Solution Architect – Microsoft Collaboration & Power Platform
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Job summary
Fanisko is seeking a Solution Architect for Microsoft Collaboration & Power Platform to lead the architecture, governance, automation, and strategic direction of the organization’s Microsoft 365 collaboration ecosystem.
You will partner with business leaders, security, and IT teams to design scalable, secure solutions, ensuring regulatory compliance and optimal end-user experience across SharePoint Online, Teams, OneDrive, and Power Platform.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related discipline or equivalent experience.
- 8+ years of Microsoft platform architecture experience.
- 5+ years administering and architecting Microsoft 365 collaboration solutions.
- Experience with large enterprise environments (10,000+ users preferred).
- Experience leading enterprise-wide governance initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Lead architecture and governance for SharePoint Online, Teams, OneDrive for Business, and Viva Connections.
- Develop and maintain collaboration platform roadmaps and standards.
- Define governance, storage, sharing, and external collaboration controls.
- Design governance policies for Teams, Power Platform, and related services.
- Create executive dashboards and reporting for platform adoption and governance metrics.
- Collaborate with security, risk, and infrastructure teams to ensure compliance.
Skills
Education
Tools
Job description
Contract / Permanent
8+ years of Microsoft platform architecture experience.
5+ years administering and architecting Microsoft 365 collaboration solutions.
Experience supporting large enterprise environments (10,000+ users preferred).
Experience leading enterprise-wide governance initiatives.
Experience working within complex global organizations.
US
The Solution Architect – Microsoft Collaboration & Power Platform is responsible for the
architecture, governance, automation, operational excellence, and strategic direction of
the organization's Microsoft 365 collaboration ecosystem. This role serves as the
technical lead for SharePoint Online, Microsoft Teams, OneDrive, Power Platform, and
related Microsoft 365 collaboration services.
The architect partners with business leaders, security teams, infrastructure teams, and
external vendors to design scalable, secure, and cost-effective collaboration solutions
while ensuring regulatory compliance, operational efficiency, and exceptional end-user
experiences.
The role requires deep technical expertise combined with strong business acumen,
leadership, governance, and communication skills.
- Lead architecture and governance for:
- SharePoint Online
- Microsoft Teams
- OneDrive for Business
- Viva Connections and related collaboration technologies
- Develop and maintain collaboration platform roadmaps.
- Define standards, best practices, and architectural patterns.
- Evaluate new Microsoft features and determine organizational adoption strategies.
- Serve as escalation point for complex platform issues and strategic initiatives.
- Define and implement SharePoint governance frameworks.
- Establish site lifecycle management processes.
- Develop strategies to manage storage growth and platform sprawl.
- Implement controls for sharing, permissions, and external collaboration.
- Manage archival and lifecycle processes for inactive and terminated employee data.
- Develop solutions to optimize storage costs while maintaining compliance requirements.
- Design and maintain Teams governance policies.
- Define standards for team creation, lifecycle, ownership, and guest access.
- Partner with Security and Risk teams to ensure compliance with corporate policies.
- Develop operational dashboards and reporting for Teams adoption and utilization.
- Establish governance strategy for:
- Power Apps
- Power Automate
- Define Dev, Test, and Production Environment Standards.
- Govern custom connectors, gateways, and application ownership.
- Review and approve platform architecture for business-critical solutions.
- Management of storage consumption
- Identify opportunities to automate manual operational processes.
- Design solutions using:
- Power Automate
- Logic Apps
- Custom APIs and integrations
- Partner with engineering and operations teams to improve service delivery and operational efficiency.
- Develop reusable operational frameworks and automation patterns.
- Develop executive dashboards and operational reporting.
- Monitor collaboration platform health, adoption, utilization, and governance metrics.
- Use data and analytics to drive informed decision-making.
- Provide leadership reporting on platform usage, compliance, storage consumption, and operational effectiveness.
- Partner with internal business leaders and technology teams.
- Collaborate with external vendors and managed service providers.
- Drive accountability for service delivery and operational improvements.
- Participate in strategic planning and budgeting discussions.
- Ensure collaboration platforms comply with:
- Corporate security standards
- Data governance requirements
- Regulatory requirements
- Partner with Identity, Security, and Risk teams to implement security controls.
- Support audits and compliance reviews.
Education
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Information Systems, or related discipline.
Equivalent experience considered
Technical SkillsRequired
- SharePoint Online
- Microsoft Teams
- OneDrive for Business
- Microsoft 365 Administration
- Power Apps
- Power Automate
- Power BI
- Microsoft Purview
- PowerShell
- Microsoft Graph API
Preferred
- Logic Apps
- ShareGate
- Viva Suite
- ServiceNow Integration
- Data Governance Technologies
- Strategic thinking
- Solution architecture and design
- Executive communication
Success Measures
The successful candidate will:
- Improve governance across Microsoft 365 collaboration platforms.
- Reduce collaboration platform risks and operational inefficiencies.
- Drive adoption of automation and self-service capabilities.
- Optimize collaboration storage and licensing costs.
- Deliver successful M&A and divestiture collaboration initiatives.
- Improve reporting, compliance visibility, and operational maturity.
- Serve as a trusted advisor for collaboration technologies across the enterprise.
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