Productivity Platform Engineer
About The Position
DAS IT, the service delivery organization for the Department of Administrative Services, provides application and desktop support to DAS divisions and client agencies in a complex environment serving state agencies. The Productivity Platform Engineer is the engineering owner of DAS’s productivity and collaboration platform, responsible for engineering, configuring, and continually improving Microsoft 365 services, including Teams, SharePoint Online, OneDrive, and Exchange Online, as well as content and workspace lifecycle management. The position engineers the Microsoft 365 Copilot rollout, including governance, data-security readiness, permissions and oversharing remediation, deployment configuration, and usage analytics. It also builds and operates the Power Platform workplace-automation environment, including environments, DLP guardrails, citizen-developer enablement, and intake and support for low-code solutions. The role administers assigned business web applications such as Box.com and Smartsheet and serves as the productivity pillar’s senior troubleshooting resource and engineering support for M365, SharePoint Online, and Copilot consultations. This is a hybrid position based in Salem, Oregon, with an expected office schedule of one to two days per week. The position is full-time and permanent. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States; visa sponsorship is not available. The employee must maintain a valid driver’s license issued by their state of residence or provide an acceptable alternate form of transportation. Finalists are subject to a computerized criminal history check.
Requirements
- Five years of information systems experience in Power Platform administration and governance, Microsoft 365 service engineering and administration, and SaaS application administration; OR an associate’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or a two-year accredited vocational training program in information technology or a related field, plus three years of such experience; OR a bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field, plus one year of such experience.
- Ability to explain complex technical issues to non-technical customers.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with superiors, peers, other agencies, and the public.
- Must be authorized to work in the United States; applicants requiring visa sponsorship will not be considered.
- Must possess and maintain a valid driver’s license issued by the state where the employee resides or provide an acceptable alternate form of transportation.
Nice To Haves
- Highly skilled in Microsoft 365 service engineering and administration, including Teams, SharePoint Online information architecture, permissions and sync, OneDrive, and Exchange Online client-facing configuration.
- Skilled in M365 Copilot enablement, including governance, permissions and oversharing remediation, sensitivity labels and data protection, deployment waves, and usage analytics.
- Skilled in Power Platform administration and governance, including environments, DLP policies, connector governance, ALM for promoted solutions, and citizen-developer enablement.
- Skilled in productivity-platform automation using PowerShell, Microsoft Graph, and Power Automate for provisioning, permissioning, and reporting at scale.
- Skilled in SaaS application administration, such as Box and Smartsheet, including licensing, user lifecycle, and organizational permissions.
- Familiar with records, retention, and information-governance practices for collaboration content.
- Experienced in incident and problem management using ITSM tooling.
Responsibilities
- Engineer, configure, and continuously improve Microsoft 365 services, including Teams and meeting/conferencing integration, SharePoint Online, OneDrive, and Exchange Online.
- Manage content and workspace lifecycles for the productivity and collaboration platform.
- Engineer the Microsoft 365 Copilot rollout, implementing its governance framework and preparing data-security prerequisites, including permissions hygiene and oversharing remediation.
- Configure and deploy Copilot in waves and instrument usage analytics.
- Build and operate the Power Platform workplace-automation environment, including environments, DLP guardrails, citizen-developer enablement, and intake and support for low-code solutions.
- Administer assigned business web applications, such as Box.com and Smartsheet.
- Provide senior troubleshooting and engineering support for the productivity platform and the team’s M365, SharePoint Online, and Copilot consultation service.
- Keep productivity tools reliable and user-friendly for the DAS workforce.
Benefits
- Low-cost medical, vision, and dental plans for the employee and family.
- Life insurance and short- and long-term disability benefits.
- Deferred compensation savings plans.
- Flexible spending accounts for health and childcare.
- Optional benefits, including life insurance, disability, and flexible spending accounts.
- 11 holidays and 3 personal business days.
- Monthly sick leave and vacation leave that increases with years of service.
- Professional growth and advancement opportunities.
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- Potential eligibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness.
- Hybrid work opportunity.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
