Senior M365 Messaging & Collaboration Architect

Proactive Appointments Ltd.; West of England; On-site; GBP 114,000 - 134,000; Full time

Job summary

Proactive Appointments Ltd. is seeking an experienced Microsoft 365 Messaging & Collaboration Architect to define the architectural strategy and technical roadmap for enterprise Microsoft 365 services, including Exchange Online, Teams, Purview and security.

This hands-on, architecture-led role requires strong delivery capability, collaboration with senior stakeholders and guidance of engineering teams across transformations and migrations.

Qualifications

• 8+ years’ experience designing and delivering Microsoft enterprise collaboration platforms.
• Extensive architectural experience across Microsoft Exchange Online and Microsoft Teams.
• Proven experience developing enterprise architecture strategies, technical roadmaps and design standards.
• Experience leading Microsoft 365 transformation programmes.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Purview, Defender for Office 365 and Microsoft 365 governance.
• Experience architecting enterprise email security solutions, ideally Proofpoint.

Responsibilities

• Define the strategic roadmap for Microsoft 365 messaging and collaboration services.
• Develop enterprise reference architectures, technical standards and design patterns.
• Own the architectural direction for Exchange Online, Teams, Purview and related Microsoft 365 services.
• Evaluate emerging Microsoft technologies and define adoption strategies.
• Align roadmaps with business objectives and enterprise architecture principles.
• Produce high-level and low-level solution designs for complex Microsoft 365 programmes.
• Lead design reviews and provide architectural assurance.
• Mentor engineers and technical SMEs, promoting best practice.

Skills

Microsoft 365

Exchange Online

Microsoft Teams

Zero Trust

Governance

Security

Proofpoint

PowerShell

Microsoft Graph

DNS SPF DMARC

Tools

Proofpoint

PowerShell

Microsoft Graph

Job description

Proactive Appointments Ltd. is seeking an experienced Microsoft 365 Messaging & Collaboration Architect to define the architectural strategy and technical roadmap for enterprise Microsoft 365 services, including Exchange Online, Teams, Purview and security.

This hands-on, architecture-led role requires strong delivery capability, collaboration with senior stakeholders and guidance of engineering teams across transformations and migrations.