BENGALURU · FULLTIME
Senior Lead M365

Wabtec
Bengaluru · onsite · Posted 13d ago
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We are seeking an experienced Microsoft 365, Power Platform Copilot Architect to serve as the enterprise technical authority for our digital workplace ecosystem. This role is responsible for defining and evolving the strategy, architecture, governance, operational model, and roadmap across Microsoft 365, Power Platform, Microsoft Copilot, Copilot Studio, and related services.
The successful candidate will combine deep technical expertise with strategic leadership to drive platform modernisation, governance maturity, cost optimisation, AI adoption, operational excellence, mergers acquisitions integration activities, and enterprise-wide productivity transformation.
This position requires a strong architect capable of partnering with executive stakeholders, business leaders, security teams, IT operations, and external vendors to ensure that Microsoft technologies are secure, scalable, cost-effective, and aligned with business objectives. The architect will serve as a trusted advisor, technical decision-maker, and escalation point for the organisation's Microsoft productivity and low-code platforms.
Responsibilities Microsoft 365 Architecture Strategy - Own the architectural vision, roadmap, and operating model for Microsoft 365 services.
- Define enterprise standards, design principles, governance controls, and technology guardrails.
- Lead architecture reviews and solution assurance activities for business and technology initiatives.
- Evaluate new Microsoft capabilities and determine business applicability, risks, and implementation approaches.
- Establish architecture patterns for collaboration, communication, content management, automation, AI, and integration workloads.
- Partner with business stakeholders to identify opportunities for innovation and productivity improvement.
Provide architectural leadership across:
- Exchange Online
- SharePoint Online
- OneDrive for Business
- Microsoft Teams
- Microsoft Entra ID
- Microsoft 365 Administration
- Microsoft Viva
- Microsoft Graph
- Microsoft 365 Copilot
- Copilot Studio
Key responsibilities include:
- Tenant architecture and governance
- Platform lifecycle management
- Workload optimization
- Service health oversight
- Release management governance
- Platform modernization initiatives
- Operational excellence and reliability improvements
- Define and govern enterprise Power Platform architecture.
- Establish Power Platform Centre of Excellence (CoE) standards.
- Define environments strategy, solution lifecycle management, and governance controls.
- Govern:
- Power Apps
- Power Automate
- Dataverse
- Power Pages
- AI Builder
- Managed Environments
- Establish DLP policies and connector governance.
- Define citizen developer guardrails and operating procedures.
- Lead ALM maturity initiatives and DevOps adoption.
- Drive platform scalability, supportability, and maintainability.
- Lead architecture and governance for Microsoft Copilot and Copilot Studio.
- Develop enterprise AI adoption frameworks and deployment standards.
- Define governance for:
- Copilot licensing
- Agents
- Plugins
- Connectors
- Knowledge sources
- Responsible AI implementation
- Establish AI solution review processes and approval workflows.
- Drive value realisation and business outcome measurement for AI investments.
- Support business teams in identifying and implementing transformative AI use cases.
- Own Microsoft licensing architecture and optimization strategies.
- Perform consumption analysis and identify savings opportunities.
- Develop chargeback/show back models where required.
- Lead platform rationalization initiatives.
- Analyze utilization trends and recommend cost optimization opportunities.
- Support budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning activities.
Lead major enterprise initiatives including:
- Digital workplace transformation
- Collaboration platform modernization
- AI enablement programs
- Enterprise automation programs
- Governance maturity improvements
- User experience enhancements
- Productivity improvement initiatives
- Roadmap implementation programs
Provide architectural leadership for:
- MA technology due diligence
- Tenant assessments
- Integration planning
- Tenant-to-tenant migrations
- Collaboration platform consolidation
- Identity alignment
- Governance harmonization
- Data migration strategies
- Carve-outs and divestitures
- Define enterprise integration architectures.
- Design solutions leveraging:
- REST APIs
- Power Platform Connectors
- Azure Services
- Enterprise Applications
- Establish reusable integration patterns and standards.
- Govern authentication, security, and data access requirements.
- Act as highest-level escalation point for complex Microsoft platform issues.
- Provide architectural guidance to L2 and L3 support teams.
- Drive automation and operational efficiency initiatives.
- Establish monitoring, reporting, and service health standards.
- Define operational procedures, runbooks, and support models.
- Reduce support costs through engineering-led improvements and automation.
- Serve as trusted advisor to business and IT leadership.
- Present architecture recommendations and investment cases to executives.
- Influence platform strategy decisions across multiple business functions.
- Partner with Microsoft and strategic vendors.
- Guide consulting partners and delivery teams.
- 10+ years of IT experience.
- 7+ years focused on Microsoft 365 architecture and administration.
- 5+ years of Power Platform architecture experience.
- Experience leading enterprise-wide Microsoft 365 environments supporting thousands of users.
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AlmAutomationAzure DevopsAgileContent ManagementAi BuilderCopilot StudioapisacquisitionsAzure ServicesclassificationcopilotAzure OpenAIai governanceArchitectureAdministrationBudgetingcomplianceMicrosoft AzureArtificial Intelligence
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