Job description

Planet Technologies, the Nation’s leading Microsoft services provider to the public sector, is looking for a highly motivated individual to join our growing team as a Senior M365 Architect. In this role, you will be supporting impactful projects that benefit our country.

Planet Technologies West Region is looking for a Senior Microsoft 365 (M365) Architect. The successful candidate's skills bridge technical knowledge, leadership, and sales experience. The Architect will be responsible for the scope, assessment, design, testing, and technical documentation for the implementation, support, and migration of enterprise cloud solutions. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in M365 platforms, including Entra ID, Microsoft Defender, and Microsoft Purview. They will leverage this knowledge to inspire and guide customers, colleagues, and strategic partners, offering innovative solutions to meet business needs.

Essential Functions

Surface and analyze customer business requirements in presales conversations and project work

Lead presales calls and translate requirements into Statement of Work and architectural design

Design, construct, configure, and maintain all facets of a Microsoft 365 tenant

Plan and execute an end-to-end implementation of M365 infrastructure workloads

Maintain a thorough understanding of existing and emerging M365 and related core technologies

Provide leadership in security and compliance practices, as they relate to M365

Proactively help customers make more complex decisions around features and capabilities

Identify, scope, and refer opportunities for additional sales for Planet provided services and offerings

Lead internal technical knowledge sharing communities and present new technologies

Provide process improvements or standardization on elements that will have broad impact

Lead and provide strategic vision to large technical teams on complex project

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

5+ years' experience in M365 and broad technology expertise

Skills Required

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Proactively respond to internal and external technical communities

Ability to implement related technologies and understand their dependencies in complex enterprise environments

Ability to proactively collaborate across internal, customer, and key partner teams

Thought leader on solving problems in complex environments

Effectively articulate escalations and communicate progress to stakeholders

Has ownership stake in the successful technical delivery of complex projects in large enterprise environments

Has owner stake in the delivery of scope while assisting in managing customer expectations

Essentials

Microsoft 365: Subject matter expert for Microsoft Entra ID, Exchange Online, Microsoft Teams, SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business, and other M365 workloads

Microsoft Security: Microsoft Defender XDR, Defender for Office 365, Defender for Endpoint, Defender for Identity, Defender for Cloud Apps, Microsoft Intune, and Entra ID

Microsoft Compliance: Microsoft Purview Information Protection, Data Loss Prevention and Compliance Center Experience including – Litigation Hold, Retention, and eDiscovery

Exchange: Must have real-world, hands-on experience delivering messaging and collaboration solutions utilizing Microsoft Exchange and Office 365 within large complex environments. This includes extensive hybrid and third-party migration experience.

Active Directory: Must have real-world experience helping to managing and maintaining AD, GPO's, On-Premises Active Directory Migrations.

Other Requirements

Certifications: At least two active certifications in area(s) of expertise:

Microsoft 365 Certified: Administrator Expert (preferred)

Microsoft Certified: Cybersecurity Architect Expert

Microsoft Certified: Identity and Access Administrator Associate

Microsoft Certified: Information Protection and Compliance Administrator Associate

Microsoft 365 Certified: Messaging Administrator Associate

Citizenship: Candidates must be US Citizens as this work entails working with State and Local Government Agencies

Travel: 0 - 25%

Planet Technologies is the leading provider of Microsoft Consulting Services to public sector and commercial organizations. Planet has significant experience in deploying business intelligence, cloud services, unified communications, and systems management with an emphasis building, deploying, and managing custom solutions that transform the business operations of federal government agencies.

Planet Technologies does not discriminate in employment opportunities, terms and conditions of employment, or practices. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, age, gender, religious or political beliefs, national origin or heritage, disability, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, or any characteristic protected by law. Federal Agency Clearance Requirements may require up to a 10-year background investigation - US Citizenship (clearable) is required.

Salaries for Architects at Planet Technologies range from $140,000 and $225,000. Several factors will impact final pay offered to a successful candidate including but not limited to the type and years of experience within the job, clearance level, the type of years and experience within the industry, education, training, etc.

Visit www.go-planet.com to learn more about us. Details about our benefits can be found here Planet Technologies Benefits Guide 2024-2025.

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