Hybrid Lead, Collaboration Engineering & Architecture

Guardian Life; Bethlehem (Northampton County); Hybrid; USD 132,000 - 218,000; Full time

Job summary

Guardian Life is seeking a hands-on technology leader to head Collaboration Engineering & Architecture within Digital Workplace. You will own strategy, architecture, governance, security and operations of Guardian's collaboration ecosystem spanning Microsoft 365, Exchange Online, Teams, SharePoint Online, OneDrive, and related services.

You will lead a team of collaboration engineers and architects, partner with Cybersecurity, Cloud, and Enterprise Architecture, and engage executives in strategy

Qualifications

• 10+ years IT experience.
• 5+ years leading Collaboration, Messaging, Microsoft 365, Workplace Technology, or Infrastructure Engineering teams.
• Currently serving in a Director, Head, Senior Manager, Principal Architect, or equivalent leadership role.
• Deep technical expertise with Microsoft 365, Exchange Online, Teams, SharePoint Online, OneDrive, and related services.

Responsibilities

• Develop the vision, strategy, architecture, and roadmap for enterprise collaboration technologies.
• Define long-term architecture for Microsoft 365 services and adoption strategies.
• Establish platform standards, design patterns, and governance models.
• Lead engineering and operations for Microsoft 365 tenant architecture and service lifecycle.
• Partner with Cybersecurity, Cloud Engineering, Enterprise Architecture, andbusiness stakeholders.
• Drive security, compliance, and data protection for collaboration platforms.

Skills

Leadership

Microsoft 365

Architecture

Executive communication

Security governance

Tools

PowerShell

Microsoft Purview

Microsoft Graph

Entra ID

Job description

Guardian Life is seeking a hands-on technology leader to head Collaboration Engineering & Architecture within Digital Workplace. You will own strategy, architecture, governance, security and operations of Guardian's collaboration ecosystem spanning Microsoft 365, Exchange Online, Teams, SharePoint Online, OneDrive, and related services.

You will lead a team of collaboration engineers and architects, partner with Cybersecurity, Cloud, and Enterprise Architecture, and engage executives in strategy