Senior Microsoft Cloud Architect & Technical Authority

Clarivate Analytics; Pennsylvania; Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Clarivate Analytics is seeking a Principal Enterprise Architect to lead the Microsoft cloud strategy across Entra ID, 365 ecosystem, and Azure. This senior IC role requires deep hands-on expertise, guiding engineers and partners while shaping secure, scalable environments.

You will review configurations, drive architectural decisions, and ensure seamless transitions from implementation to steady-state operations. Hybrid work with on-site Philadelphia area is offered.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science, engineering, information systems or a related technical discipline.
• At least 12 years of experience in enterprise infrastructure, cloud, identity, security or Microsoft platform architecture.
• 12 years of experience as a Principal Architect, Lead Architect or senior technical authority in a complex enterprise environment.
• Deep hands-on expertise in Microsoft Entra ID, identity and access management, Conditional Access, MFA, privileged identity and application integration.
• Strong technical experience across Microsoft 365, Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, OneDrive and Teams, plus Microsoft Intune, device compliance, application deployment and modern endpoints.
• Strong Azure architecture and engineering experience, including landing zones, subscriptions, management groups, RBAC, policy, monitoring and security.
• Practical experience with Microsoft Defender and Microsoft Purview capabilities, with working knowledge of Teams Phone, Power Platform, Copilot, Power BI, Microsoft Fabric, GitHub and Visual Studio.
• Experience designing or separating Microsoft tenants, Azure environments or enterprise identity platforms.
• Demonstrated ability to review detailed configurations, identify technical risks, provide implementable solutions and direct implementation partners through technical authority rather than line management.
• Corporate carve-out, separation, merger, tenant migration or TSA exit experience, including greenfield Microsoft 365 and Entra tenant implementation.
• Experience with Microsoft 365 E5 security and compliance, Identity Governance, Privileged Identity Management, Identity Protection, workload identity, Microsoft Sentinel or Defender XDR integration.
• Experience with Azure AI services, enterprise Copilot architecture, Power Platform managed environments or Copilot Studio governance.
• Experience with GitHub Enterprise, GitHub Actions, GitHub Advanced Security, Power BI and Microsoft Fabric tenant administration, or enterprise voice and Teams Phone architecture.
• Automation experience using PowerShell, Microsoft Graph, Azure CLI, Bicep, Terraform or equivalent infrastructure-as-code tooling, and relevant Microsoft expert-level certifications.

Responsibilities

• Microsoft architecture and roadmap: Own the end-to-end technical architecture, engineering standards, configuration baselines, integration patterns and lifecycle plans for the Microsoft ecosystem.
• Identity, Microsoft 365 and endpoints: Define and govern architecture across Entra ID, identity lifecycle, access controls, Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, OneDrive, Teams, Intune, Autopilot and modern device management.
• Security, compliance and collaboration: Set architecture for Defender, Sentinel, Purview, information protection, data loss prevention, retention, audit, eDiscovery, Teams Phone, meetings, conferencing and voice.
• Copilot, Power Platform and analytics: Own technical architecture and governance for Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Studio, Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI and Microsoft Fabric in partnership with business and data teams.
• Azure and developer platforms: Own Azure architecture and landing-zone standards and establish governance for GitHub, GitHub Actions, GitHub Copilot, Visual Studio and related developer services.
• Technical assurance and operations: Act as the highest-level technical escalation point, review designs and configurations, challenge partners and ensure the environment transitions from implementation and hyper-care into stable operations.

Skills

Entra ID

IAM

Conditional Access

MFA

Privileged Identity

Microsoft 365

Exchange Online

SharePoint Online

OneDrive

Teams

Intune

Power Platform

Copilot

Power BI

GitHub

Terraform

IaC

Automation

PowerShell

Azure

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science, engineering, information systems or related technical discipline

Tools

Azure CLI

Bicep

Terraform

Visual Studio

GitHub

Job description

Clarivate Analytics is seeking a Principal Enterprise Architect to lead the Microsoft cloud strategy across Entra ID, 365 ecosystem, and Azure. This senior IC role requires deep hands-on expertise, guiding engineers and partners while shaping secure, scalable environments.

You will review configurations, drive architectural decisions, and ensure seamless transitions from implementation to steady-state operations. Hybrid work with on-site Philadelphia area is offered.