M365 Messaging & Collaboration Architect

M365 Messaging & Collaboration Architect

Hybrid - 4 days on-site p/w in London

Rate: £726.44 per day - Umbrella (Inside IR35)

Contract runs to 31 May 2027.

Are you the Microsoft 365 architect other engineers turn to when mail flow, security and collaboration all have to fit together? This M365 Messaging & Collaboration Architect contract puts you at the centre of a leading global financial services organisation's email and collaboration estate.

You'll be the hands-on point of contact for technical escalations and will shape project work as it arrives, including a consolidation of several email security gateways onto a single platform. It's a hybrid Exchange environment, mostly cloud with some mailboxes still on-prem, so depth across both matters.

What You'll Be Doing

Acting as the technical point of contact and escalation for the messaging and collaboration team

Advising on and designing Microsoft 365 solutions across Exchange Online, Purview, Entra and Azure

Shaping email routing and mail flow across a hybrid Exchange environment

Contributing to an email security gateway consolidation onto a single platform

Integrating DLP and email archiving tooling with the platform

Giving architectural input to project work as it comes inWhat You'll Bring

Extensive, recent experience architecting and supporting Microsoft 365 messaging and collaboration

Deep hybrid Exchange experience, both Exchange Online and on-prem

Strong understanding of email routing and email security gateways, from any vendor

Knowledge of Purview, Entra and Azure, including DLP and email archiving integrationsDesirable: financial services or other regulated environments, Proofpoint, on-prem to Exchange Online migrations

Please note: this role needs four days a week on site in London.

Apply today with your CV for this M365 Messaging & Collaboration Architect contract role and we'll be in touch.

This role may suit candidates who have held roles including: Microsoft 365 Architect, Exchange Architect, Messaging Architect, Collaboration Architect, Office 365 Architect, Messaging Engineer, M365 Technical Lead

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