Senior Analyst - AD/Entra ID SME

PepsiCo · Hyderabad

  • Experience9+ yrs
  • SalaryNot disclosed
  • Work modeunknown
  • Levelsenior
  • Posted15 Sept 2026
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About PepsiCo

PepsiCo is hiring in Hyderabad in consumer goods. This role looks for around 9+ years of experience.

Skills

  • Active Directory
  • Azure AD
  • PowerShell
  • LDAP
  • VBScript
  • Group Policy Objects
  • Active Directory Replication
  • SOX Controls
  • Identity Governance
  • Advanced Auditing

The role

An identity and directory services engineer in an enterprise organization designs and supports hybrid on-premises and cloud-hosted Active Directory environments, manages Microsoft AD and Azure AD, and develops automation with PowerShell, VBScript, pipelines, and serverless computing. This person engineers domain controller deployments, secures Active Directory with advanced GPO and replication management, and handles complex incident resolution, disaster recovery, and high availability. Their defining skills are Active Directory, Azure AD, and PowerShell, alongside LDAP, VBScript, SOX controls, advanced auditing, and identity governance.

Full job description

Overview

PepsiCo is looking for an experienced Active Directory/Azure AD engineer to help drive the enterprise directory strategy forward for the Identity and Access Management organization. As a member of the Directory Services team, the Directory Services Engineer will be responsible for developing, engineering, deploying, and supporting comprehensive solutions based on unique and complex requirements and problems related to identity and directory services. The Engineer will also be responsible for identifying opportunities for the automation of tasks, processes, or complete solutions and acting on them, and identifying any opportunities for improvement in the environment.

Responsibilities

Analyze, design, and support a highly complex, enterprise-level Active Directory service in a hybrid on-premises and cloud-hosted environment.Manage enterprise identity cloud directories, including Microsoft AD and Azure AD.Translate business needs into workable technology solutions.Participate in or lead troubleshooting and incident resolution of complex high severity incidentsDevelop automated solutions using scripts, pipelines, and cloud-based server-less computing platformsDevelop detailed architecture, standards, design, and implementation documentationAnalyze the current Directory Services environment to identify technical and operational opportunities and develop continuous improvement action plans.Participate in disaster recovery, capacity planning, performance monitoring, and maintenance to ensure high availability.

Qualifications

Years of Experience:

9+ years experience with engineering and design of Active Directory8+ years in supporting Active Directory3+ years support Azure Active Directory

Mandatory Technical Skills:

Knowledge of the following core concepts:

Principle of least privileged accessPrinciple of revocation of rightsPrinciple of Just In Time accessExperience with developing, planning, and implementing a large scale enterprise-level Active Directory infrastructure, including but not limited to the following components:Domain Controller deploymentSecuring Active DirectoryAdvanced GPO settingsAdvanced replication managementExperience with governance and compliance, including the following:SOX controlsAdvanced auditing techniquesExperience working with large-scale, enterprise-level LDAP / Active Directory environmentsKnowledge of programming/scripting disciplines like the following:VBScriptPowerShell