M365 Messaging & Collaboration Architect

• Act as the technical point of contact and escalation point for the messaging and collaboration team
• Advise on and design Microsoft 365 solutions across Exchange Online, Purview, Entra and Azure
• Shape email routing and mail flow across a hybrid Exchange environment
• Contribute to consolidating multiple email security gateways onto a single platform
• Integrate DLP and email archiving tools with the platform
• Provide architectural input to incoming project work

Technologies:

• Architect
• Azure
• Cloud
• Flow
• Microsoft 365
• Security
• Office 365

• Extensive, recent experience architecting and supporting Microsoft 365 messaging and collaboration
• Deep hybrid Exchange experience across Exchange Online and on-premises environments
• Strong understanding of email routing and email security gateways, from any vendor
• Knowledge of Purview, Entra and Azure, including DLP and email archiving integrations
• Desirable: experience in financial services or other regulated environments, Proofpoint, or migrations from on-premises Exchange to Exchange Online

We are recruiting for an M365 Messaging & Collaboration Architect contract role with a leading global financial services organisation, supporting its email and collaboration estate. The hybrid Exchange environment is mostly cloud-based, with some mailboxes still on-premises. The contract runs until 31 May 2027 and pays £726.44 per day via umbrella (Inside IR35). The role requires four days a week on-site in London. Deerfoot Recruitment Solutions Ltd is an independent UK technology recruitment consultancy; we donate £1 for every CV sent to clients to The Born Free Foundation and participate in a Climate Action Workforce partnership with Ecologi. A referral reward program is also available.