M365 Specialist - 4 month contract

Datacom; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid parental leave

Employee assistance program

Career development opportunities

Learning platforms access

Recognition programmes

Employee discounts

Meaningful work

Job summary

Datacom is seeking a Microsoft 365 Specialist to join our Centre of Excellence across Australia. You will lead Microsoft 365 enablement and productivity outcomes, guiding customers through adoption and continuous improvement within the Microsoft 365 stack.

You will focus on identity, collaboration, and security workloads, acting as a technical escalation point and delivering a first-class Modern Workplace experience for government, enterprise, and growing organisations.

Qualifications

• Australian citizenship is required for eligibility to this role.
• Experience as a Microsoft 365 Engineer in an ICT professional services environment.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft 365 workload areas, identity and collaboration tooling.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the Microsoft 365 specialist and technical escalation point.
• Deliver a first-class experience for Modern Workplace services customers.
• Guide adoption and continuous improvement across the Microsoft 365 stack.
• Contribute to workloads spanning data, files, communications, collaboration, security, and IAM.
• Support workloads including Teams, Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, and related services.

Skills

Exchange Online Mailbox Management

Exchange Online Protection

Microsoft Teams

SharePoint Online

OneDrive for Business

Users

Security Groups

Office 365 Groups

Devices

Guest Users

Azure AD Connect

Password Hash Sync

Pass-thru Authentication

Seamless SSO

ADFS

Azure MFA

SSPR

Job description

At Datacom, we combine technology, expertise, and talented people to help organisations thrive in a rapidly changing world. As one of Australasia's leading technology providers, we work with customers across industries to solve real-world problems and deliver meaningful outcomes.

Whether we're supporting governments, enterprise organisations, or growing businesses, we're committed to creating meaningful outcomes for our customers, communities, and each other.

This is a 4 month contract

At Datacom, we combine technology, expertise, and talented people to help organisations thrive in a rapidly changing world. As one of Australasia's leading technology providers, we work with customers across industries to solve real-world problems and deliver meaningful outcomes.

Whether we're supporting governments, enterprise organisations, or growing businesses, we're committed to creating meaningful outcomes for our customers, communities, and each other.

About the Role (your why)

This is a chance to make your mark in a business with strong people and customer focus. You’ll combine all your talents, from leadership, relationship building and delivering technical solutions to our clients as part of our Microsoft 365 Centre of Excellence across Australia!

The Microsoft 365 Specialist plays a key role as the technical escalation point of our Microsoft 365 Centre of Excellence. As a Microsoft 365 Specialist, you will be accountable for delivering a first-class experience for consumers of our Modern Workplace services including guiding our business and Customers towards adoption and continuous improvement with the Microsoft 365 stack.

Focusing on Microsoft 365 enablement and productivity outcomes for our customers including workloads spanning data, files, communications and collaboration, security and identity and access management

Australian Citizenship is required to be eligible for Baseline or NV1 Clearance. This is a 4 month contract.

What you’ll do

As the Microsoft 365 Specialist you will typically have exposure across a wide variety of technology areas including (but not limited to):

• Microsoft identity management (AzureAD, AD Connect, ADFS and Microsoft Identity Manager)
• Modern business collaboration tools in the Office 365 suite – Teams, Planner, Groups, Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, Yammer etc.
• Collaboration and video conferencing solutions like Teams, and ancillary systems like Poly, Cisco and Zoom
• Working knowledge of competitor solutions in the above IT platforms
• Email security and archive technologies (Office 365 ATP/EOP, Mimecast, Avepoint).

What You’ll Bring

Please note that you must be an Australian Citizen to be successful in your application for this role.

You will have previous experience in an ICT Professional Services organisation and have extensive hands-on experience as a Microsoft 365 Engineer. You will be able to demonstrate;

• Exchange Online Mailbox Management
• Exchange Online Protection
• Microsoft Teams
• SharePoint Online
• OneDrive for Business
• Users
• Traditional Groups (Security, Distribution)
• Office 365 Groups
• Devices
• Guest Users (External Users)
• Azure AD Connect
• Password Hash Sync
• Pass-thru Authentication
• Seamless SSO
• ADFS
• Azure MFA
• SSPR

Culture and benefits

Join a team where you'll be supported to grow your career, prioritise your wellbeing, and make a genuine impact. From industry-leading learning and development opportunities to parental leave, wellbeing support, and employee benefits, we're committed to helping our people thrive both professionally and personally

We're passionate about creating a workplace where people feel supported, empowered, and inspired to do their best work. Whether you're developing new skills, tackling complex challenges, or collaborating with some of the best minds in the industry, you'll be part of a team that values curiosity, innovation, inclusion, and making a genuine difference.

Why you will love working here

• Paid parental leave
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme (DataCare)
• Ongoing learning, certifications, and career development opportunities
• Access to industry-leading learning platforms and future skills training
• Recognition programmes that celebrate great work
• Great employee discounts and financial wellbeing benefits
• Meaningful work that makes a real impact