Systems Architect

[Applicants: Be among the first 25 applicants | Industry: Financial Services | Type: Full-time | Level: Mid-Senior level] Location: Onsite in Memphis, TN or New Orleans, LANo sponsorship will be provided for this role.The Systems Architect leads the design, governance, and end‑to‑end delivery of Microsoft 365 services—ensuring reliability, security, compliance, and great associate experiences in a regulated environment.Weekly Scheduled Hours: Monday-Friday 9am- 5pmKey ResponsibilitiesOwn enterprise architecture for Microsoft 365: Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, OneDrive, Teams, Entra ID (Azure AD), Intune/Endpoint Manager, and Microsoft Purview/Compliance.Define standards, reference architectures, and roadmaps for identity, messaging, collaboration, and device management across hybrid/on‑prem and cloud environments.Lead migrations and modernization (e.g., Exchange/SharePoint to Online), tenant‑to‑tenant moves, and hybrid identity (AD DS + Entra ID) integrations.Implement Zero Trust controls: Conditional Access, MFA, RBAC/PIM, DLP, sensitivity labels, retention, eDiscovery, audit and alerting, and secure sharing policies.Establish Microsoft 365 governance: tenant configuration baselines, change management, environment segmentation, lifecycle management, and license optimization.Automate operations with PowerShell and Microsoft Graph; build runbooks, deployment pipelines, and monitoring dashboards for reliability and performance.Integrate Microsoft 365 with enterprise platforms (e.g., SIEM/Sentinel, email security gateways, eDiscovery/archiving, ITSM/ServiceNow) and key third parties.Partner with Information Security, Risk, Legal/Compliance, Network, End User Computing, and Vendor Management to meet regulatory expectations (e.g., GLBA/FFIEC) and protect client information.Design and test business continuity/disaster recovery for collaboration and messaging services; lead major incident response and post‑mortems.Provide Level 3/architecture‑level guidance, mentor engineers, and produce high‑quality documentation (diagrams, standards, runbooks).Qualifications7+ years in enterprise IT, including 3–5+ years architecting Microsoft 365/Entra ID in mid‑to‑large organizations.Expert knowledge of Exchange Online, Teams, SharePoint Online/OneDrive, Entra ID, Intune/Endpoint Manager, and Microsoft Purview/Compliance features.Strong identity and access background: SSO/Federation, SAML/OAuth/OIDC, Conditional Access/MFA, RBAC/PIM, and hybrid AD.Security/complianc...