M365 Monitoring Architect

Role: M365 Monitoring Architect

Client Location: Charlotte, NC, or Addison, TX, or Jacksonville, FL

Onsite: 3 days onsite/2 remote

12+ month contract

Agreement: W2 only (No C2C, no third party)

USC or GC only

Requirements:

• Architect-level experience designing enterprise-scale solutions.
• Strong Microsoft 365 background.
• Configuration Management experience (tool agnostic).
• Experience with monitoring and observability platforms, particularly Splunk (other monitoring platforms may be considered).
• Understanding of telemetry, audit logging, and operational data.
• Experience designing API integrations and data flows.
• Ability to perform hands-on technical work in non-production/lab environments.
• Experience working within large, complex enterprise environments.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence and gain buy-in across teams.

Nice-to-Have Experience

• Microsoft Sentinel
• Power BI
• ITIL / Configuration Management Database (CMDB) concepts
• Enterprise logging and observability architecture
• Governance, compliance, and operational monitoring frameworks

Project Details:

This role is focused on the architecture and governance of Microsoft 365 operational, configuration, telemetry, and usage data. The architect will help define how data is collected, integrated, monitored, stored, and consumed across various platforms, including both commercial and internally developed tools. The environment leverages monitoring and analytics platforms such as Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, Power BI, and homegrown tooling to monitor Microsoft 365 workloads including Teams, OneDrive, and other collaboration platforms. A key objective is creating a centralized "golden copy" of configuration and usage data and designing the monitoring and alerting strategy around that data. The architect will help identify configuration drift, define monitoring standards, and re-architect logging and telemetry capabilities across the environment.

Description:

Role Overview

This position focuses on the architecture and governance of Microsoft 365 operational, configuration, telemetry, and usage data. The architect will define how data is collected, integrated, monitored, stored, and consumed across various platforms. The objective is to create a centralized data repository and design the monitoring and alerting strategy for Microsoft 365 workloads, including Teams and OneDrive.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and architect enterprise monitoring, telemetry, and configuration management strategies for Microsoft 365 workloads.
• Design how data is collected, integrated, stored, and consumed across monitoring and analytics platforms.
• Establish a centralized data model for configuration and usage data.
• Architect solutions that detect configuration drift and trigger alerts.
• Evaluate and integrate data from platforms such as Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk, and Power BI.
• Design API integrations and data flows between platforms.
• Architect logging, auditing, and observability solutions.
• Support ITIL-aligned configuration and performance management processes.
• Partner with internal teams to drive the adoption of architectural standards.
• Provide hands-on technical validation and engineering support in lab environments.
• Required Qualifications
• Architect-level experience designing enterprise-scale solutions.
• A strong background in Microsoft 365.
• Configuration Management experience, which is tool agnostic.
• Experience with monitoring and observability platforms, particularly Splunk.
• Understanding of telemetry, audit logging, and operational data.
• Experience designing API integrations and data flows.
• Ability to perform hands-on technical work in non-production environments.
• Experience working within large, complex enterprise environments.
• Communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence and gain buy-in across teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Microsoft Sentinel or Power BI.
• Knowledge of ITIL or Configuration Management Database (CMDB) concepts.
• Experience with enterprise logging and observability architecture.
• Familiarity with governance, compliance, and operational monitoring frameworks.