners with major financial institutions, investment firms and government sectors. We have been dedicated to delivering cutting-edge consulting services and recruiting all levels of IT positions for our clients.

We are currently seeking competent individuals to fulfill the role of Solutions Architect ( Active Directory SME) to join our dynamic team for our client, one of the major banks. The Solution Architect to implement industry-standard Active Directory security and compliance. The main function of the Solution Architect is to work with 3rd party vendors and internal AD operations, AD Engineering, and Security teams to analyze and provide recommendations on GPOs and AD trusts.

Typical Day in Role:

• Reporting to Senior Manager Enterprise Platform – AD Operations, the Solution Architect will be working with multiple stakeholders and members of the team
• Attend weekly project meetings, provide technical advice related to Active Directory, GPOs and AD trusts based on analysis of collected reports as well as recommending best practices
• Implement changes following Scotiabank CAB standards
• Identify gaps in the current standards
• Identify and remove GPOs and AD trusts based on analysis output

Candidate Requirements/Must-Have skills:

1.10+ years of hands-on technical working experience in supporting & deploying AD, GPO & DNS in a large corporate environment with 2,500 end-users or more

2. 8+ years of working experience as a Solution Architect and Active Directory SME

3. Excellent knowledge with AD security, security principals and standards, GPOs, AD trusts, and Privileged Access

4. Industry certification, such as Microsoft certification required

Nice-To-Have Skills:

• Previous FI/Banking experience is a plus
• Experience with PowerShell scripting
• Knowledge of project management principles
• Spanish language is preferred

Education

• Post-secondary degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or related IT field is an asset