Senior Principal Directory Services Architect

Advance your career

Advance how our customers operate while you advance your career. Join GDIT as a Senior Principal Directory Services Architect you will build an impactful career in enterprise IT, collaborating with people who are driven and resourceful like you.

• Proven expertise in managing, monitoring, maintaining, troubleshooting, and updating directory services and hybrid authentication systems.
• Provide expertise in managing complex identity, access, authentication, and centralized resource management systems and platforms.
• Autonomously handle and resolve technical issues, ensuring the reliability and efficiency of directory services.
• Proficient in using automation and orchestration for streamlined maintenance and monitoring of directory services systems.
• Evaluate and recommend new tools and technologies to enhance the directory services environment.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or related field. Experience may be substituted for education.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in directory services architecture and management.
• Strong understanding of system security, authentication protocols, and access control methodologies.
• Relevant certifications (e.g., Azure/AWS Admin, Azure/AWS Security, Windows Server Hybrid Administrator, MCSE).

• Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:
  Top Secret and SCI eligible
• Location:
  
  Onsite
• Required:
  
  US Citizenship
• Required:
  
  DoD 8140 IAT II compliant

At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.

• Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities
• Support:
  An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals
• Rewards:
  Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, competitive pay and paid time off
• Flexibility:
  Full-flex work week to own your priorities at
• Community:
  Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace

Explore an enterprise IT career at GDIT and you’ll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your desire to drive operations forward.

The likely salary range for this position is $170,000 - $230,000. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range. View information about benefits and our total rewards program.

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 30,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across over 50 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, cloud, cyber and application development.

Together with our customers, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.

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