Azure 365 Administrator
Role Overview
The Azure 365 Administrator operates Azure and Microsoft 365 platforms for PACT.
The role provisions, secures, and maintains the platform layer supporting business intelligence and automation developers.
The position reports to IT Operations & Support and works with the Data & Innovation team on platform enablement.
Key Skills for This Role
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Role Overview
The Azure 365 Administrator operates Azure and Microsoft 365 platforms for PACT.
The role provisions, secures, and maintains the platform layer supporting business intelligence and automation developers.
The position reports to IT Operations & Support and works with the Data & Innovation team on platform enablement.
Microsoft 365 Administration
- Administer tenant configuration and service health across Microsoft 365.
- Administer Exchange Online, Microsoft Teams, and OneDrive policies, settings, and troubleshooting.
- Manage licensing, entitlement records, cost tracking, change control, and configuration baselines.
Identity and Access
- Administer Entra ID users, groups, roles, Conditional Access, MFA, privileged access, and external identities.
- Operate Privileged Identity Management with just-in-time and time-bound administrative access.
- Automate joiner, mover, and leaver processing from the HR system of record.
Platform Enablement
- Provision Microsoft Fabric and Power BI workspaces, capacities, gateways, and related Azure resources.
- Manage service principals, managed identities, service accounts, vault-based secrets, and deployment environments.
- Operate Power Platform environment strategy, data loss prevention policies, and connector governance.
Governance and Compliance
- Govern Power BI and Fabric tenant settings for publishing, external sharing, exports, and workspace creation.
- Operate Purview sensitivity labels, data loss prevention, retention, backup, security baselines, and audit logs.
- Produce control evidence for ISO 27001, SOC 2, and external audit initiatives.
Automation and Support
- Maintain PowerShell and Microsoft Graph scripts, runbooks, configuration documentation, and standard procedures.
- Act as an L2 to L3 escalation point for identity, licensing, access, and platform incidents.
- Perform root-cause analysis, manage support cases, and report platform risks and governance exceptions.
Working Conditions
- The position is based at the PACT office in Mississauga, Ontario.
- The role includes visits to the Airport site as required.
- The schedule is Monday to Friday during regular office or site hours, with occasional work outside those hours when operationally required.
- Employees must complete a criminal background check and attain a Restricted Access Identity Card upon joining.
Skills and Qualifications
- Three to five or more years administering Microsoft 365 and Azure in production.
- Experience with Entra ID, Power Platform, Microsoft Fabric or Power BI, service principals, managed identities, and vault-based secrets.
- Two or more years using PowerShell and Microsoft Graph for administration, reporting, and provisioning.
- Post-secondary education in information technology, computer science, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
- Microsoft certification such as AZ-104, MS-102, SC-300, or PL-600 is preferred or may be in progress.
- Experience with Fabric capacity, Purview, infrastructure-as-code, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, ISO 27001, or SOC 2 is considered an asset.
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