Senior Collaboration Engineer - Microsoft 365

Position Summary

As a Senior Collaboration Engineer at Guardian Life Insurance, you will be responsible for designing, building, testing, deploying, and supporting Microsoft 365 collaboration capabilities.

You Are

• Excellent problem solver

• Excellent project leader

• Strong collaborator with team members and other teams

• Strong communicator, documenter, and presenter at multiple levels

• Continuous self-learner, subject matter expert for Microsoft 365

You Have

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or significant relevant experience

• 5+ years of experience, preferably in a large financial services enterprise

• Microsoft certifications are desired, preferably MS-900, MS-700, MS-721, MS-102

• Expert-level experience with Microsoft 365:

• Required: Administration, Outlook, Exchange Online, Exchange Server, Teams, SharePoint Online, Power Automate, OneDrive, Viva Engage (Yammer), Stream, PowerShell scripting, advanced troubleshooting diagnostics.

• Desired: Copilot, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Visio, Project, Whiteboard, To Do, Planner, Lists, Viva Insights, Power Apps, Loop, Azure.

• Intermediate-level experience with Proofpoint E-mail Protection – Administration, Routing, Allow/Block List, Encryption, DLP, Send Securely, Secure Portal, SPF/DKIM/DMARC, delivery troubleshooting, incident response.

• Knowledge of other complimentary collaboration applications such as: Zoom, Hearsay Relate, Poppulo, Monday, BitTitan MigrationWiz, ShareGate, SharePoint Framework development.

• Strong knowledge of IT Service Management and ITIL, preferably using Service Now – Incidents, Tasks, Problems, Knowledge, CMDB, Reporting, Dashboards. Proven track record to manage support and request tickets within SLAs, and drive Microsoft support cases to closure.

• Knowledge of Project Management, preferably using SAFe, Jira, and Confluence. Proven ability to complete projects reliably and with quality.

• Knowledge of Networking and Security - DNS, Active Directory, Entra ID (Azure AD) including conditional access policies, certificates, firewalls, proxies, cloud access security brokers (CASB), single sign on (SSO), multi-factor authentication (MFA), data loss prevention (DLP) and identity and access management (IAM).

• Knowledge of Endpoints, Servers, and Cloud – Devices, operating systems, browsers, Intune, System Center, Nexthink, Amazon AWS, Azure.

You Will

• Deliver excellent support for Collaboration capabilities to achieve service level agreements. Participation in the team on-call support rotation is required.

• Design, build, test, and deploy new Collaboration capabilities to achieve strategic goals and key deliverables reliably and with quality. Current goals are focused on AI, Automation, Application Integration, and Security/Compliance.

Location and Travel

• Hybrid Remote - 2 days a week at a Guardian location in Bethlehem, PA or Holmdel, NJ

• 10% Travel required for quarterly planning meetings and conferences.

Salary Range

$66,130.00 - $108,640.00

The salary range reflected above is a good faith estimate of base pay for the primary location of the position. The salary for this position ultimately will be determined based on the education, experience, knowledge, and abilities of the successful candidate. In addition to salary, this role may also be eligible for annual, sales, or other incentive compensation.

Our Promise

At Guardian, you’ll have the support and flexibility to achieve your professional and personal goals. Through skill-building, leadership development and philanthropic opportunities, we provide opportunities to build communities and grow your career, surrounded by diverse colleagues with high ethical standards.

Inspire Well-Being

As part of Guardian’s Purpose – to inspire well-being – we are committed to offering contemporary, supportive, flexible, and inclusive benefits and resources to our colleagues.

Health Care

• Choice of [high deductible/copay] medical plans* with prescription drugs, including coverage for fertility and transgender inclusive benefits

• Dental plan

• Vision plan

• Health care accounts – flexible spending, health reimbursement, and health savings accounts

• Critical illness insurance

Life and Disability Insurance

• Company-paid Life and Disability insurance plus voluntary supplemental coverage

• Accident insurance

Retirement and Financial

• 401(k) retirement plan with a company match, plus an annual age/service-based Company contribution and an annual profit-sharing contribution, if applicable

• Complimentary 1:1 financial guidance with a licensed Fidelity representative

Time Off and Remote Work

• Flexible work arrangements (part in-person/part remote)

• Unlimited paid time off for most roles plus time off for volunteering, jury duty, voting, and bereavement

• Personal holidays for colleagues to use in recognition of religious, cultural, or civic days

• Paid parental leave and paid family and medical leave policies

Emotional Well-being and Work-Life

• Emotional well-being, mental health, and work/life resources powered by Spring Health

• Wellness programs, including fitness program and equipment reimbursement

• Child, adult, and elder back-up care support through Bright Horizons

• Adoption assistance

• College planning

• Tuition reimbursement

• Student loan assistance

• Commuter benefits in select metropolitan areas

Benefits apply to full-time eligible employees. Interns are not eligible for most Company benefits.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Guardian is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, creed, religion, sex, affectional or sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, marital status, disability, military or veteran status, or any other classification protected by applicable law.

Accommodations

Guardian is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. Guardian also provides reasonable accommodations to qualified job applicants (and employees) to accommodate the individual's known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, unless doing so would create an undue hardship. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact applicant_accommodation@glic.com .

Every day, Guardian helps our 29 million customers realize their dreams through a range of insurance and financial products and services. Our Purpose, to inspire well-being, guides our dedication to the colleagues, consumers, and communities we serve. We know that people count, and we go above and beyond to prepare them for the life they want to live, focusing on their overall well-being — mind, body, and wallet. As one of the largest mutual insurance companies, we put our customers first. Behind every bright future is a GuardianTM. Learn more about Guardian at guardianlife.com .