We are looking to bring in a contract engineer with strong Active Directory and DNS/DHCP expertise who also has solid, hands-on Infoblox experience. Because Infoblox is deeply integrated with our AD and DNS environment, these skill sets go hand in hand — and we need someone who can work confidently across both.
The AD and identity management side of this role is the primary, long-term focus. We need someone who can assess and improve our Active Directory infrastructure, help us integrate and optimize our Azure AD (Entra ID) tenant, and provide ongoing operational support as part of our team. This is not a one-and-done project — the right candidate will have the opportunity to stay on and serve as a key resource for our organization.
That said, the most immediate need is an Infoblox infrastructure upgrade. We are migrating our entire Infoblox grid from physical appliances to virtual appliances on VMware and consolidating from three sites to two. This is more than a routine NIOS upgrade — it is a full environment rebuild with a firm license deadline. Our internal team has limited Infoblox platform depth, so we need a consultant who can own this migration end to end: assessment, architecture, data cleanup, phased migration, HA/DR validation, and knowledge transfer. Ten baseline VMs have already been deployed, but the architecture needs to be validated and built out properly before we go live.
We are looking for someone who can run both work streams in parallel — executing the Infoblox migration under deadline while beginning the AD/identity assessment and improvement work that will define the longer engagement.
Required
- Strong Active Directory expertise — multi-domain/forest environments, OU design, Group Policy, AD replication, Sites and Services, FSMO roles, and AD-integrated DNS/DHCP.
- Azure AD / Entra ID experience — hybrid identity configuration (Azure AD Connect / Cloud Sync), conditional access, MFA, and tenant administration.
- Solid, hands-on Infoblox experience — NIOS administration, grid architecture, DDI management, and ideally physical-to-virtual migration on VMware. This is not a “nice to have”; without Infoblox depth, the candidate will not be able to deliver on the near-term migration work.
- DNS/DHCP architecture depth — enterprise DNS design, DNSSEC, DHCP scoping, and IP address management concepts.
- Working knowledge of VMware — VM deployment, snapshots, resource allocation, and basic networking from an appliance operations standpoint. We are not looking for a deep virtualization engineer.
- Strong Windows Server fundamentals — core infrastructure services, server administration, and interoperability with directory and DDI services.
- Documentation and communication skills — ability to produce clear architecture diagrams, runbooks, and training materials, and to work across teams (network, AD, virtualization) following established change control processes.
Pay: $130,000.00 - $160,000.00 per year
Work Location: In person
