Active Directory System Administrator

Sopra Steria is developing a new Managed Service to replace a complex legacy Enterprise infrastructure. This will require a high level of automation and repeatable component design patterns to allow the deployment of customer business solutions within short time frames. The project will make heavy use of Windows and VMware technologies, along with Ansible, Terraform and Scripting supported by niche infrastructure and applications.

We are seeking a dedicated System Administrator to join our IT team. As a System Administrator, you will play a critical role in managing and maintaining an IT platform within a Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) environment with a clear focus on Active Directory, Delinea (formerly Quest) solutions, PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) and Thales HSMs.

We can offer great career progression opportunities, benefits which you can flex to meet your needs and training and development opportunities.

What you’ll be doing:

• Maintain Active Directory services, including user and group management, group policy administration, and domain controller configuration.
• Administer Delinea solutions (formerly known as Quest), such as Active Directory management tools, migration tools, and recovery solutions.
• Perform system monitoring, performance tuning, and troubleshooting to ensure availability and reliability of IT systems.
• Maintain Thales Hardware Security Modules (HSMs) to ensure the security and integrity of cryptographic keys and sensitive data.
• Plan and execute system upgrades, patches, and security updates in accordance with change management processes and best practices.
• Maintain accurate documentation of system configurations, procedures, and troubleshooting steps to facilitate knowledge sharing and support continuity of operations.

What you’ll bring:

• Active Directory Administration.
• Delinea Administration.
• PKI Management (Thales HSM).
• Tiered Active Directory Models.
• Current SC Clearance.

It would be great if you had:

• Scripting and Automation.
• Security Best Practices.
• ITIL Framework.
• Ability to troubleshoot and problem solve database related errors.
• Eligible for DV clearance.

If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we’re looking for, please do apply, we’d love to hear from you!

Employment Type: Full-time Permanent

Location: Farnborough

Security Clearance Level: Current SC Clearance eligible for DV

Internal Recruiter: Lee

Salary: up to £59,900

Benefits: £5,400 car allowance, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, private medical, life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund.

Although this role is advertised as full-time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improves performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you’re interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible.

Loved reading about this job and want to know more about us? Sopra Steria’s Aerospace, Defence and Security business designs, develops and deploys digital solutions to Central Government clients. The work we do makes a real difference to the client’s goal of National Security, and we operate in a unique and privileged environment. We are given time for professional development activities, and we coach and mentor our colleagues, sharing knowledge and learning from each other. We foster a culture in which employees feel valued and supported and have pride in their work for the customer, delivering outstanding rates of customer satisfaction in the UK’s most complex safety- and security-critical markets.