Microsoft 365 Platform Engineer - Copilot & Automation Lead

Applied Materials; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 122,000 - 168,000; Full time

Job summary

Applied Materials is seeking a highly experienced Microsoft 365 Platform Engineer to optimize and secure a large enterprise environment. The role emphasizes hands-on administration, automation, and the development of Copilot agents to address varied business needs.

You will collaborate across platform engineering, security, governance, and operations to reduce manual work, improve reliability, and scale automation responsibly.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of hands-on experience engineering and administering Microsoft 365 in a large/complex enterprise.
• Broad admin experience across Microsoft 365 workloads including Copilot, Teams, SharePoint Online/OneDrive, Entra ID, Purview.
• Advanced PowerShell development and production-quality scripting.
• Experience designing/developing Copilot agents and low-code/API automations.
• Ability to work with security, compliance, and governance teams; strong documentation skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; cross-team collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Administer, configure, and optimize Microsoft 365 services in a large enterprise.
• Provide engineering expertise across workloads: Copilot, Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, Entra ID, Purview.
• Define platform standards, governance controls, and deployment procedures.
• Lead pilots, migrations, feature rollouts, and adoption initiatives.
• Develop Copilot agents and connectors grounded in enterprise data sources.
• Automate cloud flows with Power Automate; integrate with internal/external services.

Skills

Microsoft 365

PowerShell

Power Automate

Microsoft Graph

Copilot

Teams

SharePoint Online/OneDrive

Entra ID

Governance & security

Tools

PowerShell

Power Automate

Copilot Studio

SharePoint agents

Microsoft Graph API

Job description

Applied Materials is seeking a highly experienced Microsoft 365 Platform Engineer to optimize and secure a large enterprise environment. The role emphasizes hands-on administration, automation, and the development of Copilot agents to address varied business needs.

You will collaborate across platform engineering, security, governance, and operations to reduce manual work, improve reliability, and scale automation responsibly.