Principal Engineer - Microsoft Platform

SBS Creatix; United States; Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Comprehensive healthcare

401(k) matching

Profit sharing

Schedule flexibility

Work from home options

Paid time off

Growth opportunities

Job summary

SBS Creatix LLC is seeking a Principal Engineer to orchestrate the Microsoft platform across identity, security, endpoint, device management, productivity, and AI, setting the standard for implementation. You will own engineering decisions, standardize best practices, mentor engineers, and communicate with executive leadership while partnering with product and engineering on roadmaps and health.

This hybrid role offers remote-friendly options with a St.

Qualifications

• Authorized to work in the U.S. now and in the future without sponsorship.
• Deep, holistic expertise across the Microsoft platform, including identity, security, endpoint, device management, and productivity/collaboration
• Proven ability to make engineering decisions across the platform and apply the right technologies
• Experience standardizing Microsoft environments around best practices
• Strong ability to communicate technical decisions to executive leadership
• Experience mentoring engineers and sharing knowledge across teams
• Leadership and influence skills within a technical role
• Committed to building security into every decision

Responsibilities

• Own engineering decisions across the Microsoft platform and apply the right technologies to the right problems
• Standardize the platform's technical implementation around Microsoft best practices
• Stay ahead of what's coming from Microsoft and guide the response, including what to turn on and off
• Serve as the go-to expert on how identity, security, endpoint, device management, and productivity/collaboration tools work together, reducing reliance on Microsoft support
• Communicate technical decisions and recommendations clearly to executive leadership
• Mentor existing team members and raise platform knowledge across the team
• Partner with product and engineering teams on roadmaps, operational health, and delivery

Skills

Microsoft platform expertise

Decision making across platform

Executive communication

Mentoring engineers

Leadership and influence

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / CIS / MIS or related field

Tools

Microsoft 365

Azure

Microsoft AI platform

Job description

• Must be authorized to work in the U.S. now and in the future without sponsorship.
• This role is remote friendly. Local hires follow a 3 days/week in-office schedule at the St. Louis corporate campus starting in January.
• The package includes competitive pay, comprehensive healthcare, 401(k) matching and profit sharing, schedule flexibility, work from home options, PTO, and strong growth potential.

Job Summary

This organization standardized on the Microsoft ecosystem a couple of years ago, across productivity and collaboration, security, identity, endpoint, device management, development, and AI. Because the platform was rolled out one tool at a time, they now need Principal Engineers who understand how it all fits together at the highest level and can set the standard for how it's implemented.

Responsibilities

• Own engineering decisions across the Microsoft platform and apply the right technologies to the right problems
• Standardize the platform's technical implementation around Microsoft best practices
• Stay ahead of what's coming from Microsoft and guide the response, including what to turn on and off
• Serve as the go-to expert on how identity, security, endpoint, device management, and productivity/collaboration tools work together, reducing reliance on Microsoft support
• Communicate technical decisions and recommendations clearly to executive leadership
• Mentor existing team members and raise platform knowledge across the team
• Partner with product and engineering teams on roadmaps, operational health, and delivery

Required Qualifications

• Authorized to work in the U.S. now and in the future without sponsorship
• Deep, holistic expertise across the Microsoft platform, including identity, security, endpoint, device management, and productivity/collaboration
• Proven ability to make engineering decisions across the platform and apply the right technologies
• Experience standardizing Microsoft environments around best practices
• Strong ability to communicate technical decisions to executive leadership
• Experience mentoring engineers and sharing knowledge across teams
• Leadership and influence skills within a technical role
• Committed to building security into every decision

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Microsoft's AI platform
• Insider-level Microsoft experience (for example, prior Microsoft employment)
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, CIS, MIS, or related field