M365 Automation Architect & Platform Engineer

Booz Allen Hamilton; North Dakota; On-site; USD 87,000 - 198,000; Full time

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking a seasoned M365 Platform Engineer and Developer in the United States. The role centers on building scalable automations across Azure and Microsoft 365, delivering production‑grade scripts, and guiding platform efficiency.

You will work with cross‑functional teams to implement secure identity practices and robust logging. You will develop modules with advanced functions, ensure reliability, and contribute to modernization efforts, agentic AI initiatives, and

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in enterprise‑scale cloud or systems management and automation engineering.
• 3+ years of experience with PowerShell development, including module development, advanced functions, error handling, logging, testing, and performance optimization.
• Experience building and maintaining production‑grade automations, workflows, and API‑integrated solutions for cloud platforms, including Microsoft 365.
• Experience leading or supporting complex automation initiatives, escalations, and development workstreams.
• Experience with secure coding practices, operational governance, and structured service management processes.
• Experience with Azure and Microsoft 365 workloads, including Exchange, Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, and Microsoft Graph.
• Experience with version control platforms such as Jira BitBucket, GitHub, or Azure DevOps.
• Knowledge of Visual Studio Code and its extensions to support efficient PowerShell and Git‑based development.
• Ability to collaborate with technical and non‑technical stakeholders, and translate requirements into scalable solutions.
• Bachelor's degree in CS

Responsibilities

• Build scripts and modules for Azure Resource Manager tasks, Azure AD or Entra ID operations, and governance automations.
• Integrate with cloud-native automation services such as Azure functions, automation accounts, runbooks, and managed identities.
• Automate Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, Teams, Intune, and Microsoft Graph workloads, including user lifecycle, licensing, compliance tasks, and monitoring.
• Create scalable scripts that follow M365 throttling, retry logic, and API best practices.
• Support strategic initiatives related to modernization, automation expansion, agentic AI, custom tooling, and platform efficiency.
• Develop reusable modules with advanced functions, robust error handling, structured logging, and idempotent design for cloud resources.
• Use REST-based integrations such as Graph API and Azure management API, JSON or YAML configuration, and cloud identity flows.
• Maintain repositories with clean branching strategies, PR reviews, semantic versioning, tagging, and release notes.
• Use GitHub or Azure DevOps for pipeline automation.
• Build pipelines for linting, testing, NuGet packaging, and deploying Azure Functions, PowerShell modules, or automation runbooks.
• Manage environment‑specific configurations and secrets securely via Azure Key Vault.
• Implement secure, identity‑based automation using managed identities, app registrations, and least‑privilege permissions.
• Ensure compliance with cloud security policies and maintain proper audit logging.
• Produce clean runbooks, module documentation, architectural diagrams, and automation lifecycle documentation.
• Support operations teams by delivering training, demos, and operational handoffs.
• Partner across engineering, cybersecurity, product management, and platform delivery to create scalable, repeatable, and well‑governed automation capabilities.

Skills

PowerShell

Azure

Microsoft 365

Automation

GitHub

Azure DevOps

REST APIs

Graph API

CI/CD

Scripting

Security best practices

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS

Tools

VS Code

Jira

Git

Bitbucket

Job description

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking a seasoned M365 Platform Engineer and Developer in the United States. The role centers on building scalable automations across Azure and Microsoft 365, delivering production‑grade scripts, and guiding platform efficiency.

You will work with cross‑functional teams to implement secure identity practices and robust logging. You will develop modules with advanced functions, ensure reliability, and contribute to modernization efforts, agentic AI initiatives, and