Enterprise Applications Engineer - M365 & Collaboration Tools

Venable LLP•Chicago, IL

7d•$135,000 - $155,000•Onsite

About The Position

At Venable, we are seeking an Enterprise Applications Engineer III (M365 and Collaboration Platforms) to assess current utilization, identify capability gaps, and define the technical standards that govern how M365 services are built and consumed across the Firm's collaboration and productivity platforms. This role is crucial for implementing the Firm's multi-year Microsoft 365 strategy and ensuring optimal use of collaboration and productivity tools.

Requirements

A minimum of five years of hands-on Microsoft 365 experience spanning Microsoft Teams, SharePoint Online, and OneDrive for Business, including direct experience assessing and remediating the underlying foundation of an existing, mature M365 tenant before expanding its capabilities.
Demonstrated experience leading the design, implementation, and governance of M365 collaboration solutions at an enterprise scale.
Direct experience establishing or maturing a Microsoft Purview program (data discovery, classification, labeling, DLP), sufficient to lead that effort through its early build phase and hand it into steady-state governance.
Demonstrated experience planning and executing a large-scale migration of on-premises file shares to OneDrive for Business and/or SharePoint Online.
Working knowledge and implementation experience with Microsoft Copilot for M365.
Strong understanding of Microsoft 365 licensing structures (E3/E5, Copilot, Purview add-on SKUs) and ability to map license entitlements to business value.
Proven ability to communicate technical capability and options to non-technical executive and legal stakeholders, in writing and in person.
Strong verbal and written communications skills; ability to interact with individuals at all levels of the organization.
Ability to perform multiple competing tasks and handle urgent demands.
Experience with project management tools and time management skills.
Ability to understand business requirements and problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
Ability to manage priorities, meet deadlines, and participate in collaborative efforts with other team members in the department and across the firm.
Commitment to working as part of a team and offering feedback to facilitate positive outcomes.

Nice To Haves

Experience in a law firm or other privileged/regulated environment, with familiarity with ethical walls, matter-based access models, and records retention obligations.

Responsibilities

Serve as a member of the team responsible for implementing the Firm's multi-year Microsoft 365 strategy, working collaboratively with IT leadership and other stakeholders to define direction, including a phased Purview rollout roadmap.
Take responsibility for the design, implementation and optimization of Microsoft 365 solutions across Microsoft Teams, SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business, and additional productivity apps.
Establish and maintain the Firm's M365 architecture standards and configuration playbooks (naming conventions, provisioning baselines, permission models) so the platform engineer and support team can operate consistently against a documented standard.
Stay current with Microsoft's roadmap and release cycle; evaluate new capabilities and present recommendations.
Manage the Purview platform, its technical configuration, and its implementation, working closely with the business to set classification standards and data-handling requirements, translating those standards into working taxonomy, labeling, and container-inheritance design.
In conjunction with peers, plan and help lead the migration of on-premises network file shares to OneDrive for Business and SharePoint Online, including discovery/assessment of existing shares, target-structure design, and a phased migration approach.
Take an active, hands-on role in shaping the Firm's Copilot strategy in partnership with the broader Copilot program owners.