Active Directory
• Extensive experience with Windows Server 2008/2012/2016/2019
• Experience administering Active Directory in a highly available enterprise environment (45,000+ user accounts) with a multi-forest model
• Experience enabling services: DNS, SMTP, DHCP, AD Trust Relationships, PKI Certificates, and SSL
• Advanced hands-on experience with security/management of GPOs, Security, Authentication, Replication, Sites & Services, RSAT tools, etc.
Cloud & DevOps
Deep hands-on experience with AWS services. Proven experience with Infrastructure as Code.
Containerization
Expert knowledge of Kubernetes / EKS cluster management, networking, storage, etc.
Messaging
Strong working knowledge of AWS SNS and AWS SQS for managing event-driven deployments.
Databases
Operational experience (backups, scaling, patching, security, etc.) managing AWS RDS, AWS DynamoDB, and graph databases (e.g., Neo4j).
CI/CD & Tools
Experience with Git, CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins or similar), and configuration management tools (Ansible, etc.).
Monitoring
Experience setting up and maintaining monitoring and alerting systems (CloudWatch, Splunk, etc.).
Scripting
Proficiency in at least one major scripting language (Python, Bash, or PowerShell).
