Kforce is working with a well-known University Health System in search of Senior Azure Active Directory Engineer to join their team! This position is a direct-hire, full-time and hybrid 3-days a week in New York. Summary: In this role, the Engineer provides implementation and design services for Microsoft Active Directory, AAD, and Windows-based systems, including directory and identity management solutions. Responsibilities: * Resolves assigned cases and change requests and acts as an escalation for issues * Applies new solutions with the team and determines the course of action for new application initiatives * Implements new software solutions; The core infrastructure duties include enterprise Microsoft AD, AAD, M365, Certificate Authority and Windows file services architecture creation and management, enterprise-wide system security and policy configuration, and top-level implementation of project initiatives * Produce enterprise-level designs for Active Directory, Azure Active Directory, SaaS application integration, Azure App., and SSO for enterprise initiatives, following those through to implementation * Produce Enterprise-level plan for security hardening * Design, implement, and manage Azure infrastructure components: virtual networks, subnets, network security groups, and Azure Resource Manager templates * Implement, Monitor and maintain Azure security and compliance, including configuring Azure Security Center, implementing role-based access control, and managing security alerts and threat detection * Perform regular audits as part of implementation and assessments of Azure resources and configurations to ensure compliance with security best practices and regulatory requirements * Update Enterprise-level plan for recovery of AD in the event of a disaster or system compromise * Work with internal teams to implement GPOs, and performance tuning