Azure AD / Entra ID/ MIM/DNS/DHCP/PKI/ADFS Specialist
Magnus Consulting · Johannesburg, Gauteng
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Our client is looking for an Azure AD Specialist
Duties & Responsibilities
Administer and support Active Directory, Entra ID (Azure AD), and hybrid identity environments.
2 Manage user provisioning, de-provisioning, group management, access control, and identity lifecycle processes.
3 Maintain and troubleshoot DNS, DHCP, Active Directory replication, and directory services infrastructure.
4 Administer Microsoft Identity Manager (MIM) for identity synchronization, provisioning, and governance.
5 Manage Azure AD Connect / Entra Connect synchronization between on-premises and cloud environments.
6 Configure and support ADFS, SSO, Federation Services, MFA, and Conditional Access policies.
7 Administer PKI infrastructure, certificate issuance, renewal, revocation, and certificate lifecycle management.
8 Perform access reviews, privileged access management, governance controls, and compliance activities.
9 Monitor identity platforms, troubleshoot authentication issues, and resolve directory synchronization failures.
10 Develop PowerShell automation scripts, operational reports, and platform administration tasks.
10 Perform security hardening, vulnerability remediation, platform upgrades, and audit support activities.
11 Participate in Incident, Change, Problem Management, RCA preparation, and on-call support activities.
12 Administer and support Exchange Online, Teams, SharePoint Online, OneDrive, and Entra ID.
13 Manage mailbox lifecycle activities including provisioning, deprovisioning, shared mailboxes, distribution lists, and licensing.
14 Configure and maintain MFA, Conditional Access, SSO, authentication, and access control policies.
15 Monitor O365 service health and resolve incidents, alerts, availability, and performance issues.
16 Manage mail flow, transport rules, connectors, spam filtering, email security, and message trace activities.
17 Manage email retention, archiving, compliance, eDiscovery, Data Loss Prevention (DLP), and security policies.
Desired Experience & Qualification
1. Active Directory & Entra ID (Azure AD) Administration.
2. AD multi-domain administration, OU structure, GPO, and DC health and patching.
3. Entra ID: Conditional Access, MFA, certificate-based authentication, PIM, RBAC.
4. Microsoft Identity Manager (MIM) Administration & Synchronization
5. Entra Connect / Cloud Sync: sync rules and attribute flows
6. Federation and SSO (SAML / OpenID Connect), app registrations
7. DNS & DHCP Administration and Troubleshooting
8. PKI / Certificate Services Management
9. Microsoft 365 Administration (Exchange Online, Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive)
10. Entra ID (Azure AD), MFA, Conditional Access & SSO
11. Exchange Online Mail Flow & Email Security Management
12. PowerShell Scripting & Automation
13. Microsoft Defender for O365 & Security Compliance
14. Azure AD Connect & Hybrid O365 Management
Good-to-Have
1. Microsoft Defender & Identity Security Solutions, DLP
2. PowerShell Scripting & Automation
3. Group-based and dynamic licensing
4. Azure operations, including tenant administration, subscription management.
5. Hardware OTP tokens and TAP
6. Exchange Hybrid awareness
7. Disaster Recovery (DR) Planning, Bi-quarterly Audit Reviews, Documentation & SOP Development
8. ITIL Process Knowledge (Incident, Change & Problem Management
Package & Remuneration
HYBRID
+5 YEARS EXPERIENCE
500-600 P/HR