Remote M365 Modern Workplace Engineer

Nelnet; Boise (ID); Remote; USD 75,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

HSA / FSA

Time off

Job summary

Nelnet is seeking a M365 Engineer - Modern Workplace to implement, administer, and support Microsoft 365 services across SharePoint Online, Viva, Power Platform, Fabric, Azure, and Copilot. The role emphasizes governance, reliability, and secure collaboration, with opportunities to optimize automation and analytics.

You will partner with multiple teams to deliver scalable, compliant solutions, manage incidents, and contribute to documentation and onboarding materials.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of hands-on experience administering Microsoft 365 in an enterprise environment.
• Experience administering and governing SharePoint Online and related collaboration workloads.
• Experience with Microsoft Viva, Power Platform, Power BI, Copilot Studio, Microsoft Fabric, or similar business solution platforms.
• Experience supporting Microsoft Azure services related to Modern Workplace solutions, including platform governance and application integrations.
• Experience supporting Copilot for Microsoft 365 readiness, adoption, governance, or enablement activities.
• Experience with PowerShell, Microsoft Graph API, Power Platform automation, Azure Automation, Logic Apps, REST APIs, JSON, webhooks, or similar scripting and automation technologies.
• Familiarity with security and compliance concepts such as MFA, Conditional Access, DLP, retention policies, and information governance.
• Strong troubleshooting skills with the ability to work independently on complex incidents, problems, and service requests.

Responsibilities

• Modern Workplace Platform Administration & Governance: Administer and support SharePoint Online, Microsoft Viva, Power Platform, Microsoft Fabric, Azure services, and Copilot capabilities with governance and reliability.
• SharePoint Online & Content Collaboration: Support sites, content management, permissions, architecture, document management and information governance.
• Business Enablement & Low-Code Solutions: Partner with stakeholders to identify automation and reporting opportunities using Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, Copilot Studio.
• Microsoft Fabric & Analytics Support: Support Fabric and Power BI administration for data integration and analytics within governance standards.
• Azure Services Management: Administer Azure services for Modern Workplace solutions including subscriptions, resource groups, storage, serverless services, and automation.
• Copilot Readiness & Adoption: Support Copilot readiness, governance, adoption and end-user enablement.
• Integration & Automation: Automate tasks using PowerShell, Graph API, REST APIs, JSON, webhooks and other integration technologies.
• Security, Compliance & Change Management: Work with security and compliance teams to maintain a secure, compliant environment and manage change.
• Escalation, Documentation & Knowledge Transfer: Escalate complex incidents and maintain docs and runbooks; mentor support staff.
• Continuous Improvement & Microsoft Roadmap: Monitor health, licensing, updates, and AI capabilities; recommend improvements.

Skills

Microsoft 365 admin

SharePoint Online

Power Platform

Automation scripting

Security & compliance

Azure services

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IS/CS/IT

Tools

PowerShell

Microsoft Graph API

REST APIs

Logic Apps

Azure Functions

Copilot Studio

Power Automate

Power BI

Job description

Nelnet is seeking a M365 Engineer - Modern Workplace to implement, administer, and support Microsoft 365 services across SharePoint Online, Viva, Power Platform, Fabric, Azure, and Copilot. The role emphasizes governance, reliability, and secure collaboration, with opportunities to optimize automation and analytics.

You will partner with multiple teams to deliver scalable, compliant solutions, manage incidents, and contribute to documentation and onboarding materials.