Remote Senior Messaging & Cloud Platform Specialist

Source Code; Edmonton; Remote; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Government of Alberta is seeking a Sr. Messaging Specialist for the Cloud Platform Services team. The contract role focuses on Exchange Online, MS Teams, and M365 security, supporting GoA's cloud messaging environment and related services.

Remote with occasional onsite meetings (~3–4 times/year). 10‑month contract with standard background checks. Responsibilities include incident and change ticket handling, architecture recommendations, and hands-on troubleshooting across Exchange Online, Teams,

Qualifications

• Must have degree or diploma in IT, CS, Math or Engineering or equivalent experience.
• Ability to work evenings/weekends and outside normal Government of Alberta hours.
• Experience designing, planning, implementing and supporting on-premises Exchange 2016/2019 and Exchange Online in a large org.
• Experience supporting email security services like anti-spam and anti-phishing, and access management.
• Experience supporting Skype for Business or Microsoft Teams in an enterprise.
• Experience with Microsoft architecture, installation and administration in a multi-server env.

Responsibilities

• Apply operation guidelines to enhance departmental workflows.
• Review new services and assess impact, advising on remediation.
• Develop action plans, schedules and estimates for deployments.
• Assist in developing task lists and resource assignments for deployments.
• Evaluate current services and recommend remedial actions.
• Hands-on implementation and troubleshooting of messaging infrastructure.
• Provide quality control on production implementations.
• Develop and maintain documentation and messaging procedures.
• Communicate effectively with team members and ministries.
• Cross-train and transfer knowledge to team members.

Skills

Exchange Online

MS Teams

M365 Defender

Microsoft Purview

Email security

Access management

Education

Bachelor degree or diploma in IT/CS/Math/Engineering

Tools

Skype for Business

Microsoft 365

Job description

Government of Alberta is seeking a Sr. Messaging Specialist for the Cloud Platform Services team. The contract role focuses on Exchange Online, MS Teams, and M365 security, supporting GoA's cloud messaging environment and related services.

Remote with occasional onsite meetings (~3–4 times/year). 10‑month contract with standard background checks. Responsibilities include incident and change ticket handling, architecture recommendations, and hands-on troubleshooting across Exchange Online, Teams,