M365 Collaboration Architect

Insight Global; Addison (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global seeks a Senior hands-on M365 Collaboration Architect to integrate acquired organizations into a large parent Microsoft 365 environment. You will own coexistence, Exchange/mail routing, migration strategy, M365 workloads, automation, and production cutovers while leading a small engineering team.

You will guide multi-tenant migrations, manage governance and Purview considerations, and deliver robust automation with PowerShell and Microsoft Graph.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of Microsoft 365 experience.
• Architecture ownership for cross-tenant M365 migrations into large production tenants.
• Deep Exchange experience including Exchange hybrid and mail routing.
• Hands-on Quest On Demand Migration experience.
• Strong understanding of Microsoft Purview.
• Strong PowerShell skills.
• Microsoft Graph experience.
• Experience with Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, and tenant coexistence.
• Ability to develop and execute migration-wave and cutover strategies.

Responsibilities

• Own the M365 collaboration workstream for acquired-company integrations from discovery through final cutover.
• Lead Exchange, Teams, SharePoint, and OneDrive migrations into the parent production tenant.
• Define migration sequencing, rollback, risk, and go/no-go criteria.
• Lead 2-3 engineers and coordinate across identity, network, security, compliance, and application teams.

Skills

M365 architecture

Cross-tenant migrations

Exchange hybrid

PowerShell

Microsoft Graph

Teams

SharePoint

OneDrive

M365 migration strategy

Governance & Purview

Certification: MEA Expert

Tools

Quest On Demand Migration

ShareGate

BitTitan

AvePoint

Job description

Job Description

Senior hands-on M365 Collaboration Architect responsible for moving acquired organizations into a large parent Microsoft 365 environment. The consultant will own coexistence, Exchange/mail routing, migration strategy, M365 workloads, automation, and production cutovers while leading a small engineering team.

• Own the Microsoft 365 collaboration workstream for acquired-company integrations from discovery through final cutover.
• Assess existing Exchange/mail-routing configurations, tenant policies, Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, file shares, and data volumes.
• Design cross-tenant mail routing, coexistence, and migration-wave strategies.
• Establish coexistence using B2B, cross-tenant synchronization, free/busy, and Teams federation.
• Lead Exchange, Teams, SharePoint, and OneDrive migrations into the parent production tenant.
• Assess how parent retention, DLP, eDiscovery, and other Purview policies affect migrated users and content.
• Analyze dependencies involving identity, networking, line-of-business applications, and shared mailboxes.
• Use Quest On Demand Migration for hands-on migration execution.
• Develop PowerShell and Microsoft Graph automation.
• Define migration sequencing, rollback, risk, and go/no-go criteria.
• Participate directly in production cutovers.
• Lead 2-3 engineers and coordinate across identity, network, security, compliance, and application teams.

Skills and Requirements

• 8+ years of Microsoft 365 experience.
• Demonstrated architecture ownership for cross-tenant M365 migrations into large production tenants.
• Deep Exchange experience, including Exchange hybrid and mail routing.
• Hands-on Quest On Demand Migration experience.
• Strong understanding of Microsoft Purview.
• Strong PowerShell skills.
• Microsoft Graph experience.
• Experience with Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, and tenant coexistence.
• Ability to develop and execute migration-wave and cutover strategies.
• Ability to own the domain end to end while managing a small technical team
• Previous M&A integration experience.
• Teams telephony migration experience.
• ShareGate, BitTitan, and/or AvePoint experience.
• Microsoft Enterprise Administrator Expert certification.
• Experience in construction, energy, utilities, or other field-heavy industries.

We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to [e-mail].