Lead Cloud Engineer/O365

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  • Job type

    Permanent
  • Location

    Raleigh
  • Profession

    Other/tbc
  • Industry

    Technology & Internet Services
  • Pay

    $117,000 - $156,000

Lead Cloud Engineer/O365 – Permanant – Remote – $117,000 - $156,000



The final salary or hourly wage, as applicable, paid to each candidate/applicant for this position is ultimately dependent on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, the candidate’s/applicant’s qualifications, skills, and level of experience as well as the geographical location of the position.

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Visa sponsorship not available.

Our client is seeking a Lead Cloud Engineer/O365 in Remote opportunity.

Role Description

The Microsoft 365 lead engineer will support organizations in their effort to migrate into Microsoft 365 and or upgrade their existing 365 services. The successful candidate will have significant knowledge of the Microsoft 365 platform and services, proven service configuration and troubleshooting skills, as well as knowledge of on-prem Exchange and Active Directory services. The lead engineer will provide consultation and hands-on implementation support to Microsoft 365 migrations including design, architecture, configuration, migration best practices, and strategies to support operational KPIs.

Key responsibilities include technical implementation and initial support of Microsoft 365 tenants, consulting and troubleshooting with team members to develop the solution path for migrations and new configurations for customers operating in a cloud environment. The engineer will support the Project Manager in gathering and analyzing requirements, solution design, and execute the migration, while delivering high customer satisfaction.

• Additionally, the candidate must possess strong creative, communication, and collaboration skills.

• They will work very closely with Solutions Engineers, Cloud Engineers, and the Project Management Office (PMO) for all new implementations.

• The position will be a key factor in providing a great customer experience pre and post implementation. The lead engineer will be a technical escalation point for engineers on the team who need assistance in their projects as well as training and guidance on new services and offerings.

Skills & Requirements

• Administrative and configuration Experience with Microsoft 365’s Cloud suite including Office, Teams, SharePoint, Intune, and OneDrive Experience in Creation and Maintaining Technical Documentation Ability to train and mentor highly technical and non-technical audiences alike.

• Experience in migrating multiple business units into a single, Microsoft 365 environment.
• Experience Implementing Microsoft AD, Azure AD connect, Azure AD Experience Implementing Single sign on (SSO) Working knowledge of troubleshooting and configuration Exchange 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019 and Exchange Hybrid servers, Exchange Online Administrative and configuration knowledge of Active Directory Hands on Setup and Configuration knowledge of Windows Server 2003 – 2022 Exchange Online Protection experience Experience configuring and maintaining mail security platforms (Mimecast, Proofpoint, etc) Experience configurating and maintaining Microsoft Intune Experience configurating and maintaining Microsoft Teams Voice Experience mentoring/training peer team members.
• 10 years experience troubleshooting and configuring Exchange 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019 and Exchange Hybrid servers
Ask candidates: Please tell me about your migration experience. What was your involvement? Where you on your own or working with a team? They are looking for people that have actually configured themselves. Fingers on key board (not escalating to another group/team). This is a very hands on role
• 10 years + administration and configuration experience with MS 365 Cloud Suite including Office, Teams, SharePoint, Intune and One Drive

• A proven level of competence with Windows servers, Active Directory, ADFS

• Experience implementing MS Active Directory, Azure AD connect and Azure AD

• Experience implementing Single Sign On (SSO)

• Hands on set up and configuration experience with Windows Server 2003-
• Exchange Online Protection experience

• Experience configuring and maintaining security platforms (Mimecast, Proofpoint, etc)

• Experience configuring and maintaining Microsoft Intune and Microsoft Teams Voice 10) Demonstrated experience training / mentoring peer team members
• It is highly recommended they come from multi tenant shops, where they are working w/several external customers at one given time.

Benefits/Other Compensation:

Medical, Dental, Life Insurance, 401K.

Why Hays?

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