Hybrid Microsoft 365 Systems Engineer

• Provide Level 3–4 system administration, solution consultation, and engineering for Microsoft Exchange Online and on-premises Exchange Server SE infrastructure, including hybrid configuration management, SMTP relay governance for business-critical systems, mail flow architecture (connectors, transport rules, DNS/SPF/DKIM/DMARC), and mailbox lifecycle management.

• Administer SharePoint Online and One Drive for Business, including site provisioning and governance, permission and access management, external sharing policies, Information Steward responsibilities, storage management, site modernization, file share-to-SharePoint migrations, and monitoring of high-risk admin changes across all management interfaces.

• Administer Microsoft Teams, including tenant policy, Teams governance (ownership lifecycle, archival processes), compliance, and app ecosystem governance (approval gates, permission policies, audits).

• Perform security patching, update management, and security hardening across servers and the M365 tenant; manage Entra  assignments (PIM/JIT), RBAC for applications, and conduct periodic admin access reviews across Exchange, SharePoint, and Teams admin roles to ensure least-privilege compliance.

• Support Microsoft Purview compliance functions across the M365 ecosystem, including eDiscovery and legal holds, Data Loss Prevention (DLP), retention labels and policies, audit log management, and data privacy requests (GDPR/SOX) spanning Exchange, SharePoint, Teams, and One Drive content.

• Develop and maintain Power Shell scripts and automation for administrative tasks, reporting, health monitoring, bulk operations, and governance signals (e.g., owner attestation, guest recertification, One Drive sync monitoring) across all M365 workloads.

• Actively monitor Microsoft Message Center posts, roadmap changes, and new feature releases; evaluate and prepare for rollouts; coordinate change communications with affected stakeholders; and drive feature enablement in partnership with Microsoft and internal teams (Security, Records Management, Data Privacy, Computer Services).

• Support strategic enterprise projects including migrations, Exchange infrastructure upgrades, licensing support, Microsoft feature deprecation, and cross-workload lifecycle alignment (Teams ↔ SharePoint ↔ Exchange) for retention and eDiscovery.

Requirements

• A minimum of a bachelor’s degree or relevant military experience at or above a U.S. E5 ranking or Canadian Petty Officer 2nd Class or Sergeant or 5 years of experience in lieu of a bachelor’s degree.
• Minimum of 2 years of relevant experience administering Microsoft 365 services, with hands-on expertise in at least two of the following:
  Exchange Online/Server, SharePoint Online, Microsoft Teams, or One Drive for Business. 5+ years preferred.
• Demonstrated proficiency in Power Shell scripting for M365 administration, including automation, bulk operations, reporting, and troubleshooting across Exchange, SharePoint, and Teams.
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Entra  (Azure AD) identity management, including role-based access control (RBAC), Privileged Identity Management (PIM), and conditional access policies.

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Hard Skills

• Microsoft Exchange Online
• Exchange Server
• SharePoint Online
• One Drive for Business
• Microsoft Teams
• Power Shell scripting
• security patching
• update management
• data loss prevention
• role-based access control

Soft Skills

• solution consultation
• governance
• communication
• monitoring
• collaboration
• project management
• stakeholder engagement
• troubleshooting
• compliance
• strategic planning