Microsoft Modern Workplace & Azure Deployment Architect

Quadbridge•Montreal, QC

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Microsoft Modern Workplace & Azure Deployment Architect is responsible for designing, leading, and delivering integrated Microsoft 365 and Azure transformations. This role ensures that identity, security, collaboration, and infrastructure are modernized together, aligned to business outcomes, and delivered securely at scale. The architect acts as a trusted advisor, translating business requirements into cloud‑first architectures while guiding customers through deployment, adoption, governance, and operational readiness. This role reports to the Technical Team Leader.

Requirements

Deep hands‑on experience with Microsoft 365 and Azure
Strong background in identity, security, and governance
Experience leading cloud migrations and modern workplace deployments
Ability to communicate effectively with IT leaders, security teams, and executives
Proven consulting or professional services experience in a VAR/MSP environment
Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
Microsoft 365 Certified: Enterprise Administrator Expert

Nice To Haves

Microsoft Certified: Identity and Access Administrator Associate
Microsoft Certified: Endpoint Administrator Associate
Microsoft Certified: Information Protection and Compliance Administrator Associate
Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
Azure Solutions Architect Expert + M365 Enterprise Administrator Expert, with at least one Security/Identity and one Azure infrastructure or migration certification.

Responsibilities

Deliver end‑to‑end M365 and Azure migrations and modernizations
Establish secure, scalable identity‑first cloud foundations
Reduce legacy infrastructure and technical debt
Enable adoption, governance, and long‑term operational success
Position customers for Copilot and AI readiness
Lead Modern Workplace and Cloud readiness assessments
Design target‑state architecture across: Entra ID (Azure AD), Microsoft 365 (Exchange, SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams), Intune / Endpoint Management, Azure IaaS, PaaS, and landing zones, Defender and Purview security platforms
Define SaaS vs IaaS vs PaaS strategies
Align technical decisions to business outcomes (productivity, resiliency, security, cost)
Design cloud‑first and hybrid identity models
Implement: Conditional Access and MFA, Device‑ and risk‑based access, Identity governance and privileged access
Ensure identity consistency across Azure and M365 workloads
Lead identity modernization away from legacy authentication models
Lead tenant setup and core M365 configuration
Execute: Exchange migrations, SharePoint / OneDrive migrations, Teams collaboration and governance design
Define governance for collaboration and external sharing
Partner on user adoption, change management, and enablement
Prepare environments for Copilot and AI workloads
Lead Azure readiness and migration assessments
Use Azure Migrate to assess workload dependencies, sizing, and risk
Design secure Azure landing zones, including: Management groups and subscriptions, Networking (VNets, peering, VPN / ExpressRoute), Logging, monitoring, and cost controls
Migrate and modernize workloads: Legacy servers → Azure IaaS / PaaS, File servers → SharePoint / OneDrive / Azure Files, Applications → cloud‑optimized designs
Optimize environments post‑migration for performance, security, and cost
Embed Zero Trust principles across identity, endpoints, apps, data, and infrastructure
Implement: Defender for M365 and Defender for Cloud, Intune security baselines, Purview data classification, DLP, retention
Design governance models for Azure resources and M365 collaboration
Align solutions to regulatory and compliance requirements (where applicable)
Own deployment plans, pilots, phased rollouts, and go‑live execution
Manage risks, dependencies, and rollback strategies
Deliver: Architecture and solution documentation, Security and governance baselines, Support handover to Managed Services or IT operations teams
Support sales and pre‑sales with: Technical discovery, Architecture validation, Assessment and migration scoping
Translate business needs into assessments, SOWs, and repeatable offers
Identify opportunities for expansion (Security, Copilot, Managed Services)