Staff Engineer- Directory Services

Company Background:

Genuine Parts Company (“GPC” or the “Company”), founded in 1928 and based in Atlanta, Georgia, is a leading distributor of automotive and industrial replacement parts and value-added services. The Company operates a global portfolio of businesses with more than 10,000 locations across the world. GPC has approximately 50,000 global employees. The Company has operations in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Singapore, France, the U.K., Germany, Poland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain and China.

Position Purpose:

We are seeking a Staff Engineer - Directory Services who has strong expertise in Entra ID / Azure AD, a builder mentality, and problem-solving skills.  This position will play a critical role in shaping our Azure AD Cloud environment.  Lead complex projects and ensure the success of solution development and roll outs.

The nature of this position is to focus and work energetically on Microsoft Azure AD/Azure AD Identity Suites of products, SSO/Directory services, and collaborate across disciplines.  This role will involve collaborating with the team to improve our systems worldwide. This role will oversee the structural design process, core system availability, and perform quality control throughout all technical areas during implementation and operations. 

Responsibilities:

• Work with other IT organizations in the design, development, and implementation of Azure AD / Active Directory solutions as a SME in the IAM space. 
• Support application migration for standard and nonstandard (homegrown) target applications.
• Subject matter expert on Azure AD / Active Directory suites in supporting GPC’s web authentication and help in deploying these products in various environments
• Oversee end-user identity, application access, application resource access, directory maintenance, and the user and application security lifecycle, which includes provisioning and de-provisioning access rights.
• Technically provides support, implementation, and design services for Microsoft Active Directory, AAD, and Windows-based systems across the enterprise, including directory and identity management solutions
• Reducing technical debt (legacy scripts, policies, OU structures, non-standard configurations), designing and enabling OU Restructure
• Working with other IT organizations in the design, development and implementation of Azure AD / Active Directory solutions as a SME in the IAM space
• Ensure compliance with security best practices and regulatory requirements by conducting regular audits and assessments of Azure resources and configurations
• Offer specialized knowledge and expertise in information security policies, identity policies, and large enterprise-scale practices.
• Solid understanding application and systems security architecture and best practices
• Provides second-tier support for domain technology issues that cannot be resolved by the L2 Operations team.
• Provides direct support for product development, testing, and knowledge transfer of production ready solutions.
• Responsible for supporting core user directories including AD, Azure AD, and LDAP technologies
• Provide technical support to the Security Operations team for the day-to-day management of IAM solutions.
• Implement IAM solutions that meet open standards such as SAML, OAuth and OpenID Connection onboarding protocols.
• Responsible for and assisting with the implementation of Multi Factor Authentication solutions.
• Be accountable and able to demonstrate strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Responsible for implementing IAM solutions that leverage load balancers, clustering, high availability, and disaster recovery technologies.
• Responsible for awareness and implementation expertise involving certificate management, SSL handshaking, and encryption technologies while integrating IAM solutions.
• Responsible for documenting and updating SOP's and transferring knowledge to other team members.
• Identify operational issues while recommending and implementing IAM solutions within the overall strategic direction.
• Other duties as assigned.

Location:

• GPC has two work locations to choose from, Duluth or Atlanta office.

• We offer a Flexible Work Policy that permits eligible employees to work a hybrid remote schedule.

Desired Qualifications & Experiences: 

• Bachelor’s degree in network engineering, information security, computer science or equivalent experience
• 8+ years of experience administering a global AD / Azure AD implementation to include deployment, sustainment, and maintenance.
• Experience working with the company, client, and/or equivalent vendor-mandated methodology
• Experience with access management policies and procedures
• Extensive experience working with IAM Technologies, including strong experience with Entra ID, Azure AD, Windows Active Directory.
• A proven track record of providing architecture guidance and advisory services to clients for various environments and systems, which includes application/technology blueprints, roadmaps, optimization, and migration strategies
• Person should possess excellent technical skills in Azure AD, Azure AD connect
• Knowledge on AAD Connect Synchronization rules, Delta Synchronization, Full Synchronization, Microsoft, and On-premises Connectors.
• Working experience on various authentication protocols SSO, MFA and identity protocols SAML, OIDC, SSL, API Key, Basic Auth, OAuth
• Basic knowledge on API, Graph API's
• Good Knowledge and hands on experience with PowerShell.
• Basic knowledge on MFA management, conditional Access
• Strong analysis and design skills
• Good communication skills
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a complex environment
• Ability to devise creative technical solutions
• Ability to convey a strong presence, professional image, and deal confidently with complex technical problems

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