Cybersecurity Specialist - Directory Systems Admin

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

A Day in the LifeThe Directory Services Administrator is responsible for the overall administration, management, and support of the company's directory services infrastructure. This position functions as part of the IAM delivery team, responsible for operational fitness of the system(s) through support, monitoring and response, and system lifecycle management directory services administration, strong troubleshooting skills, and a proactive approach to maintaining and improving the directory services environment and includes ensuring the reliability, security, and performance of Active Directory (AD), Entra ID, LDAP, and related directory services technologies.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.

• Administer and manage the company's Active Directory (AD) and Entra ID environments, implement and manage Group Policies (GPOs) to ensure compliance and security.
• Ensure system availability, capacity, and performance for IAM technologies, including ownership for logging, monitoring, and alerting standards, processes, and systems, monitor and manage access controls, user permissions, and role-based access.
• Plan and manage system upgrade and patching projects, in collaboration with local and offshore teams, and platform subject matter experts (SMEs), communicate with vendors as needed to understand and research open issues, new versions, or changes
• Explore and help build automation to enhance end-user experience, define and develop policies and procedures for system operations to ensure consistency, reduce rework, and improve quality
• Ensure directory services adhere to company security policies and best practices.
• Provide second and third-level support for directory services-related issues (Provide On-call support , manage support tickets, engage with business teams as need be), perform root cause analysis of directory services outages and implement corrective actions
• Maintain current, relevant industry knowledge to understand evolutions and advancements in the marketplace which could bring value to the team or the company
• Collaborate with IT teams to integrate directory services with other applications and systems

Required Skills and Knowledge:

• Bachelor’s degree / University degree
• 3+ years of IT experience
• 3+ years of IT Security or Identity & Access Management experience with good understanding of principles, policies, and best practices.
• Experience with support, operations, and management Microsoft Active Directory and Entra ID.
• Experience with scripting languages (e.g., PowerShell etc.) for automation.
• Experience with Microsoft Azure cloud platform and Windows Server operating systems.
• Familiarity with ITSM tools (E.g. ServiceNow) and logging and monitoring tools like Splunk.
• Experience with project management methodologies and tools (E.g. Agile, Scrum)
• Knowledge on cloud directory services like AWS, Google cloud directory
• Knowledge on enterprise IAM solutions (E.g. Sailpoint, Okta etc.)
• Familiarity with advanced security features and configurations like Conditional Access policies in Azure Entra ID
• Knowledge on Privileged Account management (PAM) concepts and technologies

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position. 

Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create.  We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
 

About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people. 
We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here