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Active Directory Consultant

Posted 3 days 13 hours ago by Stott and May

£100,000 - £125,000 Annual
Permanent
Not Specified
Other
London, United Kingdom
Job Description
Active Directory Consultant Core Skills
  • Expert-level understanding of AD authentication protocols, including Kerberos, NTLM/NTLMv2, and LDAP/LDAPS.
  • Demonstrated ability to reduce legacy or insecure authentication mechanisms (NTLM, simple/unsigned LDAP binds) across large, diverse application estates.
  • Hands on experience with LDAP security hardening, such as enforcing LDAP Signing and Channel Binding, and migrating workloads to LDAPS or other secure bind methods.
  • Strong troubleshooting capabilities across Windows authentication flows, including SPNs, ticketing, delegation, and common authentication failure patterns-with the ability to provide clear, actionable remediation guidance.
  • Proven cross functional collaboration skills, driving alignment and change across application teams, infrastructure, and security stakeholders.
  • Familiarity with relevant logging and diagnostic tools, such as Windows Security logs, AD diagnostics, and identity telemetry from Entra/Defender (where applicable).
  • PowerShell scripting and automation proficiency to inventory authentication usage, monitor progress, and support enforcement phases.
  • Experience leading enterprise scale change initiatives, following an audit ? remediation ? enforcement methodology with strong stakeholder management.
Desirable Skills
  • Background in Microsoft security hardening, including domain controller baselines, Tiering models, and protecting privileged access pathways.
Key Workstreams Supported
  • Migrating identity and authentication dependencies from Active Directory to Entra ID.
  • Transitioning from on premises Microsoft PKI to a cloud based EGBCA SaaS certificate authority.
  • Eliminating insecure authentication protocols and modernising the authentication landscape.
  • Supporting and enhancing privileged access security controls across the environment.
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