Overview
The Directory Services Associates within the Alight Identity Security team is responsible for securing, maintaining, and ensuring high availability of enterprise directory and identity platforms. They will support Tier 0/1 systems, protect privileged access, integrate identity/security technologies, and provide operational and incident‑response support. Ideal candidates bring strong experience with directory services, scripting, cloud platforms, IAM technologies, and contemporary authentication protocols.
Key Responsibilities
- Ensure Directory Services platforms are secure, compliant, and highly available.
- Prioritize and protect privileged identities – leverage RBAC, ACLs, etc. to uphold least privilege and Just-In-Time access.
- Support performance, resilience, and availability of Tier 0/Tier 1 systems.
- Provide technical assistance to support team members.
- Proactively monitor systems for performance and reliability.
- Assist security and compliance audits.
- Help with maintaining and developing technical documentation, code repositories, and training materials.




- Coordinate maintenance and support activities.
- Communicate with application development groups and end-users to resolve issues and complete requests.
- Integration of Identity/Security platforms and associated lifecycles (ex: implementation/maintenance/upgrades/etc.).
- Incident response – may require off-hours support.

Required Qualifications
- 3+ years of professional experience in Directory Services and/or Identity and Access Management.
- Understanding of AD DS architecture, including forests, domains, trusts, FSMO roles, replication, and multi-site topology.
- Experience integrating with IAM platforms such as Saviynt, Entra ID, SailPoint, Okta, and PingFederate.
- Understanding of LDAP concepts, schema extensions, and directory query optimization.
- Experience with PKI, certificate lifecycle management, CRL distribution, NDES/SCEP, and AD-integrated certificate services.
- Scripting and a

📌 Directory Services Associates (Chennai)
🏢 Alight Solutions
📍 Chennai