Global M365 Data Engineer

We are looking for a Global M365 Data Engineer, reporting to the Productivity & UX AI Product Manager.

This individual is responsible for executing strategies related to M365 collaboration tools, with a primary focus on SharePoint Online, OneDrive and Microsoft Teams across all Group entities. The role plays a key part in designing, governing, and optimizing SharePoint-based collaboration services to improve productivity, information management, and user experience on a global scale.

The Global M365 Data Engineer will work with various audiences ranging from technical teams to executives. We are looking for individuals who are customer-oriented, structured, and passionate about delivering secure, scalable, and user-centric collaboration solutions for employees around the world.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide technical and functional expertise on SharePoint Online, OneDrive, Microsoft Teams integration, Microsoft 365 Groups, permissions models, site architecture, and content management.
• Support local IT teams across 46 countries and offshore support teams in deploying, managing, and optimizing SharePoint-based collaboration services.
• Define and maintain SharePoint architecture standards, including site design, hub structure, information architecture, navigation, metadata, managed properties, sharing, and ownership models.
• Implement data lifecycle management, storage optimization, archiving and backup solutions, including SharePoint Advanced Management, Microsoft 365 Backup, and Microsoft 365 Archive.
• Oversee implementation projects to ensure compliance with architecture, security, identity, records management, and data governance standards.
• Provide security overview and technical references to implement or reinforce directives issued by the Group Security Team.
• Ensure technical architecture documents (TAD), operational guides, governance standards, and support documentation are up to date.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to maintain high service quality, improve platform adoption, reduce operational risk, and standardize SharePoint usage across the organization.
• Conduct technology watch on SharePoint Online, SharePoint Advanced Management, Microsoft 365 Archive/Backup, OneDrive, Teams-connected sites, and related Microsoft 365 collaboration capabilities.

Required Profile:

Technical expertise

• 8-10 years of experience.
• Comprehensive expertise in global administration of Microsoft 365 tenants, including architecture, engineering, governance, and operational management of SharePoint Online and Teams Collaboration.
• Strong proficiency with SharePoint Online, OneDrive, Microsoft Teams-connected sites, Microsoft 365 Groups, permissions, sharing policies, site lifecycle, storage management, and information architecture.
• Strong expertise in operating SharePoint and Teams migration projects using tools like Quest, ShareGate or Microsoft Migration Manager (Carve-in & Carve-out).
• Comfortable producing and reviewing technical architecture documentation (Architecture design, API permissions...).
• Good knowledge of identity, security, compliance, and data governance, including Entra ID, conditional access principles, DLP, sensitivity labelling, retention, audit, eDiscovery, and least-privilege access models.
• Advanced scripting and automation skills, especially PowerShell and PnP PowerShell; Python or other automation capabilities are a plus.
• Knowledge of cloud storage and content migration approaches, including Azure File Share, Azure Blob Storage, SharePoint migration tooling, and hybrid or legacy content modernization scenarios.

Experience and seniority

• Proven ability to operate in a global, complex and regulated enterprise environment with multiple stakeholders and governance bodies.
• Ability to challenge solution choices constructively and balance user experience, security, compliance and operational sustainability.
• Experience working with offshore teams, local IT teams, business representatives, security, legal, privacy and enterprise architecture communities.

Soft skills

• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts clearly to non-technical audiences.
• Customer-oriented mindset and ability to understand business needs before proposing a technical solution.
• High level of autonomy, structured thinking and ability to drive topics from ambiguity to decision.
• Ability to influence without direct authority and build trust with senior stakeholders.

Languages

Fluent English is required, both written and spoken. French is a plus