NO subs No Sponsorship W-2 ONLY

DAILY DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Works under limited supervision in the administration, planning, implementation, maintenance, lifecycle management, security monitoring, and support of agency's Microsoft 365/Entra cloud services.
• Strong understanding and/or experience with azure ad and enterprise mobility + security (EMS) to include azure information protection, defender for identity, defender for office, defender for endpoint.
• Configure and deploy Microsoft Azure AD environments.
• Configure and deploy advanced Microsoft 365/office services including enterprise and mobility
• Microsoft 365 analysis of enterprise systems and business needs, as required, and leads in the implementation of m365 services to meet and enhance those needs.
• Monitor Microsoft cloud environment for security and performance needs for information event logs, risks alerts, analysis, outages, and perform routine security practices as needed.
• Monitors and updates m365 systems with security controls
• Participates in the administration, planning, installation, maintenance, security monitoring and support of the agency's Microsoft technologies to protect business data, services, and devices.
• Maintenance of hybrid m365 and azure ad environments including group policies
• Maximize m365 security controls using industry best practices.
• Supports and adheres to change management process
• Awareness of security-based changes processes, i.e. documentation, deployment strategies, and change log reviews.
• Identifies risks and communicates risks to the CIO and it teams.
• Develops technical documentation following policies; CJIS security guidance; security standards.

Required skills (rank in order of importance):
• Experienced in enterprise Microsoft azure / Entra administration (m365, azure ad)
• Experience with architect office/Microsoft 365 service environments
• Experienced in deployment of Microsoft cloud infrastructure technologies
• Experienced with Microsoft Entra
• Experienced in Microsoft purview compliance, security, and search & intelligence
• Experienced in Microsoft defender ATP and defender identity
• Experienced in Microsoft Intune
• Experienced in power apps, power platform, and dynamics 365 apps
• Experienced in Power BI
• Experienced with routine network maintenance in various Microsoft environments
• Experienced in o365 exchange
• Skilled with office configuration
• Skilled with SharePoint, stream, and teams
• Candidate must be able to demonstrate working knowledge
• Ability to communicate directly with the it team, business employees, and vendor partners. Preferred skills (rank in order of importance):
• Good time management skills to meet project and action items deadlines
• Excellent decision making and critical-thinking skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills to communicate effectively with others
• Ability to understand, develop, and create technical documentation to demonstrate working knowledge
• Good organization skills and detail oriented
• Ability to learn and support new technologies and train others
• Good interpersonal skills
• Ability to multi-task
• Proven ability for support to end-users and technical support teams
• Proactive and self-motivated
• Self-manage abilities
Required education:
Bachelor's degree or master’s degree in network security, computer science, or information systems/technology management, institute degree/certificate or equivalent work experience.

PREFERRED MICROSOFT AZURE ASSOCIATE OR EXPERT CERTIFICATIONS:
-Microsoft 365 Certified Administrator
-Microsoft 365 Certified Endpoint Admin
-Microsoft 365 Certified Azure AI
-Microsoft 365 Certified Azure Administrator
-Microsoft Certified Azure Solutions Architect
-Microsoft Certified: Information Protection and Compliance Administrator
-Microsoft Certified Identity and Access Admin
-Microsoft Certified Security Operations
-Microsoft Cloud Support Certification
***These are preferred, not required