Global Directory Services Engineer

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Requisition Number: 72794

The company built on breakthroughs. Join us. Corning is one of the world’s leading innovators in glass, ceramic, and materials science. From the depths of the ocean to the farthest reaches of space, our technologies push the boundaries of what’s possible.

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At Corning, there are endless possibilities for making an impact. You can help connect the unconnected, drive the future of automobiles, transform at-home entertainment, and ensure the delivery of lifesaving medicines. And so much more.

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The global Information Technology (IT) Function is leading efforts to align IT and Business Strategy, leverage IT investments, and optimize end to end business processes and associated information integration technologies. Through these efforts, IT helps to improve the competitive position of Corning’s businesses through IT enabled processes. IT also delivers Information Technology applications, infrastructure, and project services in a cost efficient manner to Corning worldwide.

The Global Directory Services Engineer is a senior technology leader and SME for Global Directory Services, to include on-premises and cloud Active Directory, Microsoft Entra, and related products and utilities which support AD/Entra.

This position will function as an enabler across IT Architecture, Engineering, Operations, Security, Strategic partners, Technology vendors and Project management teams to facilitate the successful delivery of complex Corning initiatives and priorities.

A core accountability of this position is a strong engineering mindset that focuses on keeping the environment organized, secure, while flexible, while ensuring the time spent on manual tasks is minimized, preferring the implementation of standards-driven automation. Responsibilities include evaluation of the current Corning Active Directory and Entra environments, making recommendations for continuous improvement and alignment with best practices.

As a core member of the Corning Multi-Cloud team, this position will be responsible for helping direct and guide the delivery of key priorities across multiple stakeholders, with the assistance of the Project Manager and Technical Support teams. While being predominantly internally focused, this position will require strong communication to bridge between various Infrastructure and Application teams as well as an excellent ability to navigate within a background of relative ambiguity.

• Design, install, configure, operate Active Directory (AD), Entra, and supporting utilities and products.
• Establish standards, policies & guidelines for Active Directory and Entra in collaboration with service line owner, information security, and technology teams.
• Develop, configure, and support Active Directory and Entra solutions that meet business needs and align with Corning technology standards.
• Support IT project startup though technical consultation, charter definition, benefit and analysis, requirements gathering and formal PMO approval.
• Partner with all members of project team as a technical lead in the planning, design, coordination and execution of comprehensive, realistic and effective work plans.
• Help promote a consistent vision and strategy throughout the organization.
• Build relationships that foster collaboration and partnerships to drive better strategies, priorities, and service to the customer.
• Assist and oversee quality change control according to Corning Change Management, Incident Management, Problem Management and Disaster recovery Methodology.
• Mentor members of the infrastructure team on architectural, engineering and operational best practices related to Active Directory.
• Communicate design at strategy at all…