Sr IT Engineer - M365 Platform Protection & Data Governance

Location: San Jose, California, United States

Supermicro® is a Top Tier provider of advanced server, storage, and networking solutions for Data Center, Cloud Computing, Enterprise IT, Hadoop/ Big Data, Hyperscale, HPC and IoT/Embedded customers worldwide. We are the #5 fastest growing company among the Silicon Valley Top 50 technology firms. Our unprecedented global expansion has provided us with the opportunity to offer a large number of new positions to the technology community.

We seek talented, passionate, and committed engineers, technologists, and business leaders to join us.

Why This Role Matters:

• Maximize Microsoft 365 E5 Value:
  Expand and operationalize Defender, Purview, application governance, and data protection capabilities already available in the enterprise platform.
• Strengthen Preventive Platform Controls:
  Configure and optimize Microsoft protection and governance technologies from a systems-management perspective.
• Enable Cross-Team Governance:
  Translate security, compliance, legal, and business requirements into maintainable Microsoft 365 and Entra technical controls.

What You'll Do:

We are seeking a proactive Sr IT Engineer - M365 Platform Protection & Data Governance to support Microsoft 365 platform protection and data governance. The role focuses on technical administration, configuration, integration, and continuous improvement across Microsoft 365 and Entra services.

• Administer and optimize Microsoft Defender XDR platform configuration and integrations across the Microsoft 365 environment.
• Manage technical configuration and integration for Defender for Endpoint, Defender for Identity, Defender for Cloud Apps, and Defender for Office 365 in coordination with related platform owners.
• Implement preventive platform controls, configuration baselines, posture improvements, and cross-product protection integrations.
• Administer SaaS and cloud application governance capabilities, including connected applications, OAuth permissions, application consent, risky applications, service principals, and application hygiene in coordination with the Entra/Identity team.
• Administer Microsoft Purview Information Protection, including sensitivity labels, encryption, sensitive information types, classifiers, and automated labeling capabilities.
• Design, implement, and maintain Data Loss Prevention policies across Exchange, Teams, SharePoint, One Drive, endpoints, and other supported Microsoft services.
• Administer retention, Data Lifecycle Management, Records Management, Audit, and eDiscovery platform configuration.
• Review Secure Score and related Microsoft recommendations, assess applicability, and coordinate technical remediation with appropriate service owners.

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (preferred).
• 8+ years of experience in IT infrastructure, systems engineering, or related enterprise technologies.
• Proven hands‑on experience with Microsoft 365 and Entra  an enterprise environment.
• Hands‑on experience with Microsoft Defender technologies such as Defender XDR, Defender for Endpoint, Defender for Identity, Defender for Cloud Apps, or Defender for Office 365.
• Experience with Microsoft Purview capabilities such as Information Protection, sensitivity labels, DLP, retention, Audit, eDiscovery, and data lifecycle management.
• Understanding of Entra Enterprise Applications, app registrations, service principals, OAuth permissions, application consent, and SaaS application governance.
• Scripting and automation skills with Power Shell and Microsoft Graph API.
• Understanding of identity, endpoint, messaging, collaboration, data protection, access control,…