Overview

PepsiCo is looking for an experienced Active Directory/Azure AD engineer to help drive the enterprise directory strategy forward for the Identity and Access Management organization. As a member of the Directory Services team, the Directory Services Engineer will be responsible for developing, engineering, deploying, and supporting comprehensive solutions based on unique and complex requirements and problems related to identity and directory services. The Engineer will also be responsible for identifying opportunities for the automation of tasks, processes, or complete solutions and acting on them, and identifying any opportunities for improvement in the environment.

Responsibilities

Analyze, design, and support a highly complex, enterprise-level Active Directory service in a hybrid on-premises and cloud-hosted environment.
Manage enterprise identity cloud directories, including Microsoft AD and Azure AD.
Translate business needs into workable technology solutions.
Participate in or lead troubleshooting and incident resolution of complex high severity incidents
Develop automated solutions using scripts, pipelines, and cloud-based server-less computing platforms
Develop detailed architecture, standards, design, and implementation documentation
Analyze the current Directory Services environment to identify technical and operational opportunities and develop continuous improvement action plans.
Participate in disaster recovery, capacity planning, performance monitoring, and maintenance to ensure high availability.

Qualifications

Years of Experience:

9+ years experience with engineering and design of Active Directory
8+ years in supporting Active Directory
3+ years support Azure Active Directory

Mandatory Technical Skills:

Knowledge of the following core concepts:

Principle of least privileged access
Principle of revocation of rights
Principle of Just In Time access
Experience with developing, planning, and implementing a large scale enterprise-level Active Directory infrastructure, including but not limited to the following components:
Domain Controller deployment
Securing Active Directory
Advanced GPO settings
Advanced replication management
Experience with governance and compliance, including the following:
SOX controls
Advanced auditing techniques
Experience working with large-scale, enterprise-level LDAP / Active Directory environments
Knowledge of programming/scripting disciplines like the following:
VBScript
PowerShell

Senior Analyst - AD/Entra ID SME