Minimum: USD $72,700.00/Yr.
Maximum: USD $121,000.00/Yr.
Market Type: Remote
Senior Engineer
Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end administration of the Exchange Online and Microsoft 365 environment, including mailbox management, mail flow/transport rules, hybrid Exchange configuration, and message tracing/NDR troubleshooting.
- Manage mail security posture: EOP/Defender for Office 365 policies, anti-phishing/anti-malware configuration, and SPF/DKIM/DMARC authentication.
- Lead mailbox and tenant migrations (cutover, staged, hybrid, tenant-to-tenant) with minimal disruption to production mail flow.
- Administer compliance controls: retention policies, litigation hold, in-place archiving, DLP policies, and sensitivity labels.
- Administer core M365 services: Entra ID (users, groups, licensing, Conditional Access), M365 admin center, and adjacent Teams/SharePoint/OneDrive administration.
- Govern the Power Platform environment: Power Automate flows and connector DLP policies, Power Apps ALM across dev/test/prod environments, and Dataverse security roles.
- Administer Microsoft 365 Copilot rollout, usage reporting, and agent management via the Copilot admin center; build and maintain custom agents in Copilot Studio.
- Advise on data governance implications of Copilot's semantic index and Graph-based data surfacing, ensuring sensitivity labels and access controls are enforced correctly.
- Design and maintain Conditional Access policies, MFA/passwordless rollout, and Identity Protection risk policies in line with Zero Trust principles.
- Investigate security and compliance incidents using the Unified Audit Log and Microsoft Purview.
- Build PowerShell scripts and Microsoft Graph API automation for bulk operations, reporting, and repetitive administrative tasks.
- Maintain clear documentation of tenant configuration, DLP policies, and Power Platform governance rules.
- Escalate and manage vendor support cases (including Sev-A/P1 tickets) with Microsoft support.
- Identify conflicting requirements or risks across the M365 environment and communicate them to management and stakeholders for resolution.
- Provide on-call support for the messaging and collaboration environment.
Supervisory Responsibilities
Direct Reports: None.
Indirect Reports: May delegate work and provide guidance, direction, and mentoring to indirect reports or junior admins.
Travel
Up to 5%.
Minimum Qualifications
Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field (or equivalent experience).
Experience: 8+ years administering Exchange Online/Microsoft 365 environments, with demonstrated Power Platform governance experience; Copilot administration experience preferred but not required.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Strong foundation in Exchange Online administration, hybrid mail flow, and mail security (EOP, Defender for Office 365, SPF/DKIM/DMARC).
- Proficiency with Entra ID, Conditional Access, and Zero Trust security models.
- Experience governing Power Automate, Power Apps, and Dataverse at the tenant/admin level.
- Familiarity with Microsoft 365 Copilot admin center and Copilot Studio; understanding of Copilot data governance implications is a plus.
- Mastery of PowerShell scripting (ExchangeOnlineManagement, Microsoft Graph SDK) for automation at scale.
- Strong incident response and troubleshooting skills across mail flow, identity, and compliance systems.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, with a habit of documenting configuration and governance decisions.
- Ability to manage vendor escalations and work effectively with Microsoft support.
Job Will Remain Open Until Filled