M365 Platform Engineer and Developer

Booz Allen Hamilton•McLean, VA

5d•$86,800 - $198,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Join a growing M365 platform engineering team supporting enterprise‑scale automation, workflow orchestration, advanced scripting, and agent‑driven development across a complex multi‑segment environment. This role offers the opportunity to build and maintain production‑grade automations, influence engineering and automation standards, develop extensible tools and functions, and accelerate our transition into agentic AI‑powered automation. You’ll develop and maintain automation solutions across Azure and Microsoft 365 environments using PowerShell, and leverage Git-based workflows, CI/CD, Microsoft Graph, Azure automation services, and secure identity practices to drive reliability and efficiency across cloud operations.

Requirements

8+ years of experience in enterprise-scale cloud or systems management and automation engineering
3+ years of experience with PowerShell development, including module development, advanced functions, error handling, logging, testing, and performance optimization
Experience building and maintaining production-grade automations, workflows, and API-integrated solutions for cloud platforms, including Microsoft 365
Experience leading or supporting complex automation initiatives, escalations, and development workstreams
Experience with secure coding practices, operational governance, and structured service management processes
Experience with Azure and Microsoft 365 workloads, including Exchange, Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, and Microsoft Graph
Experience with version control platforms such as Jira BitBucket, GitHub, or Azure DevOps
Knowledge of Visual Studio Code and its extensions to support efficient PowerShell and Git-based development
Ability to collaborate with technical and non‑technical stakeholders, and translate requirements into scalable solutions
Bachelor's degree in CS

Nice To Haves

Experience developing agent-based automation patterns or emerging AI-driven automation approaches such as orchestrators, copilots, and autonomous task agents
Experience working with REST, Graph, or other service-level integrations
Experience with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps tooling, or automation testing frameworks
Experience coordinating technical work across teams or mentoring junior developers
Experience working in regulated, high-security, or complex enterprise environments
Possession of strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills, across distributed or cloud-based environments
Possession of strong written and verbal communication skills
Microsoft Certifications

Responsibilities

Build scripts and modules for Azure Resource Manager tasks, Azure AD or Entra ID operations, and governance automations.
Integrate with cloud-native automation services such as Azure functions, automation accounts, runbooks, and managed identities.
Automate Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, Teams, Intune, and Microsoft Graph workloads, including user lifecycle, licensing, compliance tasks, and monitoring.
Create scalable scripts that follow M365 throttling, retry logic, and API best practices.
Support strategic initiatives related to modernization, automation expansion, agentic AI, custom tooling, and platform efficiency.
Develop reusable modules with advanced functions, robust error handling, structured logging, and idempotent design for cloud resources.
Use REST-based integrations such as Graph API and Azure management API, JSON or YAML configuration, and cloud identity flows.
Maintain repositories with clean branching strategies, PR reviews, semantic versioning, tagging, and release notes.
Use GitHub or Azure DevOps for pipeline automation.
Build pipelines for linting, testing, NuGet packaging, and deploying Azure Functions, PowerShell modules, or automation runbooks.
Manage environment-specific configurations and secrets securely via Azure Key Vault.
Implement secure, identity-based automation using managed identities, app registrations, and least-privilege permissions.
Ensure compliance with cloud security policies and maintain proper audit logging.
Produce clean runbooks, module documentation, architectural diagrams, and automation lifecycle documentation.
Support operations teams by delivering training, demos, and operational handoffs.
Partner across engineering, cybersecurity, product management, and platform delivery to create scalable, repeatable, and well‑governed automation capabilities.