Vattenfall

energy

TechnicalExpertActiveDirectory

Berlin, Germany; Hamburg, Germany FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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optimal for mid candidates.

The Brief

“Technical Expert Active Directory at Vattenfall. Skills: Active Directory, Azure AD, identity services, authentication services, remote access solutions, certificate services. Operate and develop Vattenfall’s core identity services. Ensure operational stability”

What You'll Achieve.

Enabling reliable authentication for thousands of users; Ensuring employees, applications and devices can authenticate reliably and securely—both on‑premises and in the cloud; Ensuring service stability and fast recovery; Improve long-term service quality; Ensuring secure authentication for Microsoft 365 and cloud services

Industry & Context.

energy
Problems you'll solve

Analyzing root causes

Eligibility Requirements

Ability to obtain Swedish national security vetting level 1 or level 2, Pre-employment screening

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Background in IT, engineering, mathematics or a similar technical field, Knowledge of Active Directory, Azure AD and Windows Server infrastructure, Understanding of networking fundamentals (firewalls, security zones, encryption), Solid PowerShell scripting skills, Interest in IT security and identity management, communication skills and ability to build trust, Knowledge of ITIL processes and IT security, Advanced English language skills (technical English included), Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams, Ability to obtain Swedish national security vetting level 1 or level 2

Nice to Have

Microsoft certifications such as MSCA/E, M365 Enterprise Administrator Expert

What You'll Do.

Operate and develop Vattenfall’s core identity services

Ensure operational stability

Incident resolution (as 3rd-level support)

Implementing complex changes

Improving services through problem management

Supporting secure onboarding of applications

Enabling modern authentication technologies

Handling incidents as 3rd-level engineer

Ensuring service stability and fast recovery

Analyzing root causes and support problem management

Identify bottlenecks and report risks

Installing configuring and testing new releases

patches and upgrades (software & hardware lifecycle)

Driving approved changes following Vattenfall’s change management processes

Taking part in projects from request to operational handover

Ensuring secure authentication for Microsoft 365 and cloud services using Azure AD and Conditional Access

Operating and maintain secure authentication environments based on a tiering model

Supporting integration of authentication and authorization for internal and cloud solutions

Automating administrative tasks using PowerShell

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Collaborate closely with experts from multiple IT domains; Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams

Communication Scope

Communicate confidently with technical experts, customers and governance stakeholders; Advanced English language skills (technical English included)

Process & Methodology

Taking part in projects from request to operational handover

Full Job Description

Vattenfall is a European energy company with approximately 21 000 employees. For more than 100 years we have electrified industries, supplied energy to people’s homes and modernized our way of living through innovation and cooperation. We are looking for talented individuals who, in addition to their passion for their own role, also have strong team spirit and want to contribute to supporting a meaningful corporate mission. Do you enjoy working with secure identity services and enabling reliable authentication for thousands of users? In our Active Directory & Collaboration area, we build and operate secure, high‑availability identity services that power Vattenfall’s global IT landscape. Our team ensures that employees, applications and devices can authenticate reliably and securely—both on‑premises and in the cloud. That is why we are now looking for a Technical Expert Active Directory to join our international team. What will you do? As a Technical Expert Active Directory, you will operate and develop Vattenfall’s core identity services, including Active Directory, Azure AD, authentication services, remote access solutions and certificate services. You will be responsible for operational stability, incident resolution (as 3rd‑level support), implementing complex changes, and improving services through problem management. You will work across both traditional infrastructure and cloud services, supporting secure onboarding of applications and playing a key role in enabling modern authentication technologies such as Conditional Access, OAuth and SAML. This role offers a unique opportunity to work with critical, large‑scale environments and collaborate closely with experts from multiple IT domains. Your tasks and responsibilities: * Handling incidents as 3rd‑level engineer, ensuring service stability and fast recovery * Analyzing root causes and support problem management to improve long‑term service quality * Managing capacity, identify bottlenecks and report risks *

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