M365 Architect

Job Description:

Do you have a passion for driving meaningful change through modern digital workplace solutions Are you a master of Microsoft 365 E5 Workplace & Collaboration architecture and eager to make an impact on our customers We're seeking a talented Workplace Collaboration Architect (M365 E5) to join our team for multi-disciplinary, complex transformation engagements.

As a Workplace Collaboration Architect (M365 E5), you'll be responsible for delivering value to customers and our organization by applying deep expertise across Microsoft 365 E5 services-including Exchange Online, Teams (meetings/voice), SharePoint Online, OneDrive, Entra ID (Azure AD), Intune/Endpoint Manager, Microsoft Defender, and Microsoft Purview-along with enterprise integration and digital transformation. You'll use your architectural knowledge and consulting techniques to analyze issues, design secure and scalable collaboration solutions, establish milestones and quality targets, and lead delivery teams. Strong communication skills are essential to articulate the impact and business benefits of your solutions and to manage stakeholder expectations.

In this role, you will guide customers in their adoption of M365 E5capabilities, including integration with cloud and on-premises systems, identity and access, networking, and security/compliance controls. You will advise customers on tenant governance, information architecture, guest/B2B collaboration, Teams voice options (Direct Routing/Operator Connect), and coexistence patterns to help them make strategic architectural decisions. Additionally, you will have experience capturing and prioritizing complex requirements, balancing speed-to-value with long-term maintainability, and resolving conflicting requirements. Our Architects know how organizations benefit from workplace modernization and, most importantly, how to plan for it-giving our partners and customers the confidence to make a convincing case for change.

As a trusted and experienced Architect, you will be responsible for essential technical components such as analyzing the customer's current collaboration landscape, defining target-state M365 E5 architecture including key outcomes, designing conceptual solutions, planning and overseeing migration/design/implementation work (with support from engineers and technical specialists), while accounting for time, cost, and quality targets. You will also develop reusable assets, accelerators, and architectural frameworks (HLD/LLD, runbooks, policy baselines), author white papers articulating platform-specific points of view, assemble and lead teams of consultants and engineers, and capture lessons learned from engagements to continuously improve methodologies and assets.

Lastly, as a transformational catalyst, you'll spearhead comprehensive digital workplace modernization programs encompassing people, culture, process, and technology-accelerating adoption through change management, champions networks, and measurable business outcomes-while leveraging the full power of M365 E5. Join us and help redefine the very essence of secure, modern, and collaborative work at enterprise scale.

Your Future Here
As a Workplace Collaboration Architect (M365 E5), you will join our Consultant and Architecture Profession, working closely with Consultants, Architects, Project Managers, and cross-functional Technical Experts. Whether you want to lead multi-disciplined teams as a Senior Architect or drive enterprise-wide M365 programs across Fortune 500 companies, you'll have access to unlimited opportunities to grow and make an impact.

Job Qualification:

You're good at what you do and possess the required experience to prove it. However, equally as important - you have a growth mindset keen to drive your own personal and professional development. You are customer-focused - someone who prioritizes customer success in their work. And finally, you're open and borderless - naturally inclusive in how you work with others.

Required Skills and Experience

• Consulting experience with an IT professional service firm (Big 4 or similar) or equivalent background focused on Microsoft 365 E5 workplace modernization, tenant architecture, and large-scale migration/adoption programs.
• Deep knowledge of major cloud technologies including identity, networking, device management, and security across Microsoft 365 and Azure (e.g., Entra ID/Azure AD, Conditional Access, Intune/Endpoint Manager), and familiarity with hybrid patterns (on-prem AD, Exchange Hybrid, file/NAS to OneDrive/SharePoint).
• Subject matter expertise in at least three domains (e.g., Exchange Online, Microsoft Teams (meetings/voice), SharePoint Online/OneDrive information architecture, Entra ID identity & access, Intune device compliance, Microsoft Defender (Office/Endpoint/Identity), Microsoft Purview (DLP, Information Protection, eDiscovery, Records), tenant governance, migration & coexistence, and Zero Trust) to advise on industry-leading M365 E5 solutions.
• Data modeling and analytical experience using common tools (e.g., Excel, Power BI/Tableau) and familiarity with tenant health, usage/adoption analytics, and security/compliance reporting across M365 (e.g., Admin/Compliance portals, Defender, Purview).
• Experience with structured, issue-based analysis-capturing and prioritizing collaboration and security/compliance requirements and producing structured conclusions, recommendations, and roadmaps for M365 E5 adoption and migration.
• Knowledge of IT Operating Models and Process Frameworks, supplemented with M365 tenant governance (roles, RBAC/PIM), lifecycle and policy baselines (naming, retention/labels, external sharing, B2B), and CI/CD/automation approaches (PowerShell, Graph API).
• Awareness of broad competencies and depth in specific competency areas (e.g., workplace strategy, enterprise/solution architecture, information architecture, identity & access, security & compliance, and Teams voice/telephony) with M365 E5 reference architectures and delivery frameworks.
• Ability to lead/facilitate discovery, design workshops, and migration planning sessions (information architecture, Teams voice, security/compliance, endpoint) excellent presentation and communication skills.
• Understanding of DevSecOps, or Agile, and Scrum constructs, and ability to identify inefficiencies through readiness assessments and develop strategies and approaches to optimize M365 tenant configuration, security posture, endpoint management, and network/performance for Teams/SharePoint.

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Experience in enterprise M365/Azure architecture, service management, and/or resiliency with direct exposure to global, multi-geo tenants, regulated environments, and complex coexistence (mail, identity, voice).
• ITIL/COBIT certificationMicrosoft 365 certifications such as MS-102 (Enterprise Administrator Expert), SC-300 (Identity & Access), SC-400 (Information Protection), MS-700 (Teams), MS-203 (Messaging) strongly preferred.
• Business case development skills including ROI and TCO analysis to validate E5 licensing value realization (security consolidation, voice modernization, storage/rationalization, eDiscovery/records).
• Experience leading M365 workshops, tenant assessments, and migration/adoption engagements (e.g., Exchange/SharePoint/OneDrive/Teams waves, governance design, Teams voice/Direct Routing or Operator Connect), translating business needs into scalable, secure M365 E5 architectures.