Microsoft 365 & Identity Engineer — Secure Collaboration Leader

Goodwin Recruiting

West Chicago (IL)

On-site

USD 90,000 - 130,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Job summary

Goodwin Recruiting partners with a growing global organization to hire a Microsoft 365 & Identity Engineer for the Chicago western suburbs. The role administers, secures, supports, and optimizes an enterprise Microsoft 365 and identity environment including Entra ID, governance, and automation across Teams, SharePoint Online, Exchange Online, and OneDrive.

The ideal candidate brings hands-on Microsoft cloud experience and can own complex technical challenges while collaborating with

Qualifications

3 to 5+ years of Microsoft 365 administration, cloud collaboration, identity, or related enterprise Microsoft experience.
Strong Microsoft 365 administration experience.
Hands-on Microsoft Entra ID experience.
Experience with Teams, Exchange Online, OneDrive, and/or SharePoint Online.
Knowledge of Conditional Access, MFA, identity governance, and access management.
Experience with PowerShell or Microsoft cloud automation.
Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills.
Strong written and verbal communication.
Experience with Purview, PIM, RBAC, SSO, Power Automate, Intune, Defender, or similar Microsoft technologies is highly valued.
Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field preferred. Equivalent professional experience will also be considered.

Responsibilities

Administer and support Microsoft 365 tenant services.
Configure and maintain Teams, Exchange Online, OneDrive, and SharePoint Online.
Administer Microsoft Entra ID, Conditional Access, MFA, roles, and access controls.
Support PIM, RBAC, SSO, and identity governance.
Manage SharePoint Online sites, permissions, libraries, metadata, and governance.
Support Teams collaboration, guest access, external sharing, conferencing, and related policies.
Maintain OneDrive sharing, synchronization, retention, and protection settings.
Support Microsoft Purview, DLP, information protection, retention, and compliance initiatives.
Automate Microsoft 365 and identity administration using PowerShell and Power Automate.
Monitor platform availability, service health, utilization, security, and user experience.
Troubleshoot complex Microsoft cloud, collaboration, and identity issues.
Partner with cybersecurity, cloud, infrastructure, application, and business teams.
Collaborate with Technology teams across multiple global regions to maintain standards and share best practices.