Sr. Associate, Active Directory/Azure Administrator - Remote

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KPMG is currently seeking a Sr. Associate, Active Directory/Azure Administrator to join our Digital Nexus organization. This is a remote work opportunity.

Responsibilities:

• Handle Azure AD Tenant Administration (Events, Incidents and Requests) based on a defined, ticket-driven service catalog
• Participate in the implementation, administration and support of Azure AD and Active Directory solutions and systems
• Write or modify scripts to provision cloud resources and automate repetitive tasks wherever practical
• Optimize existing and identify new opportunities for monitoring, logging and management metrics to improve operational effectiveness and customer knowledge
• Provide troubleshooting support; investigate user escalation calls, finding optimum solutions for both users and the firm
• Work in teams to solve challenging problems involving system and environment internals, to provide solutions that are simple to use but can be customized to meet customer needs

Qualifications:

• Minimum three years of recent and progressive experience with scripting and task automation utilizing Python or PowerShell; strong understanding of Azure cloud technologies
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university or equivalent work experience
• Technical working knowledge of Windows server OS, Microsoft Azure AD, Enterprise Active Directory, PowerShell, DNS, DHCP, WINS, TCP/IP and network related technologies
• Extensive experience with infrastructure and server theories, principles and concepts; application infrastructure and standards; networking fundamentals, Windows, Physical Server architecture; Virtualization Technologies (e.g. VMware, Cisco UCS) and LAN/WAN/Firewall/VPN network technologies
• Ability to provide technical advice, guidance and recommendations to management and other technical specialists on critical Windows and software updates and vulnerability issues; strong written communication, problem solving, organizational and independent judgment skills to support an environment driven by customer service and team work; ability to work weekends and nights for maintenance windows and on-call rotation
• US Citizenship is required

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