Are you an experienced Directory Services Engineer with strong SQL expertise and hands‑on experience designing and configuring multi‑domain PullPrint solutions? Join Sopra Steria’s Directory Services team supporting high‑profile systems for a prestigious UK government client. In this secure, office‑based environment you will play a key role in maintaining and enhancing identity and directory infrastructure that underpins critical national operations.
Responsibilities
- Support business‑as‑usual directory services operations, including user account management, access control and identity lifecycle management.
- Administer and maintain Active Directory Domain Services, including domain controllers, replication, DNS and DHCP.
- Design, deploy, and manage Group Policy Objects across their lifecycle.
- Design, configure and troubleshoot multi‑domain PullPrint solutions across a complex estate.
- Use SQL to support querying, reporting, and data‑driven troubleshooting across directory and print systems.
- Deliver patching, upgrades, lifecycle activities and third‑line support in line with Service Level Agreements.
Qualifications
- Strong experience with SQL, including querying, reporting and troubleshooting in complex environments.
- Strong experience with Active Directory Domain Services in an enterprise environment.
- Expertise in designing, deploying and troubleshooting Group Policy Objects.
- Experience with access control, identity lifecycle management and directory‑integrated systems.
- Experience working in operational environments aligned to Service Level Agreements.
Preferred Qualifications
- PowerShell scripting experience.
- Understanding of Privileged Access Workstations.
- Exposure to Public Key Infrastructure or hybrid identity environments.
- Awareness of Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery practices.
Benefits
Due to the secure nature of this work, the role is office‑based. We can consider compressed working hours – five days in four. You will be based at one of our secure UK locations – Gloucestershire, London, Manchester, or North Yorkshire.
We embrace difference as a source of creativity, innovation and competitive advantage and are striving to become a more diverse organisation. We welcome applications from people with a diverse variety of backgrounds and identities. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation or marital status. We have partnered with Vercida, the UK’s largest diversity and inclusion focused careers site, where all our vacancies are available in an accessible format. If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process to enable you to perform to the best of your ability, please let us know when completing your application. We participate in the Disability Confident scheme and are committed to offering an interview to any candidate with a disability who meets the minimum criteria for the role. If you believe this could apply to you, please let us know when completing your application.
