Contract - Senior M365 Specialist

Datacom; Christchurch; On-site; NZD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid parental leave

Employee Assistance Programme (DataC​A

Job summary

Datacom is seeking a Microsoft 365 Specialist (Contract) to join our New Zealand-wide Centre of Excellence. You’ll be the escalation point for Modern Workplace services, helping customers adopt and optimise the Microsoft 365 stack across workloads like Exchange Online, Teams, and SharePoint Online.

You must be a NZ citizen or permanent resident with hands-on experience in ICT professional services. The role focuses on delivering secure, productive collaboration and identity solutions.

Qualifications

• New Zealand citizenship or permanent residency required.
• Extensive hands-on Microsoft 365 experience in ICT services.
• Strong knowledge of Exchange Online, Teams, SharePoint Online, and OneDrive.

Responsibilities

• Deliver a first-class Microsoft 365 experience for customers.
• Guide adoption and continuous improvement of the Microsoft 365 stack.
• Collaborate across Office 365 workloads including Exchange Online, Teams, SharePoint Online, and security features.

Skills

Microsoft 365

Azure AD

Exchange Online

SharePoint Online

Microsoft Teams

IAM Security

Tools

Azure AD Connect

MFA

SSO

Job description

About us

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 New Zealand!

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.

This role is available across our Datacom offices in New Zealand.New Zealand Citizenship or Permanent Residencyis required to be eligible forthe relevant clearances.

What you’ll do

As the Microsoft 365 Specialist (Contract) 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 a New Zealand Citizen or Permanent Resident 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;

• Extensive knowledge of core collaboration services in Office 365 including:
• Exchange Online Mailbox Management
• Exchange Online Protection
• Microsoft Teams
• SharePoint Online
• OneDrive for Business
• Extensive knowledge of core AzureAD identity management and related objects including:
• Users
• Traditional Groups (Security, Distribution)
• Office 365 Groups
• Devices
• Guest Users (External Users)
• Working knowledge of AzureAD identity and authentication technologies including:
• 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