Identity and Access Administrator

POSITION DUTIES

The Identity and Access Administrator’s role involves executing and optimizing a cloud identity ecosystem that aligns with the organization’s goals to ensure the security, reliability, and scalability of NITOAD’s hybrid-cloud environment. The duties of an Identity and Access Administrator duties include:

• Administers and manages end-user identity lifecycle across on-premises Active Directory (AD) and Microsoft Entra ID hybrid environment.
• Manage Enterprise AD servers, including physical and virtual domain controllers, replication health, patching, backups, and service availability.
• Monitor identity security posture and remediate risks which include risky sign-ins, compromised accounts, behavior anomalies, and stale objects.
• Enterprise Privilege Access Management (PAM) and third-party AD management tools administration.
• Configure Entra conditional access policies, MFA, privileged identity management, and identity protection controls.
• Provides Tier-3 support assisting IT staff around the nation with in-depth technical support and troubleshooting advanced problems.
• Develop and maintain documentation such as: infrastructure diagrams, installation documentation, upgrade assessments, and knowledge-based articles.
• Leads Microsoft AD related projects independently or through collaboration with team members.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• 3 years of general experience (relevant accredited coursework may substitute for part).
• 4 years of specialized experience (education may substitute for part).
• 3+ years in Microsoft Entra (Azure) including Identity, Licensing, and Microsoft Purview.
• Strong understanding of identity security best practices, least privilege, and role‑based access control.
• Employment contingent on a satisfactory background check.
• Advanced experience administering, designing, implementing, and supporting Microsoft Active Directory Domain Services (ADDS) environments, including knowledge of Domain Controllers (DC) configuration and troubleshooting.

BENEFITS

• Retirement benefits under the Federal Employees Retirement System.
• Optional participation in Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB).
• Optional participation in Federal Employees Dental and Vision Insurance Program (FEDVIP).
• Optional participation in Federal Employees’ Group Life Insurance (FEGLI).
• Position is excepted service, without competitive civil service tenure.