Windows AD Admin

Title: Windows AD Admin

Location: Toronto, Ontario Hybrid (Up to 4 days/week in office)

Experience

Required:

6–8 Years

Pay Range: C $50 INC

Primary

Skills:

Windows 11, Windows Servers

We are seeking an experienced Windows Active Directory Administrator to support Active Directory upgrade and migration initiatives. The role involves planning, implementation, configuration, troubleshooting, and validation of AD and DNS environments, along with server rebuilds, domain controller promotions, and infrastructure readiness.

• Plan, implement, configure, and troubleshoot Active Directory (AD) and DNS during upgrade activities
• Identify and resolve Active Directory replication issues
• Participate in technology solution design and Agile/Scrum project meetings
• Create and verify technical documentation, ensuring all issues and resolutions are properly documented
• Rebuild servers using customized TD images via MDT
• Perform hardware and Windows OS troubleshooting
• Conduct server pre-requisite checks and ensure all required tools are ready for domain controller promotion
• Execute and analyze port query scripts
• Support migration of AD servers to Windows Server 2019 R2
• Run scripts to gather domain controller data and prepare reports based on project requirements
• Perform path management for staging servers
• Validate and verify tools and services on domain controllers
• Identify, resolve, and escalate issues occurring during change implementation

• Strong expertise in Active Directory (AD) & DNS (Planning, Configuration, Troubleshooting)
• AD Replication troubleshooting
• Windows Server environments

• MDT (Client Deployment Toolkit) server builds
• Domain Controller promotion processes
• Script execution and analysis (port query, reporting scripts)

• AD migration processes (to Windows Server 2019 R2)
• Server staging, validation, and readiness activities

• Work within Agile/Scrum teams
• Maintain thorough documentation and reporting
• Troubleshoot across hardware and OS layers