Planet Technologies

Senior Office 365 Architect

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Hiring Remotely in Eastern, KY, USA

In-Office or Remote

140K-225K Annually

Senior level

Cloud • Information Technology • Business Intelligence • Consulting

The Role

The Senior Office 365 Architect will design and implement Microsoft 365 solutions, manage customer requirements, lead technical teams, and contribute to technical delivery in complex environments.

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 a Senior Office 365 Architect. In this role, you will be supporting impactful projects that benefit our country.

In this role you will join a Team of 365 Architects who are responsible for the implementation of hybrid and tenant to tenant migration experience with enterprise M365 solutions including assessment, design, implementation, testing, and technical documentation for the project. Success in this role requires deep expertise in the technical deployment of Microsoft 365 solutions, and the ability to work hands-on with the technologies for our customers. In addition to technical acumen, creativity, independence, and the ability to manage multiple projects working directly with customers will be essential for success.

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 a Microsoft 365 tenant
Plan and execute an end-to-end implementation of Microsoft 365 infrastructure workloads
Maintain a thorough understanding of existing and emerging Microsoft 365 and related core technologies
Participate in presales calls and activities
Provide leadership across practice areas
Help internal sales team provide solutions to customers requirements
Proactively help customers make more complex decisions around features and capabilities
Identify, scope, and refer opportunities for additional sales for Planet provided services and offerings
Lead internal technical communities and present new technologies
Provide process improvement or standardization on elements that will have broad impact
Lead and provide strategic vision to large technical teams on complex projects

Skills Required

Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Proactively respond to internal and external technical communities
Ability to implement related technologies and understand their dependencies in complex enterprise environments
Ability to proactively collaborate across internal, customer, and key partner teams
Thought leader on solving problems in complex environments
Effectively articulate escalations and communicate progress to stakeholders
Has ownership stake in the successful technical delivery of complex projects in large enterprise environments
Has ownership stake in the delivery of the scope while assisting in managing customer expectations

Essentials

Exchange: Must have real-world, hands-on experience delivering messaging and collaboration solutions utilizing Microsoft Exchange and Office 365 within large complex environments. This includes extensive hybrid and third-party migration experience.
Microsoft 365: Subject matter expert for Microsoft Entra ID, Exchange Online, Exchange Online Protection (EOP), Teams Voice, and other O365 workloads.
Microsoft Security Stack: Defender for Office 365, Defender for Identity, Defender for Cloud Apps, Entra ID, Microsoft Purview Information Protection, Data Loss Prevention and Compliance Center Experience including – Litigation Hold, Retention, and eDiscovery.
Active Directory: Must have real-world experience helping to managing and maintaining AD, GPO's, On-Premises Active Directory Migrations.
Teams Voice experience is a plus.

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 Architects at Planet Technologies range from $140,000 and $225,000. 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 herePlanet Technologies Benefit Guide 2025-2026

Skills Required

Experience with Microsoft Exchange and Office 365 in large complex environments
Expertise in Microsoft Entra ID and Exchange Online
Experience with Microsoft Security Stack including Defender for Office 365
Experience managing and maintaining Active Directory
Teams Voice experience is a plus

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The Company

HQ: Germantown, 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.