Senior End User Platform Engineer

Dimensional Fund Advisors•Austin, TX

13d•Hybrid

About The Position

Dimensional is seeking an End User Platform Engineer to join their Technology Department. This role will be the primary architect and engineer for core services used by all employees for communication, coordination, planning, and automation. The ideal candidate will have a software engineering approach with automation and security mindsets, and be passionate about modern technologies. The role involves owning the technical design of services, collaborating with other platform teams, and leading implementations related to M365 Services with Purview, Security, and EntraID, emphasizing automation, zero-configuration, and zero-trust. The position also involves handing off operational tasks for Microsoft Purview Services to the platform operations team, staying current on M365 Security and Purview, and assisting with modernizing Azure and Entra-ID architecture, hybrid identity management, and maturing the security posture of M365 services. Recommendations for best practices, architecture, cost optimization, and system integrations outside of M365 are also part of the role. The successful candidate will thrive with autonomy and leverage their knowledge of state-of-the-art technologies while adhering to security and software standards.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a technical field or equivalent work experience.
Experience developing and configuring software with code (computer science background preferred).
Experience architecting, building, migrating, and supporting solutions involving Teams, SharePoint, other M365 services.
Technical expert in Modern Identity solutions including hybrid, Microsoft Office 365 (Exchange Online, Intune, Azure AD), and Azure Cloud Security and Purview.
8+ years Systems Engineering experience encompassing requirements development, systems design and analysis, systems integration, and product verification and validation.
8+ years’ experience adopting cloud methodologies including implementing, supporting and evolving enterprise scale identity management, messaging and office productivity solutions.
Deep knowledge of planning, design, deployment, configuration, optimization of DLP and Security.
Strong understanding of client/server, networking and Internet technologies required to troubleshoot complex messaging systems end-to-end.
Proficiency of related technologies such as PowerShell, Unified Messaging, MFA, Windows Server, mobile devices, eDiscovery and disaster recovery solutions.
Experience in customer-facing roles with demonstrated capability in clearly presenting thoughts and ideas to audiences of various sizes and technical knowledge levels.
Significant hands-on experience in administering large M365 (Office, Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, Microsoft Teams, Azure AD, Intune, Defender) environments, including hybrid deployment architectures.
Extensive experience in PowerShell and Scripting to support administration and automation of AAD and Office 365 Technologies (Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, Teams, OneDrive, Security & Compliance).
Practical knowledge of Active Directory, DNS, networking, mail routing, Exchange Server and Windows 10 Management.
Proven ability to effectively map security, privacy, and operational requirements to implementable engineering controls.
Implementation-level experience with Microsoft 365 Protection solutions, including any of the following areas: Data Loss Protection (DLP), Mail Hygiene, classification with labels, records management, threat management, eDiscovery, or GDPR.

Nice To Haves

Microsoft 365 Certified: Enterprise Administrator Expert

Responsibilities

Own the technical design of services provided via cloud and on-prem systems.
Collaborate with other platform architect and engineer teams.
Participate in the design and implementations related to M365 Services with Purview, Security, and EntraID.
Lead implementations in these areas, taking a software engineering approach and emphasizing automation, zero-configuration, and zero-trust.
Hand-off operational tasks involved Microsoft Purview Services to Dimensional’s platform operations team.
Remain current on Microsoft 365 Security and Purview, reliability, performance, operations, compliance, and security.
Assist on modernizing Azure and Entra-ID architecture and configuration.
Assist with Hybrid Identity management.
Help mature the security posture of Microsoft 365 service.
Recommend best practices for business solutions.
Perform architecture and cost optimization.
Develop systematic approaches for well-engineered solutions.
Integrate PowerPlatform and other M365 Service Offerings.
Assist with development of system integrations outside of M365.
Create automation that governs the technology.