Microsoft Exchange Online Specialist

South African Reserve Bank; Pretoria; On-site; ZAR 500 000 - 700 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution in Pretoria seeks a professional to provide specialized technical expertise and third-level support for Microsoft 365 products and services. Responsibilities include designing, configuring, testing, and deploying solutions while ensuring their optimal performance and availability. The successful candidate will troubleshoot issues and engage with various stakeholders, contributing to the overall governance and security of the technology platform.

Qualifications

• Specialised technical expertise in Microsoft 365 products.
• Experience in providing third-level support for Microsoft technologies.
• Ability to engage with stakeholders effectively.

Responsibilities

• Design, configure, test and deploy Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Exchange Online products.
• Provide maintenance and third-level support services.
• Troubleshoot and perform root-cause analysis on issues.

Skills

Microsoft 365 expertise

Technical troubleshooting

Root-cause analysis

Stakeholder engagement

Monitoring and reporting

Tools

Microsoft Exchange Online

Governance and security model development

Job description

Brief description

The main purpose of this position is to provide specialised technical expertise and recommendations on Microsoft 365 products and services, and to provide third-level support for Microsoft Exchange Online while ensuring its optimum availability and performance as well as troubleshooting problem areas in a timely and accurate manner.

Detailed description

The successful candidate will be responsible for the following key performance areas:

• Design, configure, test and deploy Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Exchange Online products and services.
• Provide maintenance and third-level support services on all Microsoft 365 products and services to ensure continued availability and performance of the technologies.
• Troubleshoot and perform root-cause analysis related to Microsoft 365 products and services.
• Manage the technology life-cycle on all Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Exchange Online products and services.
• Implement and maintain the governance and security model for the platform as developed by the Cyber and Information Security Unit at the South African Reserve Bank (SARB).
• Proactively monitor and report on Microsoft 365 products and services for their availability and reliability.
• Provide periodic reports on the health, usage, performance and life-cycle status of the platform.
• Develop, maintain and document technical standards, procedures, user guides, standard operating procedures, instructional documents etc. relating to the Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Exchange Online products and services according to best practice to ensure continuity.
• Collaborate and engage with internal and external stakeholders to ensure the functionality of the deployed technologies.
• Remediate any security vulnerabilities identified on the platform.
• Stay abreast of new developments in Microsoft technologies.