Senior Engineer, Directory Services

Location Details:

At GoDaddy the future of work looks different for each team. Some teams work in the office full-time, others have a hybrid arrangement (they work remotely some days and in the office some days) and some work entirely remotely.

This is a remote position, so you’ll be working remotely from your home. You may occasionally visit a GoDaddy office to meet with your team for events or meetings.

This position is not eligible to be performed in Alaska, Mississippi, North Dakota, or the Virgin Islands.

GoDaddy is not currently considering candidates for this role in California, Seattle, or NYC.

Join our team

Come join GoDaddy's Identity and Access Management team as a Senior Systems Engineer, Directory Services and play a key role in powering the systems that keep our people, platforms, and customers connected and secure!

You'll tackle complex challenges across Active Directory, Certificate Services, DNS, replication, and Linux integration while operating critical infrastructure at enterprise scale. This is an opportunity to make a real impact, drive modernization efforts, strengthen security, and help shape the future of identity services while expanding your expertise across both Windows and Linux environments.

What you'll get to do...

• Secure, operate, and improve enterprise Active Directory services, including domain controllers, sites and services, Group Policy, authentication flows, and directory-integrated services
• Harden supporting directory services, including Windows Enterprise Certificate Authority, Windows Domain Name System, and Active Directory replication, to reduce identity infrastructure risk
• Investigate and resolve complex identity, authentication, Kerberos, Lightweight Directory Access Protocol, Domain Name System, certificate, and replication issues across Windows and Linux environments
• Support, maintain, and optimize secure Linux integrations with Active Directory using technologies such as System Security Services Daemon, realmd, Samba, Kerberos, Lightweight Directory Access Protocol, and Pluggable Authentication Modules
• Partner with security, infrastructure, cloud, and application teams to strengthen monitoring, privileged access controls, operational resilience, and audit readiness for directory services
• Develop standards, runbooks, automation, and security controls that reduce operational risk and improve directory services supportability at enterprise scale

Your experience should include...

• Deep expertise securing and managing Microsoft Active Directory in large-scale enterprise environments, including domain controllers, Group Policy, trusts, authentication, and directory-integrated services
• Strong knowledge of Active Directory hardening, authentication protocols, DNS, Kerberos, LDAP, replication, and secure configuration baselines
• Experience securing and administering Windows Server environments, including DNS, Enterprise Certificate Services, certificate lifecycle management, and operational risk reduction
• Proficiency integrating Linux systems with Active Directory using technologies such as SSSD, realmd, Samba, Kerberos, LDAP, and PAM
• Hands-on experience with automation, scripting, and security operations using PowerShell, Python, Bash, Puppet/OpenVox, incident response processes, monitoring, change management, and privileged access controls

You might also have...

• Experience with hybrid identity or adjacent identity platforms, such as Microsoft Entra ID, Okta, privileged access management, or identity governance and administration
• Experience securing Windows Enterprise Certificate Authority environments, including certificate templates, enrollment controls, lifecycle management, and certificate services risk reduction

We encourage you to apply even if your experience or skillset doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement. We value a wide range of backgrounds and transferable skills, and we are excited to support learning and growth.

About us... GoDaddy is empowering everyday entrepreneurs around the world by providing the help and tools to succeed online, making opportunity more inclusive for all. GoDaddy is the place people come to name their idea, build a professional website, attract customers, sell their products and services, and manage their work. Our mission is to give our customers the tools, insights, and people to transform their ideas and personal initiative into success. To learn more about the company, visit About Us.

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We also embrace our diverse culture and offer a range of Employee Resource Groups (Culture). Have a side hustle? No problem. We love entrepreneurs! Most importantly, come as you are and make your own way.

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Compensation & Benefits:

What We Offer:

Working at GoDaddy offers many benefits, including competitive pay, generous time off, parental and wellness leave, healthcare, retirement savings program, and much more. Offerings vary by location.

This role is eligible for a comprehensive benefits package, which includes medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k)-retirement plan, paid sick time, paid flexible time off, paid parental leave, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, AD&D insurance, mental health or EAP programs, remote or hybrid work options, paid holidays, paid Wellness days, tuition assistance, adoption, surrogacy, and fertility benefits, dependent daycare and backup care benefits, Employee stock purchase plan, financial education and advice; and other benefits in accordance with GoDaddy’s benefit plans and applicable law.

Actual compensation and benefits eligibility will be determined based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as skills, experience, and geographic location.

Compensation:

The estimated pay ranges for this role are listed below. In addition to base pay, this role may be eligible for other forms of compensation, which may include a corporate bonus and/or equity awards, subject to the terms of applicable plans and individual eligibility.

Bay Area (Santa Clara, San Francisco) and Los Angeles:

$138,500—$207,500 USD

Austin, D.C. Metro, CA (non-Bay Area), HI, IL, MA, NH, OR, VA, WA:

$119,000—$179,000 USD

New York City Metro, Kirkland/Seattle:

$126,800—$190,200 USD

All other US locations not previously listed:

$106,500—$159,500 USD