O365 Integration Architect

We are seeking an O365 Integration Architect to join our team in support of a DoD client's Cloud Service Offering program. This position is a combination of remote (20%) and onsite (80%) support at either Crystal City, VA or Fort Meade, MD.

Responsibilities Include:

• Follow software development best practices to facilitate collaboration, feature enhancement, issue tracking, testing, development, and production deployment.
• Implement automation and other tasks using Power Platform, Azure App Services, PowerShell, APIs, etc.
• Utilize parameter driven, declarative syntax models, when possible, to afford flexibility and simplicity to subscribing organizations.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, supporting release validation efforts.
• Provides top-level technical expertise, including performing in-depth and complex software systems programming and analysis.
• Designs architectures to include the software, hardware, and communications to support present technical specifications, while ensuring relevance, functionality, and adaptability for present and future cross-functional requirements and interfaces.
• Ensures these systems are compatible and in compliance with the standards for DoD architectures.
• Participate in strategic planning sessions led by Enterprise Architecture team for development of the application architecture and roadmap.
• Present solution designs to various stakeholders for input, buy-in and sign-off.
• Lead the development and implementation of large and complex IT solutions. This includes architecting the solution, piloting, first time implementation, documentation and standardization for repeatable deployment.
• Determines and identifies high level functional and technical requirements based on interactions with the user community and knowledge of the enterprise architectures.
• Interacts with project management to plan project schedules and technical direction.
• Develops software design documents and technology white papers. Instrumental in selection of development tools.
• Develops high-level system design diagrams, testing, and documentation.
• Responsible for quality assurance reviews and evaluation of existing and new software products.

Required Skills, Qualifications and Experience:

• Education: Bachelors Degree
• Experience: 10+ years of related experience.
  
  
  
  • Minimum of 2 years' experience with automation platforms and designing solutions to run at scale.
  
  
  
  
• Security Clearance Level: Active TS/SCI or TS and SCI eligible Required
• Certifications: Current DoD 8570 IAT Level II (Security+ CE, CCNA Security, CySA+, GICSP, GSEC, or SSCP) required.
• Location: Must reside within a commutable distance of either Crystal City, VA or Fort Meade, MD to work a HYBRID onsite schedule (80% onsite / 20% remote).
• Technical Skills:
  
  
  
  • Experience designing, documenting, implementing, and maintaining custom applications for a Government customer.
  • Expertise in one or more of the following programming languages: C#, Java, JavaScript, Python.
  • Expertise in cloud native application development including front and back-end services.
  • Experience in Cloud, Azure, MS Office 365 support environments.
  • Experience implementing enterprise policies for internal and external content sharing and collaboration across all O365 core services (Teams, Exchange, OneDrive, SharePoint).
  • Collaboration on configuration changes using a distributed revision control system (i.e., Git).
  • Automation with PowerShell Modules and Power Platform.
  • Experience with Agile/SCRUM software development management methods.
  
  
  
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience implementing Policy as Code (PaC) using platforms like Ansible, Terraform, M365DSC, etc.
• Automation of tenant configurations using Microsoft 365 related API endpoints.
• Experience with the Microsoft 365 Management Interfaces.

Work Environment and Physical Demand:

• Sitting for long periods.

Compensation: $200,000 - $225,000