Office 365 Managed Services Consultant

Posted 6 Days Ago
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Hiring Remotely in Eastern, KY, USA
In-Office or Remote
120K-210K Annually
Senior level
Cloud • Information Technology • Business Intelligence • Consulting
The Role
Provide senior-level Office 365 managed services: analyze customer requirements, design and deploy Office 365 tenant architectures, maintain M365 workloads, resolve tier 3/4 incidents, and configure security tooling (Defender, Sentinel, Intune). Act as long-term advisor to public-sector clients.
Summary Generated by Built In
Planet Technologies, the Nation’s leading Microsoft services provider to the public sector, is looking for a highly motivated individual to join our growing team as an Office 365 Managed Services Consultant. In this role, you will be supporting impactful projects that make a difference for our country. 
 
The Managed Services Senior Consultant is partnering with clients to form a long-lasting relationship while assisting with their growth across the Office 365 platform. This would cover a wide breadth of tasks from technical writing, security assessments, licensing questions, or anything in or related to the Office 365 or security product stacks in Microsoft Cloud. Expertise in Office 365 and related core technologies including but not limited to Security Tools and Administration in Microsoft Defender and Microsoft Sentinel, Cloud Identities, Exchange, SharePoint, Teams, Entra ID Connect, and EMS, are required. 
 
As part of the Managed Services team, you are responsible for helping to foster the long-term relationship and partnership with our clients. Going beyond just doing good technical work, and into being a good co-worker, partner, and advisor. 

Responsibilities

  • Surface and analyze customer business requirements.
  • Translate requirements into an Architectural design and influence the deployment of key infrastructure components
  • Design, construct, configure, and maintain all facets of an Office 365 Tenant
  • Plan and execute an end-to-end implementation of the target workloads
  • Maintain a thorough understanding of existing and emerging Office 365 and related core technologies
  • Be up to date on new technologies within Office 365 that could benefit customers
  • Break/Fix escalated tier 3 and tier 4 issues from our clients related to M365
  • Security analysis and configuration of core security tools in the Microsoft Suite, using Defender and Sentinel as the medium to do so.
  • Ability to develop, manage and enjoy client interaction/relationships.

Education Certifications and Experience

  • Exchange: Should have real-world, hands-on experience delivering messaging and collaboration solutions utilizing Microsoft Exchange and Office 365 within large complex environments.
  • Office 365: SME for applications across the Office 365 Stack such as OneDrive for Business, SharePoint Online, Exchange Online, Microsoft Teams, Forms, Office Suite, Power Automate, Power Apps, Power BI, Entra, Sentinel, Defender, Intune etc.
  • Azure: SME with Entra ID, Intune, Cloud App Security, Conditional Access, Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Defender, Azure Virtual Desktop
  • Intune/Endpoints:  SME across Intune with endpoint and device management. Should know how to configure and maintain endpoints using Configuration Policies, Compliance Policies, Platform Scripts and the like. 
  • Security: SME expertise with security posture and administration is a huge plus. Hands on experience working as a security analyst or administrator would be ideal. Should understand how to work Security escalations through to completion in platforms such as Defender and Sentinel. Knowledge of MITRE or similar security postures/framework experience is a plus. Comfort level with creating custom KQL queries and searches as needed.
  • Any Microsoft or Technical certifications are a positive and should be noted, especially related to the core technology stack of M365.

Planet Technologies is the leading provider of Microsoft Consulting Services to public sector and commercial organizations. Planet has significant experience in deploying business intelligence, cloud services, unified communications, and systems management with an emphasis building, deploying, and managing custom solutions that transform the business operations of federal government agencies.
 
Planet Technologies does not discriminate in employment opportunities, terms and conditions of employment, or practices. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, age, gender, religious or political beliefs, national origin or heritage, disability, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, or any characteristic protected by law. Federal Agency Clearance Requirements may require up to a 10-year background investigation - US Citizenship (clearable) is required.
 
Salaries for Consultants at Planet Technologies range from $120,000 and $210,000. Several factors will impact final pay offered to a successful candidate including but not limited to the type and years of experience within the job, clearance level, the type of years and experience within the industry, education, training, etc.
 
Visit www.go-planet.com to learn more about us. Details about our benefits can be found here Planet Technologies Benefit Guide 2025-2026

Skills Required

  • Hands-on experience delivering messaging and collaboration solutions utilizing Microsoft Exchange and Office 365 within large complex environments.
  • Subject matter expertise across Office 365 apps (OneDrive for Business, SharePoint Online, Exchange Online, Microsoft Teams, Forms, Office Suite) and M365 platform services.
  • Expertise with Power Platform components (Power Automate, Power Apps) and Power BI.
  • SME with Entra ID / Entra ID Connect, Azure identity services, Cloud App Security, Conditional Access, and Azure Virtual Desktop.
  • Deep knowledge and hands-on experience with Microsoft security tooling (Microsoft Defender, Microsoft Sentinel) and security posture administration.
  • Intune/Endpoint management experience: configure and maintain endpoints using configuration policies, compliance policies, platform scripts, and related tooling.
  • Ability to perform security analysis, handle security escalations to completion, and author custom KQL queries.
  • Familiarity with security frameworks such as MITRE (e.g., MITRE ATT&CK).
  • Microsoft or technical certifications related to the M365 stack.
  • US Citizenship (clearable) due to potential federal agency clearance requirements.
  • Experience translating business requirements into architectural designs and executing end-to-end Office 365 implementations and tenant management.
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The Company
HQ: Gaithersburg, MD
286 Employees
Year Founded: 1997

What We Do

Planet Technologies was built around investing in and developing long term relationships with our customers and corporate partners. We work hard to keep our staff trained on the latest technologies, policy and operational issues impacting today’s federal and corporate environments. Being an expert on the technology we support is the first step, more importantly is understanding your business mission and integrating technology into a long term strategic plan. Planet Technologies is the leading provider of Microsoft consulting services to public sector and commercial organizations. Our team of Microsoft experts provides support for Office 365, CRM, SharePoint, System Center, SQL, and Windows 7-10. Planet has significant experience in deploying business intelligence, cloud services, unified communications, records management, workflow automation, collaboration, systems management, virtualization and more. A Global Leader in Microsoft Technologies: Few companies can compare to Planet Technologies when it comes to an established relationship with Microsoft. As a company with a 100% focus on the Microsoft platform, we know Microsoft technologies and we are a trusted partner. As a team of experienced and certified Microsoft consultants and Microsoft trainers, we are the best partner to help your staff get up to speed quickly and cost effectively in order to make your business more productive with your Enterprise Agreement investment. Advanced certifications • Microsoft Partner with five gold and ten silver competencies • CPLS Microsoft certified training Highly skilled staff • Microsoft Certified Solutions Masters (MCSM) • Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals (MVP) • Microsoft Certified Trainers (MCT) • Microsoft CRM Rangers • 150+ Microsoft Consultants We are a full-service, independent training company providing a range of IT and developer training services based on Microsoft technologies to individuals and organizations.

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