Microsoft 365 Consultant

Job Title: Senior Microsoft 365 Engineer

Client: Direct

Location: Seattle, WA (Onsite)

Rate: $Open/hr on C2C

A day in the life:

As a Senior Engineer I, you will bring a high level of technical knowledge as well as strong mentoring abilities. You will be counted on as a leader in the Microsoft 365 space as you contribute to all areas of development and operations (pre-production to production). You will work closely with a Technology Manager and Program manager, using your experience and knowledge to guide a team of Engineers though their day-to-day process, and provide a central escalation point for production concerns. You will be part of an Agile production release team and may perform on-call support functions as needed. As a Senior Engineer I, you would be a primary caretaker of production systems and would maintain a deep understanding of how delivered products are functioning.

• Are a main contributor in Agile ceremonies

• Provide mentorship and facilitate engineering training for a team of Engineers

• Implementing Microsoft Azure tenant-level configuration, including but not limited to:

• Azure Active Directory administration

• Conditional Access Policy

• Multi-Factor Authentication

• Identity and Access Management

• Implementing M365 functionality & features including but not limited to:

• Exchange Online

• Email security: DMARC, DKIM, SPF

• Teams, SharePoint Online and OneDrive

• Compliance: Litigation hold, retention and eDiscovery

• Add-ins and third-party integrations

• Strong experience around the various apps and services comprised in the M365 platform

• Conduct research and apply best practices around licensing structures for service families and plans

• Perform and delegate engineering assignments to ensure production readiness is maintained

• Conduct research to aid in product troubleshooting and optimization efforts

• Conduct research to guide product development and tools selection

• Provide an escalation point and participate in on-call support rotations

• Actively monitor key metrics and report on trends

• Participate in our Engineering Community of Practice

• Contribute to engineering automation, management or development of production level systems

• Contribute to project engineering design and standards verification

• Perform reliability monitoring and support as needed to ensure products meet guest expectations

Qualifications:

• Completed Bachelor’s degree or diploma (or equivalent experience) in Computer Science, Software Engineering or Software Architecture preferred; candidates with substantial and relevant industry experience are also eligible

• Eight years of relevant engineering experience

• Ability to learn, understand, and work quickly with new emerging technologies, methodologies, and solutions in the Cloud/IT technology space

• Experience analyzing, troubleshooting, and providing solutions for technical issues

• Application of CI/CD principles and best-practices

• Experience developing solutions for retail or eCommerce businesses and other relevant domains such as manufacturing & logistics, supply chain, or corporate shared services

• Experience working in a cross-functional environment