Opportunity brief
Johnson Controls is hiring for the role of IT Analyst!
Responsibilities of the Candidate:
- Support Microsoft Active Directory administration, including user and group management, Organizational Unit (OU) administration, security groups, delegated permissions, and directory services operations. - Assist with Domain Controller lifecycle activities, including health monitoring, upgrades, decommissioning, replication validation, and troubleshooting. - Participate in Domain Controller promotion and demotion activities, following approved change, security, testing, and validation procedures. - Support Active Directory Sites and Services administration, including site and subnet configuration, replication topology review, and site migration activities. - Assist with Domain Administrator (DA) role administration, privileged account governance, access reviews, and adherence to least-privilege requirements. - Support the implementation and administration of security controls such as Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), privileged access management, and policy enforcement. - Assist in creating, testing, deploying, and troubleshooting Group Policy Objects (GPOs) aligned with enterprise security baselines and operational requirements. - Support Windows server and identity infrastructure patching activities, including pre-checks, deployment coordination, post-patch validation, and documentation. - Participate in vulnerability management activities, including reviewing findings, supporting remediation, validating closure, and maintaining evidence for reporting and compliance. - Support Disaster Recovery (DR) exercises for Active Directory and IAM services, including preparation, execution, service restoration validation, issue documentation, and follow-up actions. - Participate in monitoring system logs, analyzing security events, and responding to incidents under supervision. - Collaborate with IT, infrastructure, and security teams to troubleshoot authentication, authorization, replication, DNS, and access-related issues. - Help document IAM and Active Directory processes, prepare operational reports, and maintain audit and compliance records. - Contribute to PowerShell or Python automation for identity lifecycle management, Active Directory administration, health checks, and reporting. - Stay current on cybersecurity trends, threats, identity security practices, Windows infrastructure, and enterprise resilience concepts; participate in team knowledge-sharing sessions.
Requirements:
- Currently pursuing a master's degree (M.Tech/M.Sc) in Computer Science, Information Security, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, or a related field. - Familiarity with programming or scripting languages such as Python, PowerShell & networking concepts. - Understanding of Windows Server, Active Directory, DNS, authentication, and authorization concepts. - Excellent analytical, communication, problem-solving, and teamwork skills.