M365 Automation & Platform Engineer

Devopsroles; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 87,000 - 198,000; Full time

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking a senior M365 Platform Engineer and Developer to design and implement production-grade automations across Azure and Microsoft 365. You will build reusable PowerShell modules, integrate with Graph API, and advance our agent-based automation initiatives in a complex enterprise environment.

You will collaborate with engineering, cybersecurity, and product teams to ensure secure, scalable solutions, maintain runbooks and documentation, and mentor junior engineers while

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in enterprise-scale cloud or systems management and automation engineering.
• 3+ years of PowerShell development, including module development, advanced functions, error handling, logging, testing, and performance optimization.
• Experience building production-grade automations and workflows 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.
• 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 development

Azure

Microsoft 365

Git & CI/CD

Visual Studio Code

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS

Tools

Jira

Bitbucket

GitHub

Azure DevOps

Visual Studio Code

Job description

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking a senior M365 Platform Engineer and Developer to design and implement production-grade automations across Azure and Microsoft 365. You will build reusable PowerShell modules, integrate with Graph API, and advance our agent-based automation initiatives in a complex enterprise environment.

You will collaborate with engineering, cybersecurity, and product teams to ensure secure, scalable solutions, maintain runbooks and documentation, and mentor junior engineers while