Senior Microsoft 365 Engineer
Listed on 2026-09-12
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IT/Tech
M365, SharePoint & Power Platform, Cybersecurity
Senior Microsoft 365 Engineer
Final date to receive applications: 31 October 2026
Department: Projects
Employment Type: Full Time
Location: Texas
Reporting To: Leighton Poley
The Senior Microsoft 365 Engineer – Entra & SharePoint Specialist plays a key role in designing, implementing, and managing modern collaboration, identity, and security solutions across Microsoft 365 environments. This senior‑level position focuses on SharePoint Online, Entra (formerly Azure Active Directory), Exchange Online, Teams, One Drive, and Microsoft Purview for compliance.
The role leads client‑facing projects related to migrations, secure collaboration, tenant design, identity governance, and productivity optimization. The engineer will act as a trusted advisor during planning, deployment, and post‑go‑live stabilization phases, ensuring secure, scalable, and supportable solutions that drive business outcomes.
This is a hybrid role based out of our DFW, TX office, with in‑office presence and on‑site client visits required as needed.
Key Responsibilities Microsoft 365 Architecture & Implementation- Design, deploy, and support SharePoint Online modern site structures, permission models, document libraries, and metadata
- Configure and maintain Microsoft Entra , including hybrid identity sync, conditional access, MFA, and privileged identity management
- Deploy and manage Teams, One Drive, and Exchange Online, including policy enforcement, mailbox migrations, and retention rules
- Plan and lead Microsoft 365 migrations (on‑prem and tenant‑to‑tenant), ensuring data integrity and user continuity
- Build low‑code automation using Power Automate and Power Apps to optimize business workflows
- Design and enforce Microsoft 365 governance, lifecycle, labeling, and DLP policies through Microsoft Purview
- Serve as the senior technical lead for M365, SharePoint, and Entra‑focused projects from planning through post‑implementation
- Collaborate with the Project Manager to define technical milestones, risk mitigation, and task sequencing
- Join client calls, workshops, or discovery sessions as the subject matter expert
- Deliver client training, adoption sessions, and early support during cutovers
- Configure and monitor security features across M365 including conditional access, MFA, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, compliance alerts, and insider risk policies
- Support governance policy design related to external sharing, access reviews, data retention, and hybrid environments
- Work alongside cybersecurity, compliance, and NOC teams to ensure secure, policy‑driven Microsoft 365 usage
- Document configurations, identity models, policy designs, site structures, and project runbooks using tools such as Hudu
- Contribute to internal documentation standards, templates, and best practices
- Support seamless handoff to support and service teams after project closeout
- Act as a technical mentor to Project Technicians and junior engineers on Microsoft 365, SharePoint, and identity best practices
- Collaborate with infrastructure, cybersecurity, and systems engineering peers to align tools, policies, and user experiences
- Contribute to internal tool evaluations and Microsoft 365 product road mapping
Minimum Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in IT engineering roles, with 2+ years of hands‑on Microsoft 365 and Entra
- Proficient with Microsoft 365 suite:
Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, Teams, One Drive - Hands‑on experience designing and managing Microsoft Entra (Azure AD), hybrid sync, SSO, and conditional access
- Demonstrated knowledge of Microsoft Purview, DLP, retention, and compliance tools
- Strong Power Shell skills for scripting,…
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