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Cloud Solution Architect - M365 - CTJ - Top Secret/Poly
 Microsoft | |
 United States, Virginia, Reston | |
 Mar 16, 2025 | |
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OverviewWe are looking to hire a Cloud Solution - M365 Architect to join Microsoft Federal. The Microsoft Federal organization was established to address the unique mission, legal/regulatory requirements, and procurement rules and processes of the United States Government (USG). Microsoft Federal is committed to ensuring its resources - including appropriately qualified, experienced, and certified personnel (with necessary security clearances or otherwise) are available as needed to meet USG evolving needs. To that end, Microsoft embraces, as a mission-critical philosophy, flexibility in the recruiting, hiring, and workforce assignment of Microsoft Federal personnel. Microsoft Federal personnel can expect to serve in various roles in the Microsoft Federal organization during the course of their career to meet evolving USG needs, regardless of segment - Civilian, Defense, or intelligence community. Microsoft is on a mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset, a theme of inspiring excellence, and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. Growth mindset encourages each of us to lean in and learn what matters most to our customers, to create the foundational knowledge that enables us to make customer-first decisions in everything we do. In doing so, we create life-changing innovations that impact billions of lives around the world. You can help us achieve our mission.
ResponsibilitiesTechnical responsibilities:Deploy and Manage a Microsoft 365 Tenant: Understand the setup and configuration of Microsoft 365 services, including user management, licensing, and security settings.Implement and Manage Microsoft Azure Identity and Access: Familiarity with Azure Active Directory (Azure AD), user authentication, and access controls.Security and Threat Management with Microsoft 365 Defender: Knowledge of threat detection, incident response, and security best practices.Compliance Management using Microsoft Purview: Understand compliance requirements, data protection, and retention policies.Networking Basics: Familiarity with networking concepts, DNS, and network troubleshooting.Server Administration: Basic server management skills.PowerShell Scripting: Ability to write and execute PowerShell scripts for automation and administration.Technical Leadership:Proactively develops technical and professional learning and development plan in alignment with and support from their manager. Role models effective technical readiness. Acts as a mentor and role model to less experienced colleagues to educate them on technical and non-technical concepts. Participates in development opportunities (e.g., Ready, Build, Ignite).Shares ideas, insights, and strategic technical input with technical teams, internal communities across the field, and the larger virtual team across Microsoft using a thorough knowledge of specific Microsoft products and their context in the competitive landscape. Participates in external technical community events (e.g., conferences, seminars, technical meetups, Webcasts, blogs, hackathons) and shares learnings with the internal team.Generates new ideas for changes and improvements to existing intellectual property (IP), technologies, and processes for designated customers/partners. Drives opportunities for IP reuse, best practice sharing, and consumption acceleration. Proactively identifies gaps through delivery and communicating those gaps to others (e.g., Leadership, managed intellectual property [MIP], Design, and Governance). Applies subject matter expertise to develop new IP that fills identified gaps.OtherEmbody our culture and values | |