Senior Active Directory and Server Administration Specialist

Senior Active Directory and Server Administration Specialist

Company:

The Boeing Company

The Boeing Company is currently seeking a Senior Active Directory and Server Administration Specialist to join the team in Kent, WA; Huntsville, AL; Mesa, AZ; El Segundo, CA; Huntington Beach, CA; Englewood, CO; Miami, FL; Chicago, IL; Berkeley, MO; Oklahoma City, OK; Ridley Park, PA; North Charleston, SC; Dallas, TX; Plano, TX; Arlington, VA; Everett, WA; or Seattle, WA.

This individual will operate and evolve enterprise Active Directory (AD), privileged-access tooling, software distribution systems, and content repository. The environment spans nine AD domains, roughly 200,000 endpoints, extensive Group Policy Objects (GPOs), Distributed File System Replication (DFSR)-replicated servers, and both physical and virtual infrastructure.

This role includes hands-on administration, monitoring, incident response, automation, migration work, and training.

Position Responsibilities:

• Manage AD at enterprise scale including security groups, machine accounts, Organizational Units (Ous), GPO creation/testing/troubleshooting, AD hardening, and cloud AD integrations (Azure/Amazon Web Services)

• Support CyberArk/privileged access including user onboarding, access troubleshooting, and training

• Operate software distribution infrastructure (System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)/ Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager (MECM), Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), content servers) including packaging, sequencing, replication health, patching, Demand Response (DR), and client troubleshooting

• Maintain DFSR replica sets, master/staging servers, replication troubleshooting, capacity planning, and drive migrations from End of Life (EOL) hardware to virtual/current Operating System (OS)

• Monitor incident response including implementing and maintain monitoring (SCOM/Splunk/Azure Monitor/Prometheus)

• Lead incident triage and postmortems, maintain playbooks/runbooks

• Develop PowerShell and Python scripts, store automation in Git

• Apply Infrastructure as Code (IaC)/Continuous Integration (CI) practices where appropriate

• Participate in No Objection Statement (NOS) migration, desktop change board, role manager workflows, and domain consolidation/migration efforts

• Create and maintain runbooks, train technicians and end users, and perform knowledge transfer as needed

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

• 5+ years of experience installing, configuring, troubleshooting, and administering Windows Server (2016 or later) and Windows desktop OS (Windows 10 or later)

• 3+ years of experience with designing, implementing, and maintaining group policy objects within a Microsoft Active Directory environment

• 3+ years of experience supporting software distribution platforms

• Experience with software credential repositories, including CyberArk Conjur, HashiCorp Vault, and Spring Cloud Vault

• Experience writing PowerShell or other scripts to automate deployment and configuration of operating systems

• Experience in Git

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

• Bachelor’s degree or higher

• Experience with DFSR, ESXi, SQL Server, Azure Active Directory (AD) Connect/Amazon Web Service (AWS) integrations

• Experience working with support tickets to resolution

• Experience with strong communication, training, and cross-team collaboration

• Experience with domain consolidation and migration

• Experience working in role-based permission systems

• Experience with Python programming

• Experience with Intune co-management, Workspace ONE, and enterprise backup/Disaster Recovery (DR) planning

Conflict of Interest:

Successful candidates for this job must satisfy the Company’s Conflict of Interest (COI) assessment process.

Drug Free Workplace:

Boeing is a Drug Free Workplace where post offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria is met as outlined in our policies.

Pay & Benefits:

At Boeing, we strive to deliver a Total Rewards package that will attract, engage and retain the top talent. Elements of the Total Rewards package include competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.  

The Boeing Company also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of bene