Job Description
Our client, an insurance company, is seeking a Lead O365 Engineer
Location: Des Moines, IA
Position Type: Full Time
Schedule: Hybrid: 4/1 (4 days in office, 1 day remote)
Job Description Summary
As a Lead O365 Engineer on the Infrastructure Team, you will play a crucial role in designing, building, and maintaining the core infrastructure that supports our organization’s systems and applications.
You will work with a team of engineers responsible for developing, deploying, and optimizing infrastructure solutions to ensure high availability, scalability, and performance.
Your expertise will be instrumental in driving innovation, implementing best practices, and ensuring the overall stability and reliability of our infrastructure.
Leadership and Team Management:
• Providing guidance, mentorship, and technical expertise.
• Foster a collaborative and high-performance culture within the team.
• Set clear goals, assign tasks, and ensure timely delivery of projects and conduct regular performance evaluations and provide constructive feedback.
• Identify skill gaps and facilitate training and development opportunities.
Infrastructure Strategy and Architecture:
• Develop and drive the Office 365/End User Technology roadmap aligned with the organization’s goals, while collaborating with partners to understand business requirements and translate them into infrastructure solutions.
• Define, document, and maintain infrastructure standards, best practices, and guidelines.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and trends to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Plan and execute infrastructure projects, ensuring scalability, security, and cost-effectiveness.
Infrastructure Design and Implementation:
• Architect and design End User Technology solutions that meet the organization’s requirements including cloud-based platforms, virtualization, and other infrastructure components.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration, and deployment processes.
• Ensure proper monitoring, logging, and alerting mechanisms are in place for proactive issue detection and resolution.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate infrastructure with applications and systems.
Performance Optimization and Reliability:
• Identify and address performance bottlenecks, scalability challenges, and system failures.
• Continuously supervise infrastructure performance and conduct capacity planning, implement disaster recovery and business continuity plans to ensure high availability.
• Conduct root cause analysis and implement corrective actions for incidents.
• Work closely with security teams to enforce compliance and implement security controls.
Collaboration and Communication:
• Collaborate with other engineering teams, product managers, and partners to understand requirements and deliver solutions.
• Communicate infrastructure plans, progress, and challenges to relevant partners, participate in cross-functional meetings and provide technical expertise and guidance.
• Stay updated on industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies.
Qualifications And Experience
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field or equivalent professional experience.
• 5+ years of experience as a senior engineer or technical leader with a focus on infrastructure.
• Strong expertise in designing and implementing cloud-based infrastructure solutions (AWS, Azure, etc.).
• Expert knowledge of Office 365 components (e.g., Exchange, Intune, SharePoint, Teams, etc.).
• Proven understanding of networking concepts, protocols, and security principles.
Compensation range: $120,000 – $140,000 (if need to go above, we can) plus 15% bonus
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