Senior Project Consultant - Microsoft Infrastructure, Security & Modernization

Position Overview:

Company Overview:
Arctiq is a global, intelligence-driven technology services company delivering professional and managed services across Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure, Networking & Connected Experiences, Cybersecurity, Data & AI, Autonomous Operations & Intelligence, and Enterprise Service Management. We help organizations operate, secure, and modernize complex environments by unifying infrastructure, networking, data, security, automation, and observability under a single, integrated operating model. Our work focuses on helping customers reduce operational friction, improve resilience, and make better, faster decisions as their environments evolve.

Arctiq builds on decades of industry expertise and a customer-centric ethos to deliver exceptional value to clients across diverse industries.

The Senior Project Consultant is a customer‑facing technical leader responsible for delivering complex Microsoft infrastructure, identity, security, and modernization projects for mid‑market and enterprise clients.

This role blends hands‑on technical expertise with consultative delivery, guiding customers through the assessment, design, and implementation of Microsoft solutions across on‑premises, hybrid, and Azure/Microsoft 365 environments.

The consultant serves as a trusted advisor, ensuring solutions are secure, scalable, and aligned with Microsoft best practices, Zero Trust principles, and long‑term modernization strategies. Most engagements are delivered remotely, with occasional onsite travel for project kickoffs, critical milestones, or customer workshops.

Experience implementing Microsoft Security solutions including Defender XDR, Defender for Endpoint, Defender for Identity, Defender for Office 365, Microsoft Sentinel, and Microsoft Entra security capabilities.

Experience assessing and migrating from third‑party identity, endpoint protection, email security, and collaboration platforms to Microsoft solutions.

Ability to present technical findings and recommendations to executive and business stakeholders.

• Microsoft On‑Premises Infrastructure (AD, Windows Server, Exchange, Hyper‑V)
• Hybrid Identity & Security (AD Entra n)
• Microsoft 365 & Azure Platform Services
• Security, Compliance, and Threat Protection
• Infrastructure Modernization & Migrations

• Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) design, assessment, remediation, and AD migrations using Quest On-demand
• AD health checks, security hardening, and tiered administration models
• Hybrid identity implementations (Entra  / Cloud Sync)

• Microsoft Entra  and governance including Conditional Access, Identity Protection, Access Reviews, PIM, Lifecycle Workflows, and Entitlement Management.

• Azure architecture aligned to the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework
• Azure networking design and implementation:
  • Azure Virtual Networks, VPN Gateway, Express Route (conceptual)
  • Network Security Groups (NSGs), Azure Firewall, routing
• Azure IaaS and hybrid workloads
• Azure Stack HCI and hybrid server scenarios (preferred)
• VMware and other Virtualization to Hyper‑V Migration

• Microsoft 365 tenant architecture and core services
• Exchange Online and hybrid Exchange (all supported versions)
• Messaging migrations (Exchange, Google Workspace, third‑party platforms)
• SharePoint Online, One Drive, Teams, and collaboration governance
• Tenant‑to‑tenant migrations (M&A scenarios)

• Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager (MECM / SCCM)
• Microsoft Intune and endpoint management
• Co‑management (MECM + Intune)
• Windows client deployment and management strategies

• Microsoft Defender XDR (Endpoint, Identity, Office 365, Cloud Apps)
• Microsoft Sentinel (SIEM/SOAR) – deployment and operational concepts
• Microsoft Purview (Information Protection, DLP, Compliance)
• Security baselines, hardening, and threat detection

• Migration tools such as:
  • Bit Titan Migration Wiz
  • Quest On Demand Migration (AD, M365)
  • Sharegate
  • Other Microsoft‑aligned migration utilities
• On‑premises to cloud and hybrid migration…