Senior Microsoft Platform Engineer

We’re hiring a Senior Microsoft Platform Engineer to own and manage the organization’s Microsoft ecosystem, with primary responsibility for Microsoft 365 administration, endpoint management, identity services, enterprise patch management, and Microsoft platform engineering. This role ensures the Microsoft platform remains secure, highly available, compliant, and operationally efficient while partnering closely with Infrastructure, Information Security, Enterprise Applications, and Service Desk teams. This is a hands-on technical engineering role.

Responsibilities

• Microsoft Platform Administration
  • Administer Microsoft 365 (Exchange Online, Teams, SharePoint Online, OneDrive)
  • Manage Windows Server, Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID and Group Policy
  • Administer Microsoft 365 licensing and tenant configuration
• Identity & Access Management
  • Manage Entra ID, Conditional Access, MFA, PIM, RBAC and user lifecycle
  • Maintain secure identity governance
• Endpoint Management & Enterprise Patching (Primary Focus)
  • Own Microsoft Intune and endpoint management
  • Lead enterprise Windows patch management for workstations and servers
  • Develop deployment rings, testing, rollback and validation processes
  • Monitor compliance and coordinate remediation with Infrastructure and InfoSec
• Microsoft Security & Compliance
  • Administer Microsoft Defender technologies
  • Improve Microsoft Secure Score
  • Support CMMC, NIST and Microsoft GCC/GCC High environments
• Automation & Operational Excellence
  • Develop PowerShell automation
  • Standardize administration and improve operational efficiency
• Cross-functional Collaboration
  • Partner with Infrastructure, InfoSec, Enterprise Applications and Service Desk teams
  • Provide Tier 3 Microsoft platform support