Remote Position
Cloud Operations Engineer Active Directory
🌍 Remote · United States
💼 Full-time
Cloud Operations Engineer – Active Directory (Tier-0) Remote (West Coast US, Onshore Only) We’re seeking a Cloud Operations Engineer with deep, hands-on ownership of Active Directory to support business-critical (Tier-0) identity infrastructure. This role is Active Directory–first, with AWS and automation as supporting skills. What You’ll Do
- Own and operate enterprise Active Directory environments (Tier-0 / P0-P1 critical)
- Build, patch, validate, and decommission Domain Controllers (on-prem & cloud)
- Provide 3rd-level support for AD and Windows Server during critical incidents
- Troubleshoot using AD-native tools (ADUC, Event Viewer, repadmin, dcdiag, nltest)
- Design and maintain AD-specific monitoring & alerting (auth failures, replication, SYSVOL/NETLOGON)
- Automate AD tasks safely using Ansible & PowerShell (with pre/post checks & rollback)
- Support hybrid cloud infrastructure and tooling in AWS Required (Non-Negotiable)
- Hands-on ownership of Active Directory (not just integrations)
- Strong experience with AWS, Active Directory, and Ansible
- Deep Windows Server troubleshooting experience
- Scripting with PowerShell, Python, or similar
- Experience supporting production, enterprise-scale AD environments
- Comfortable working in Agile teams Nice to Have
- Large-scale AD environments (45k+ users, multi-forest)
- GPOs, DNS, DHCP, PKI/SSL, Trusts, Sites & Services
- Windows Server 2008–2019 internals
- Exposure to AI/automation in infrastructure operations Not a DevOps-only role. This is a hands-on AD & Windows operations position. Apply tot his job