Senior IAM Consultant (Active Directory & AWS)

Atlanta, GA

6+ Months

$60/HR on W2

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Job Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior IAM Consultant to join our Identity Security team. This role is ideal for an experienced Identity & Access Management (IAM) professional with deep expertise in Microsoft Active Directory and enterprise identity security.

You will play a critical role in designing, implementing, securing, and modernizing Active Directory environments while extending identity services into AWS and cloud environments. This position requires a hands-on engineer who can lead complex IAM initiatives, troubleshoot enterprise-level issues, and collaborate with cross-functional security teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain enterprise Active Directory forests, domains, trusts, Organizational Units (OUs), Group Policies, and Domain Controllers.
• Engineer secure and scalable Active Directory environments aligned with security best practices.
• Collaborate with IAM and Privileged Access Management (PAM) teams to implement delegated administration models and privileged access controls.
• Monitor and troubleshoot Active Directory health, including:
  • Authentication issues
  • Replication failures
  • DNS dependencies
  • Domain Controller availability
  • Account lifecycle issues
• Support integrations between Active Directory and Identity Governance, Authentication, Access Request, and Certification platforms.
• Develop operational documentation, standards, runbooks, and best practices.
• Participate in change management, security audits, incident response, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Design authentication patterns between Active Directory and AWS using LDAP and Kerberos.
• Partner with application teams to implement secure Kerberos-based authentication solutions.
• Contribute to enterprise IAM modernization initiatives and cloud identity strategies.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in Identity & Access Management (IAM).
• 5+ years of hands-on experience administering Microsoft Active Directory.
• 5+ years of experience managing Group Policy.
• Strong expertise in:
  • Active Directory Administration
  • Active Directory Security
  • Group Policy
  • LDAP
  • Kerberos Authentication
  • DNS
  • Active Directory Replication
• Experience managing large-scale enterprise Active Directory environments.
• Experience integrating Active Directory with IAM and Identity Governance platforms.
• Strong understanding of privileged access management and delegated administration models.
• Experience supporting global, multi-domain, or multi-region Active Directory environments.
• Hands-on experience with AWS Active Directory solutions such as:
  • AWS Managed Microsoft AD
  • Self-hosted Active Directory on AWS
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Identity Governance Administration (IGA) platforms.
• Experience with Privileged Access Management (PAM) solutions.
• Knowledge of Zero Trust security principles.
• Experience working in enterprise cloud environments.
• Strong scripting or automation experience using PowerShell is a plus.
• Security certifications or Microsoft Identity certifications are preferred.