Job Title:
Lead Information Systems Engineer
Location:
Remote
Employment Type:
Full-Time
Overview
We are seeking a highly capable Lead Information Systems Engineer to support a major Microsoft 365 initiative within the IRS. This role provides technical leadership across multiple projects, guiding a team of engineers while ensuring all solutions align with IRS policies, governance standards, and mission objectives. The ideal candidate combines high-level systems engineering skills with strong team leadership, communication, and problem-solving capabilities.
You will support enterprise-level Microsoft 365 services, including Power Platform, SharePoint Online, OneDrive, Exchange Online, Teams, AvePoint, and Microsoft Copilot, ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, compliant, and well-executed.
Key Responsibilities
Technical Leadership & Team Coordination
- Lead and guide a team of engineers, developers, and analysts supporting the IRS M365 environment.
- Assign work, set priorities, and ensure the team delivers high-quality results on schedule.
- Mentor junior and mid-level team members; promote best practices and professional development.
High-Level Systems Engineering & Solution Oversight
- Oversee the design, configuration, and implementation of M365 solutions across the enterprise.
- Review technical approaches and deliverables to ensure they meet IRS requirements, security standards, and governance practices.
- Assist with applying data connectors in an environment and establishing enterprise
policies. - Assist with designing and managing SharePoint on-premises farm infrastructure.
- Assist with managing application development using Power Platform components (PowerApps, Power Automate, Power BI).
- Assist with documenting and managing Security Change Requests and audit logging
solutions. - Provide guidance on system performance, integration considerations, scalability, and long-term maintainability.
- Assist with supporting Windows servers and SQL database clusters (2019/2022).
- Assist with designing/implementing Power Platform environments and pipelines.
Requirements Gathering & Technical Analysis
- Collaborate with IRS stakeholders to understand system needs, user requirements, and operational constraints.
- Translate business requirements into technical specifications and actionable engineering tasks.
- Analyze workflows and processes to identify inefficiencies and recommend system improvements.
Governance, Compliance & Process Enforcement
- Support adherence to established M365 governance models, ensuring all engineering activities comply with IRS and federal policies.
- Maintain engineering procedures, documentation, and standards to promote consistency and accountability.
- Participate in change control processes and ensure compliant implementation of system updates.
Quality Assurance & Deliverable Validation
- Conduct technical reviews and validation of engineering deliverables before submission.
- Lead or participate in testing activities, including integration, workflow, and performance validation.
- Identify and troubleshoot issues; coordinate resolution efforts with the engineering team.
Cross-Functional Collaboration & Communication
- Serves as the 24/7 Technical Point of Contact for government emergencies during off-core hours.
- Provide clear updates on progress, risks, and technical decisions.
- Facilitate communication that supports well-coordinated, transparent project execution.
- Central lead for technical operations, M365 engineering, and escalation (P1–P4 incidents).
- Interfaces directly with PMO and COR.
- Oversees planning, execution, and architectural decision-making across all PWS task areas.
- Responds to urgent requests via phone/email and provides technical coordination with executive stakeholders.
- Provide bi-weekly status reports that encompasses schedule, M365 deliverables for each tool, action items, risks, mitigations, escalations, accomplishments, and closures.
- Collaborate with systems support staff for integration with SharePoint Online, Teams, Exchange Online, and Azure.
- Ensure all processes, plans, schedules, and other written documents are completed timely.
Continuous Improvement & Platform Optimization
- Recommend enhancements to M365 systems, workflows, and operational processes.
- Stay current with emerging Microsoft capabilities and industry best practices.
- Identify opportunities to modernize, automate, or streamline platform operations.
- Enterprise-level M365 and Azure tenant governance, configuration baselines, monitoring, and compliance control development.
- Cross-platform M365 engineering and troubleshooting including SharePoint Online, Exchange Online, OneDrive, Intune/AutoPilot, SQL, and hybrid integrations.
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) engineering and development (Copilot agents, Azure AI)
- Creation and management of technical documentation, governance standards, ATO readiness artifacts, disaster recovery, and cloud modernization processes.
Qualifications
- Proven experience leading technical teams or engineering workstreams in an enterprise environment.
- Demonstrate experience developing data readiness plans and integrating Purview to
protect sensitive data. - Extensive working knowledge of SharePoint Online Administration.
- Demonstrate experience with use and design of Microsoft product enhancements:
Defender, copilots, loop, purview, graph connector etc. - Demonstrate knowledge of AvePoint Online Services (AOS) interfaces and security (e.g. tenant-to-tenant, Splunk Enterprise, bring your own keys, IP restrictions, SFTP).
- Demonstrate knowledge of security and cyber architect support.
- Strong background in Microsoft 365 services, including collaboration, workflow automation, and cloud-based productivity tools.
- Experience overseeing solution design, configuration, or implementation across M365 platforms.
- Familiarity with governance, compliance, change management, and systems documentation.
- Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Experience supporting federal government agencies (preferred).
- Relevant certifications (e.g., Microsoft 365, Power Platform, Azure) are a plus.
Why Join Us
- Support a high-impact, mission-critical IRS modernization effort.
- Collaborate with a skilled team working across modern cloud technologies.
- Opportunities for professional growth, leadership development, and ongoing learning.
- Work in a culture that prioritizes collaboration, quality, and continuous improvement.
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