Senior M365 & Copilot Solutions Architect

Telana; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Telana is a US-based AI, data, software development and cloud engineering partner delivering outcomes for enterprise clients. The Senior Workplace Engineer will design and deliver secure Microsoft 365 environments, serving as the technical authority on Copilot readiness, data protection, identity, and migrations.

The role requires leading large-scale tenant-to-tenant migrations, creating repeatable blueprints, and advising C-suite on pragmatic technical roadmaps while ensuring user adoption and

Qualifications

• Deep expertise in preparing enterprise environments for Copilot for M365—including data hygiene, oversharing remediation, permissions baselines, Semantic Index optimization, and Copilot Studio / extensibility architecture.
• Expert-level design and deployment of Purview solutions (Information Protection, DLP, Data Lifecycle, Insider Risk Management) to protect sensitive data across modern workplace workloads.
• Broad architectural authority across the Microsoft 365 E5 stack, Microsoft Entra ID (hybrid identity, Conditional Access, PIM), and Defender suite (Identity, Cloud Apps, Endpoint).
• Proven track record leading complex, large-scale M365 tenant-to-tenant migrations, using PowerShell, Microsoft Graph API, and third-party tooling to build repeatable blueprints.
• Trusted advisor mindset capable of engaging C-suite and senior stakeholders—translating complex business challenges into pragmatic technical roadmaps and articulating risk-reduction value.
• Experience shaping pre-sales pursuits, scoping Statements of Work (SOWs), estimating delivery effort, and building rapid technical confidence with prospective clients.

Responsibilities

• Lead Copilot for M365 readiness engagements: data estate hygiene, oversharing remediation, permissions baselines, Semantic Index optimisation and Copilot Studio architecture
• Design and deploy Purview solutions: Information Protection, DLP, Data Lifecycle and Insider Risk Management
• Act as design authority across M365 E5, Entra ID and the Defender suite
• Lead tenant-to-tenant migrations from planning through to hypercare
• Design for the end user, minimising friction and supporting adoption
• Own delivery quality across concurrent engagements
• Act as technical lead on pursuits, scoping SOWs and estimating delivery effort
• Build reusable IP: blueprints, assessments, scripts and playbooks
• Keep ahead of Microsoft’s roadmap and support our partner credentials

Skills

Copilot for M365

Purview design

M365 E5 stack

Entra ID

Defender suite

PowerShell

Microsoft Graph API

Tenant migrations

Stakeholder engagement

Tools

PowerShell

Microsoft Graph API

Job description

Telana is a US-based AI, data, software development and cloud engineering partner delivering outcomes for enterprise clients. The Senior Workplace Engineer will design and deliver secure Microsoft 365 environments, serving as the technical authority on Copilot readiness, data protection, identity, and migrations.

The role requires leading large-scale tenant-to-tenant migrations, creating repeatable blueprints, and advising C-suite on pragmatic technical roadmaps while ensuring user adoption and