Job Title:
M365 Architect
Location:
Remote work authorized, with occasional travel to customer facilities/company meetings as required.
Employment Type:
Full-Time
Overview
We are seeking a highly experienced Microsoft 365 Architect to provide enterprise-level strategic guidance, architectural oversight, and governance support for a large-scale IRS modernization effort. This role requires a strong understanding of Microsoft’s cloud ecosystem and the ability to shape long-term platform direction across multiple business lines.
The Architect will define standards, drive design decisions, ensure compliance, and guide the successful delivery of solutions across Microsoft 365 services—Power Platform, SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams, Exchange Online, AvePoint, and Microsoft Copilot.
Key Responsibilities
Enterprise Architecture & Strategic Direction
- Define and maintain the overarching architectural vision for the IRS Microsoft 365 environment.
- Provide expert guidance on platform capabilities, solution patterns, integration approaches, and long-term modernization strategy.
- Ensure solutions align with organizational objectives, security requirements, and future-state target architectures.
Governance & Standards Leadership
- Lead the development and refinement of governance frameworks for M365 adoption, usage, configuration, and security.
- Establish architectural standards, templates, patterns, and best practices for teams across the program.
- Ensure compliance with IRS policies, federal security requirements, and industry standards.
Solution Review & Technical Oversight
- Review proposed solutions and designs to ensure architectural alignment and scalability.
- Provide authoritative recommendations on complex issues, platform constraints, and cross-system integrations.
- Conduct technical assessments and propose improvements to elevate system reliability and enterprise value.
Program Alignment & Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Partner with leadership, PMs, engineers, and business stakeholders to drive cohesive planning and execution.
- Provide architectural input across multiple concurrent initiatives and ensure consistent adoption of standards.
- Communicate architectural direction and technical decisions to both technical and executive stakeholders.
Innovation & Continuous Improvement
- Identify opportunities for modernization, automation, and AI-driven enhancements.
- Guide the responsible adoption of emerging M365 capabilities—including Microsoft Copilot and Power Platform advancements.
- Evaluate architecture health and propose continuous improvement strategies.
Qualifications
- Extensive experience as an architect supporting enterprise-scale Microsoft 365 environments.
- Deep understanding of M365 platform architecture, integration patterns, governance, and security.
- Ability to develop and communicate architectural visions, roadmaps, and standards.
- Experience supporting federal government programs (preferred).
- Strong communication, leadership, and decision-making skills.
- Relevant certifications such as Microsoft 365 Certified: Enterprise Administrator Expert (preferred).
Top Skills
What We Do
Whether you are moving IT services to the cloud or optimizing an existing infrastructure, Vamonos IT will guide your transition and enable you to take full advantage of the Microsoft Cloud services available today and into the future. Vamonos IT offers tenant-to-desktop support with extensive domain knowledge and years of directly supporting on-premises Microsoft technologies coupled with large scale cloud migrations and ongoing support. Our experienced team of technical Subject Matter Experts deliver solutions to the toughest challenges in enterprise cloud computing and infrastructure management within the Homeland Security and Federal civilian landscape. In fact, some of our experts have been working with email and identity management since their introduction on an enterprise scale. Our mission as a company and as individuals is to set the bar in service delivery excellence, providing support and service our customers feel they cannot live without. Specialties: On premises and Microsoft 365 architecture and engineering, AD and Azure AD identity and access management, PowerShell scripting, process automation, SharePoint and custom product development, enterprise data migrations, system health monitoring, security and compliance support, service desk management, project management, product management, training and product rollout Let's go!
