Senior Consultant, Microsoft Modern Work & AI

Eze Castle Integration, Inc.; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 145,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible PTO

Health benefits

Life insurance

Pet insurance

401(k)

Job summary

ECI seeks a Senior Consultant for Microsoft Modern Work & AI to guide clients through planning, implementing, securing, governing, and adopting Microsoft technologies that boost organizational productivity. You will work with cross-functional teams to deliver outcomes aligned to business goals.

You will lead readiness and adoption programs for Copilot and related services, drive governance and information protection initiatives, and help shape repeatable delivery methodologies across Microsoft

Qualifications

• Five+ years in Microsoft consulting or comparable client-facing role.
• Experience leading discovery, assessments, and delivery for Microsoft 365 environments.
• Ability to present to executive and technical audiences and produce polished docs.
• Strong coordination across cross-functional teams and vendors.

Responsibilities

• Lead discovery sessions, assessments, workshops, and strategic workshops.
• Translate business objectives into actionable Microsoft roadmaps and plans.
• Maintain accountability for client communication, decisions, risks, and outcomes.
• Assess, design, and implement solutions across Teams, SharePoint Online, OneDrive, Exchange Online, and Entra ID.
• Perform governance reviews and document prioritized recommendations.
• Design collaboration, information architecture, and lifecycle management approaches.
• Lead Copilot readiness, deployment, adoption, and value planning.
• Advise on Copilot Studio agents, connectors, and enterprise AI operating models.
• Advise on Purview, data protection, retention, and eDiscovery.
• Develop governance recommendations balancing enablement with security and compliance.
• Identify opportunities to improve business processes with Power Automate/Power Apps.
• Design adoption and change-enablement programs with training and champions.
• Own workstreams and manage multiple client commitments with delivery teams.
• Contribute to SOWs, roadmaps, and client presentations.
• Document business and technical context for follow-on work.

Skills

Microsoft 365

Solution architecture

Executive communication

Project leadership

Client relations

Security governance

Power Platform

Copilot Studio

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Teams

SharePoint Online

OneDrive

Exchange Online

Microsoft Entra ID

Intune

Microsoft Purview

Power Platform

Copilot Studio

Job description

Senior Consultant, Microsoft Modern Work & AI

Professional Services | Microsoft Modern Work & AI Solutions | Full-Time, Exempt

ECI is seeking a Senior Consultant, Microsoft Modern Work & AI to help clients plan, implement, secure, govern, and adopt Microsoft technologies that improve how their organizations work.

About ECI

ECI helps organizations in complex and regulated industries modernize how they work, protect information, and adopt new technologies responsibly. The Senior Consultant will work alongside project managers, engineers, security specialists, adoption consultants, AI practitioners, Client Service, and business development teams while helping ECI evolve repeatable Microsoft Modern Work and AI services.

Position Summary

The Senior Consultant leads discovery, assessments, workshops, solution design, project delivery, and client guidance across Microsoft 365, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Studio, Microsoft Purview, identity, endpoint management, collaboration, and automation. This senior client-facing role connects technical decisions to business goals, communicates effectively with executive and technical stakeholders, produces clear client-ready deliverables, and partners across Client Service, project management, engineering, security, adoption, and AI teams to carry engagements from business need through documented outcome.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted advisor to IT leaders, business stakeholders, and executive sponsors, leading discovery sessions, technical assessments, executive briefings, and strategic workshops.
• Translate business objectives, user needs, and risk considerations into actionable Microsoft technology roadmaps, findings, recommendations, decision points, and implementation plans.
• Maintain accountability for client communication, decisions, risks, dependencies, and agreed outcomes throughout assigned engagements.
• Assess, design, and implement solutions across Microsoft Teams, SharePoint Online, OneDrive, Exchange Online, Microsoft Entra, Intune, Windows, Teams Phone, and related Microsoft 365 services.
• Perform tenant, configuration, security, governance, and operational reviews and document prioritized recommendations.
• Design collaboration, information architecture, access, lifecycle, endpoint, and administration approaches that balance usability and control.
• Lead Microsoft 365 Copilot readiness, deployment, adoption, and optimization engagements, including AI use-case discovery, prioritization, prompt enablement, stakeholder workshops, and business-value planning.
• Design and advise on Copilot Studio agents, declarative agents, connectors, knowledge sources, permissions, lifecycle, governance patterns, and enterprise AI operating models.
• Assess and advise on Microsoft Purview, information protection, sensitivity labels, data loss prevention, retention, records management, eDiscovery, audit, and insider-risk capabilities.
• Develop practical governance recommendations that align business enablement with security, privacy, compliance, identity, permissions, information architecture, and operational requirements.
• Identify opportunities to improve business processes through Power Automate, Power Apps, SharePoint, Teams, Copilot, and approved low-code capabilities.
• Design practical adoption and change-enablement programs, including training, office hours, champion activities, prompt-a-thons, and role-based learning experiences.
• Own assigned workstreams and manage multiple consulting priorities, deliverables, and client commitments in partnership with project managers and technical teams.
• Contribute to statements of work, solution approaches, level-of-effort estimates, proposals, roadmaps, assessment reports, and client presentations.
• Recognize follow-on needs, document the business and technical context, and engage the appropriate Client Service, business development, practice, or delivery owner.
• Contribute to repeatable delivery methods, reusable client guidance, internal enablement, service development, and Microsoft roadmap awareness.

Required Qualifications

• Five or more years of experience in Microsoft consulting, solution architecture, professional services, engineering, or a comparable client‑facing technical role.
• Demonstrated experience leading discovery, assessments, workshops, solution design, and delivery for Microsoft 365 environments.
• Experience presenting technical recommendations to executive and technical audiences and producing polished, decision‑ready documentation.
• Ability to manage multiple client commitments and work effectively across project management, engineering, security, Client Service, and commercial teams.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft 365 administration, architecture, licensing, security, and governance concepts.
• Depth in several of the following: Teams, SharePoint Online, OneDrive, Exchange Online, Microsoft Entra ID, Intune, Microsoft Purview, Power Platform, Microsoft 365 Copilot, or Copilot Studio.
• Understanding of identity, permissions, data protection, lifecycle management, service operations, and change control.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex issues, identify dependencies, and engage the correct specialist team.
• Excellent written communication, presentation, facilitation, and client‑relationship skills.
• Ability to translate technical detail into business impact, options, tradeoffs, and recommended actions while exercising strong judgment regarding scope, escalation, risk, and stakeholder communication.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in an MSP, consulting firm, or professional‑services organization.
• Experience supporting financial services, alternative investments, or another regulated industry.
• Experience with Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Studio, Microsoft Purview, Microsoft Defender, Power Platform, or AI governance programs.
• Experience developing statements of work, effort estimates, executive presentations, roadmaps, and assessment reports.
• Current Microsoft credentials such as Microsoft 365 Certified: Administrator Expert (MS-102), Identity and Access Administrator (SC-300), Information Protection and Compliance Administrator (SC-400), Endpoint Administrator (MD-102), Power Platform, Copilot, or comparable certifications.
• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, computer science, engineering, business, or a related discipline; equivalent experience will be considered.

ECI’s culture is all about connection - connection with our clients, our technology and most importantly with each other. In addition to working with an amazing team around the world, ECI also offers a competitive compensation package and the base salary range for this role is $145,000-$165,000, plus flexible PTO, health benefit eligibility the first of the month, life insurance, pet insurance, 401K and so much more!

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ECI is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration consistent with applicable law.