M365 Platform Engineer

Booz Allen Hamilton•McLean, VA

About The Position

Join a growing M365 platform engineering team supporting enterprise-scale information protection, compliance, governance, collaboration, productivity, and automation services in a complex multi-segment environment. This role is a key engineering resource for Microsoft Purview and contributes across the broader M365 platform ecosystem. The position offers opportunities to contribute across a broad technology portfolio, influence engineering standards, advance strategic platform initiatives, and help scale secure, resilient, and well-governed services. U.S. citizenship is required due to the nature of work performed within the facility. The engineer leads the architecture, engineering, and operational governance of Microsoft Purview capabilities and supports related M365 workloads, including Exchange, SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams, and Power Platform, including Copilot and Copilot Studio. The role also supports governance of Copilot and agent-based experiences, resolves complex incidents, partners with technical and business stakeholders, maintains engineering documentation and standards, and contributes to strategic initiatives in data governance, AI enablement, platform modernization, compliance automation, and cross-service integration.

Requirements

8+ years of experience architecting and engineering Microsoft 365 solutions, including Microsoft Purview and supporting M365 workloads such as Exchange, SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams, and Power Platform.
Experience architecting, implementing, and governing Microsoft Purview solutions, including Sensitivity Labels, Data Loss Prevention (DLP), Data Lifecycle Management, Information Protection, eDiscovery, Insider Risk Management, Communication Compliance, and Data Governance capabilities.
Experience developing governance, security, and compliance controls supporting Microsoft Copilot, Copilot Studio, and AI-enabled M365 services.
Experience with incident resolution, scope determination, and structured root-cause analysis.
Experience with PowerShell scripting and automation.
Ability to work autonomously, refine ambiguous requests proactively, and drive solutions end-to-end without prescriptive guidance.
Ability to collaborate across technical and non-technical stakeholders, translate requirements into scalable solutions, and clearly articulate design decisions, risks, and tradeoffs.
Ability to lead engineering workstreams, major escalations, and platform-level initiatives.
Bachelor's degree.
U.S. citizenship is required.

Nice To Haves

Experience architecting Copilot and Copilot Studio solutions, particularly data governance, environment and connector security, responsible AI configuration, and developing agents that support business workflows at scale.
Experience deploying or administering Proofpoint products such as Proofpoint Protection Server, Email Fraud Defense, Targeted Attack Protection, Threat Response Auto-Pull, and Secure Email Relay.
Experience deploying or administering AvePoint products such as Cense, Cloud Governance, EnPower, Insights, MyHub, Opus, Policies for Microsoft 365, and ReCenter.
Experience executing M365 migrations and tenant-to-tenant transitions, including mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures, with emphasis on data integrity, security, and minimal business disruption.
Experience mentoring others or coordinating technical work across teams.
Experience supporting regulated, high-security, or complex enterprise environments.
Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

Lead architecture, engineering, and operational governance of Microsoft Purview capabilities, including Information Protection, Data Loss Prevention, Data Lifecycle Management, Data Governance, Insider Risk, Communication Compliance, eDiscovery, and emerging compliance solutions.
Support related M365 workloads, including Exchange, SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams, and Power Platform, including Copilot and Copilot Studio.
Contribute to architectural design, engineering, and governance strategies for information protection, data governance, compliance, collaboration, productivity, and automation services.
Support enterprise governance initiatives for Microsoft Copilot, Copilot Studio, and agent-based experiences, ensuring alignment with security, compliance, data protection, and responsible AI requirements.
Drive resolution of complex incidents, perform deep-dive troubleshooting, and implement service improvements across the M365 ecosystem.
Partner with engineering, support, cybersecurity, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable, secure, and well-governed technical solutions.
Develop and maintain documentation, engineering standards, and repeatable implementation practices.
Support strategic initiatives related to data governance, AI enablement, platform modernization, compliance automation, and cross-service integration.
Lead engineering workstreams, major escalations, and platform-level initiatives.