Senior M365 Platform Defender & Data Governance Engineer

Supermicro; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

Supermicro is seeking an experienced Sr IT Engineer - M365 Platform Protection & Data Governance to lead platform security and data governance efforts for the Microsoft 365 suite and Entra. You will administer Defender XDR configurations and drive improvements across endpoints, identity, and cloud apps.

The role focuses on policy-based protection, governance, and automation using PowerShell and Microsoft Graph API, with a strong emphasis on DLP, retention, eDiscovery, and compliance alignment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/IT or related field preferred.
• 8+ years in IT infrastructure, systems engineering, or enterprise tech.
• Hands-on MS 365 and Entra ID in enterprise environments.

Responsibilities

• Administer Defender XDR platform configuration and integrations across MS 365.
• Configure Defender for Endpoint/Identity/Cloud Apps/Office 365 with owners.
• Implement preventive controls, baselines, posture improvements, cross-product integrations.
• Govern SaaS apps: OAuth, app consent, risky apps, service principals, app hygiene.
• Administer Purview Information Protection: labels, encryption, classifiers, labeling.
• Design and maintain DLP policies across Exchange, Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, endpoints.
• Manage retention, data lifecycle, records, audit, and eDiscovery settings.
• Review Secure Score, coordinate remediation with service owners.

Skills

PowerShell

Microsoft Graph API

Microsoft 365 Security

Entra ID

Defender XDR

Data Governance

Data Loss Prevention

eDiscovery

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, or related field

Tools

Microsoft Defender Suite

Purview Tools

Entra/Identity tooling

Job description

Supermicro is seeking an experienced Sr IT Engineer - M365 Platform Protection & Data Governance to lead platform security and data governance efforts for the Microsoft 365 suite and Entra. You will administer Defender XDR configurations and drive improvements across endpoints, identity, and cloud apps.

The role focuses on policy-based protection, governance, and automation using PowerShell and Microsoft Graph API, with a strong emphasis on DLP, retention, eDiscovery, and compliance alignment.