Active Directory Consultant Cover Letter

In response to your job posting for active directory consultant, I am including this letter and my resume for your review.

In the previous role, I was responsible for responsibility for design, architecture, and support of all solutions and services related to Active Directory, Azure AD and associated identity management solutions.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Have demonstrated innovation and communication of new deliverables and offerings
• Cloud and Azure experience is preferred
• Knowledge of Microsoft Operating systems including server and client
• Knowledge with Microsoft System Center Applications (SCOM, SCCM)
• Knowledge of auditing and monitoring tools for Active Directory
• Basic understanding of authentication concepts such as Kerberos and LDAP
• Experience with Microsoft PowerShell scripting
• Active Directory Migration Tool (ADMT)

In response to your job posting for active directory consultant, I am including this letter and my resume for your review.

Previously, I was responsible for technical review and approval for every Active Directory change proposed (internally and from third party vendors) in line with the relevant strategy.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

• Administration of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) services
• Good understanding of ITIL frameworks, specifically incident, problem and change management processes and procedures
• Excellent troubleshooting skills, including the troubleshooting and debugging of Active Directory technologies troubleshooting network connectivity issues as they pertain to authentication and authorization
• Expert use of HA/DRS functionality
• Bachelor of Science (MIS/CIS) preferred
• Work with a global team of internal colleagues and external partners
• Implement current state of the art directory strategies, leading current market trends
• Develop strategies to further improve our environment supporting cloud and on-premise deployments

I would like to submit my application for the active directory consultant opening. Please accept this letter and the attached resume.

Previously, I was responsible for technical leadership, application architecture and support for Staples instance of Microsoft Active Directory and Office 365 Implement action plans designed to maintain system performance and meet security standards.

I reviewed the requirements of the job opening and I believe my candidacy is an excellent fit for this position. Some of the key requirements that I have extensive experience with include:

• Strong background in AD and ADFS (O365)
• Knowledge or strong background in PowerShell, SCOM and Authentication Protocols (Kerberos, SAML, Certificate based) and DNS
• Managing support requests from 2nd level
• Weekend standby occasionally
• Knowledge in installation and configuration
• Knowledge in setting up team access
• Knowledge in IIS setup and configuration
• Knowledge in setting up Access Templates/Exclusions

I submit this application to express my sincere interest in the active directory consultant position.

In the previous role, I was responsible for support to application teams for management of their Accounts/Groups/Admin-Accounts in Active directory, using either standard Microsoft tools, homemade provisioning tools or external Identity Management solution.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

• Experience of working in an organized and timely manner/meeting deadlines
• Proven Design, Planning and Implementation experience in Active Directory
• Enterprise Migrations experience
• Microsoft 365 Experience (Mail, Skype for Business, Teams, OneDrive)
• Provide expert-level support services with specialized skills in Microsoft Identity Manager (MIM / FIM), Microsoft Intune, MFA (Multifactor Authentication) for providing 2nd Factor Authentication (preferably Azure MFA)
• Provide direction to 3rd party service providers
• Knowledge of Azure Active Directory Connect and Directory Synchronization
• Working knowledge of scripting technologies (PowerShell and Jscript) preferred

I submit this application to express my sincere interest in the active directory consultant position.

In the previous role, I was responsible for server security with respect to implementing security measures and designs to protect individual server hosts from unauthorized access.

My experience is an excellent fit for the list of requirements in this job:

• Consult other applications on practical and secure interfaces for directory access scenarios
• Develop plans to safeguard environment against accidental or unauthorized modification, destruction or disclosure
• Review industry and vendor security alerts for vulnerabilities and security issues
• Work with other internal and external teams to mitigate solutions based on vendor advisories and best practices
• Implement improvements by assessing current situation, evaluating market trends and anticipating requirements
• Take project lead for implementing innovative solutions or products on a worldwide base
• Experience working on enterprise Active Directory deployments from a design and architecture perspective
• Expertise in IT security and hardening topics for Windows and other platforms