Job Description

Company Name: VARITE India Private Limited
About The Client:
Linde plc is a global multinational chemical company founded in Germany and, since 2018, domiciled in Ireland and headquartered in the United Kingdom. Linde is the world's largest industrial gas company by market share and revenue. It serves customers in the healthcare, petroleum refining, manufacturing, food, beverage carbonation, fibre-optics, steel making, aerospace, material handling equipment (MHE), chemicals, electronics and water treatment industries.
About The Job:

• Global Level 3 responsibility for M365 services, with focus on Tenant Management, Security, Architecture and Governance
• To ensure that the M365 services delivered as part of the Microsoft 365 and Global Workplace Services organizations meet the need of the business
• To design, build, optimize, and maintain the service in a cost-efficient manner globally (Technical Senior M365 expertise)
• To implement best practices and provide expertise following technical specifications and architecture design
• To provide and lead governance initiatives around M365 Cloud Services, including usage of main M365 applications, security solutions in the tenant, security assessments and overall security posture
• To participate in service development and the introduction of new products, services, or features part of M365
• Responsibility for Operational Excellence regarding M365 services at Level 3 support level

Essential Job Functions:
Principal responsibilities

• Support, configure, develop, maintain, and monitor M365 Services
• Responsible to develop, document and sustain the architecture and relevant processes related to M365 services
• Technical Coordinator for M365 projects
• Enforce the creation of technical concept documents, SOPs, and best practices for using M365's different line of products with a focus on M365 governance activities, Tenant Management, Security, and security posture
• Provides governance and technical direction and act as a technical authority on topics related to M365 services
• Analyze and assess business requirements and solutions in the context of M365, keeping in mind security as a fundamental part of the solution
• Handle change management around Microsoft updates to the M365 and Entra ID
• Provide services and third-level support in line with service-level agreements
• Work with Evergreen activities, plan, communicate, and perform the necessary steps to take a new feature or product into a sustainable service offering
• Support and sustain implementation of security solutions like DLP, Sensitivity labels, Conditional Access

Key Interfaces

• M365 & Workplace teams
• Service Managers in the IT regional organizations
• Linde IT Support Teams
• MS Premier Support
• Security, Compliance and Architecture teams
• M365 L2 support
• Other Corp IT and Regional IT teams in Linde
• Other third-party vendors

Qualifications:
Required critical behaviours

• Excellent communication skills (both technical and non-technical) required to effectively coordinate and build partnerships with other IT functions and with peers globally
• Helps to develop mid and long-term strategies in their area and builds commitment to the strategic direction
• Ensures that their actions match the business requirements (quality, cost, timeliness)
• Self-motivated, with the ability to learn and work structured
• Ability to plan own workload and work with globally dispersed IT teams effectively
• Confirmed analytical skills and the ability to think "outside the box."
• Impacts the business by the quality of own work and through the ability to deliver high quality and successful solutions within own area of expertise
• Strives for results
• Is goal and performance-oriented
• Follows up on decisions
• Is open to changes and innovation
• Acts promptly to incident escalations affecting the backbone services
• Acts with integrity due to the level of access rights and data access that are part of the job

Required key skills (functional/technical)
Technical

• Experience in Cloud architecture and security
• Experience with SharePoint and Teams as a collaboration platform
• Good experience with other M365 technologies like, Exchange Online, Power Platform, etc.
• Vast experience with Entra ID, especially in the context of M365 and security
• Vast experience with PowerShell applicable to M365 and Entra ID
• Managing and administering M365 Tenants for large organizations
• Good experience with Security controls for administrators of global tenants

Functional

• Knowledge and understanding of ITIL processes, Service Management and Service Delivery
• Confidence to work with and present to business Communities
• Experience with Project Management and ability to coordinate a project
• Ability to work in a geographically dispersed team

Required qualifications/experience

• Bachelor's degree with a major in computer science, information management systems, or business administration and 10 years+ of experience providing IT application support and administration, including experience leading IT projects
• 5+ years' experience with the operation and maintenance of M365 Tenants, including roles as L3 administrator or M365 solution architect
• 8+ years working as Administrator, Cloud Architect or global development
• 5+ years' experience with PowerShell for common tasks
• Good English skills, both verbally and written
• Experience creating technical concepts and driving technical implementations

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About VARITE: VARITE is a global staffing and IT consulting company providing technical consulting and team augmentation services to Fortune 500 Companies in USA, UK, CANADA and INDIA. VARITE is currently a primary and direct vendor to the leading corporations in the verticals of Networking, Cloud Infrastructure, Hardware and Software, Digital Marketing and Media Solutions, Clinical Diagnostics, Utilities, Gaming and Entertainment, and Financial Services.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
VARITE is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.