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# M365 Identity & Collaboration Architect

- **Company:** UKRI LLC
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Windows, Amazon Web Services, User Authentication, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Online Services, Cloud Engineering, Identity and Access Management, Simple Mail Transfer Protocols, Azure Active Directory, Migration Manager, Microsoft SharePoint
- **Published:** October 31, 2026
- **Apply:** https://computerjobs.com/us/en/mob/job/57DE5F7C54559EFDFE

## About the Role

Demonstrable experience in designing and delivering Identity Architecture within complex enterprise environments.
. Strong understanding of directory services, domain architecture and identity life cycle management.
. Hands-on experience with Microsoft Entra ID, including authentication, conditional access, identity governance and privileged identity management.
. Proven experience designing and implementing Microsoft 365 architectures.
. Experience developing target-state architectures, migration strategies and transition roadmaps across multiple organisations or business units.
. Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to facilitate workshops and present architectural recommendations to technical and non-technical audiences.
. Experience defining governance frameworks, operating models and architectural standards.

Desirable:

. Experience with Microsoft Azure and/or AWS cloud platforms.
. Experience working within hybrid or Legacy technology environments.
. Experience within the Public Sector or similarly regulated environments.
. Familiarity with security, compliance and identity governance requirements in complex organisations.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident

As a Disability Confident employer, UKRI encourage applications from disabled and neurodivergent candidates. Applications from candidates who identify as having a disability and meet the essential criteria for the role will be prioritised for review. Where application volumes are high, additional role-specific and desirable criteria may be applied as part of the shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

## Description

The Identity & Collaboration Architect will lead the architecture and design of a large-scale Microsoft 365 consolidation programme involving the migration of multiple Microsoft 365 tenancies, mail domains and identity platforms into a single strategic environment.

The role is accountable for developing the future-state architecture for identity, authentication, directory services, email namespace, collaboration services and associated governance models. The architect will work across technical, operational and business stakeholders to establish a coherent, sustainable target operating model that balances organisational requirements with Microsoft's strategic cloud architecture.

A key aspect of the role is the development of target-state identity and namespace strategies, including the transition from multiple independently managed directories and Microsoft 365 tenancies to a consolidated identity platform centred on Microsoft Entra ID.

As an M365 Identity & Collaboration Architect your main responsibilities will be to:

. Develop target-state identity architecture for a multi-organisational Microsoft 365 environment.
. Define authoritative sources for identity information and attribute ownership.
. Establish identity life cycle architecture covering joiners, movers and leavers.
. Define future-state email namespace strategy.
. Develop mail domain architecture covering multiple existing SMTP domains.
. Analyse impacts of domain consolidation, retention and rationalisation.
. Support definition of future-state architecture for Microsoft 365 services and ancillary solutions
. Support tenant consolidation strategy and migration planning.
. Design core platform services including Exchange Online, Teams, SharePoint Online and OneDrive.
. Develop architectural principles and standards.
. Establish decision frameworks for identity and namespace management.
. Lead discovery activities across multiple organisations.
. Analyse current-state identity, directory and messaging environments.
. Engage senior stakeholders across IT, security, HR and business functions.
. Facilitate workshops to define identity, namespace and governance requirements.