Sterling Engineering

Description

Position: Microsoft 365 Engineer

Location: Chicago, IL 60629 - Onsite Daily

Locals Preferred

This is a Full time, permanent position and is not open to sponsorship, 3rd party representation or H1B transfer at this time.

I am looking for a hands-on Microsoft 365 Engineer to own, administer, and continuously improve our enterprise M365 environment. This is a great opportunity for someone who wants full ownership of a modern collaboration platform, enjoys solving complex technical challenges, and thrives in an onsite team environment.

You'll manage daily operations, lead platform enhancements, and drive adoption across the business. Your work will directly impact company productivity, data security, and collaboration effectiveness.

OVERVIEW OF RESPONSIBILITIES: Microsoft 365 Administration

• Manage user identities, groups, licensing, and security settings in Entra ID (Azure AD).
• Administer Exchange Online (mail flow, hybrid connectivity, retention policies).
• Maintain and optimize Teams, SharePoint Online, OneDrive, Outlook, and collaboration workflows.
• Implement backup and recovery procedures for M365 email and files.

Security & Compliance

• Enforce Conditional Access, MFA, and identity protection protocols.
• Configure retention/sensitivity labels and compliance policies via Microsoft Purview.
• Perform periodic security audits and resolve vulnerabilities.
• Support hybrid identity integration between AD and Azure AD.

Monitoring & Troubleshooting

• Use PowerShell, Graph API, M365 Admin Center, and Defender portal to monitor performance and security.
• Quickly resolve complex issues related to email flow, Teams meetings, SharePoint access, and identity authentication.
• Build automation scripts, runbooks, and dashboards.

Support & Collaboration

• Partner with the Service Desk and app teams to improve processes and ensure change control.
• Provide user training, communications, and documentation.
• Participate in on-call rotation and off-hours upgrades.

Windows Server Management

• Maintain and support on-prem Windows Server infrastructure.
• Install, upgrade, patch, and troubleshoot server systems to ensure reliability.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in IT; 3+ years administering Microsoft 365 / Azure environments.
• Strong experience with Exchange Online, Teams, Intune, SharePoint Online, and Entra ID.
• Azure experience, including VMs, AKS, SQL managed instances, and Azure firewall.
• Strong PowerShell automation expertise.
• Experience with backup/disaster recovery and security protocols.
• Excellent communication and problem-solving ability.
• Microsoft or Azure certifications are a plus (Azure Admin, Azure Architect, M365, CCNA).

Overview: Sterling Engineering / Staffing has a rich history of delivering top talent to our clients. We are a nationwide Staffing Firm that has been in business for over 56 years. With over 200 currently active clients, Sterling works within the Automation, Energy, Facilities, Information Technology, Food, Logistics / Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Packaging, Life Sciences, Pharmaceuticals, Engineering and R&D industries.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information.