**What you’ll do:** **Job Summary** The Collaboration Team Platform Architect is a senior technical leadership role responsible for the design, implementation, optimization, and governance across a broad scope of Microsoft solutions. This position requires deep expertise in modern cloud-based collaboration tools as well as on-premises SharePoint infrastructure, with a strong focus on aligning platform capabilities to business needs, ensuring security and compliance, and enabling digital transformation initiatives. The architect will collaborate with cross-functional teams, including IT, security, business analysts, and end users, to deliver scalable and robust solutions. **Job Responsibilities** Platform Architecture and Strategy: • Develop and maintain the overall architecture and roadmap for SharePoint across M365 and SharePoint Server 2019, ensuring alignment with enterprise IT strategy. • Advise on migration strategies between on-premises and cloud environments, including hybrid architectures. • Conduct platform assessments to identify opportunities for modernization, automation, and process improvements. Solution Design and Implementation: • Design scalable, secure, and high-performing SharePoint solutions, including intranets, extranets, document management, workflow automation. • Evaluate, design, and implement Microsoft CoPilot capabilities within SharePoint and M365 environments to enhance user productivity, automate routine tasks, and drive adoption of AI-powered features. • Collaborate with business stakeholders to identify high-value use cases for CoPilot and ensure responsible deployment in line with organizational policies. • Architect integrations between SharePoint platforms and Microsoft Azure services to extend solution capabilities, enable advanced automation, and support scalable, cloud-native applications. • Lead the implementation of complex solutions, including integrations with other M365 services (Teams, Power Platform, OneDrive), third-party tools, and legacy systems. • Architect and support solutions that leverage Microsoft Viva modules (Connections, Insights, Topics, Learning) to enhance employee experience, knowledge management, and organizational communication. • Define standards and best practices for site collection architecture, information architecture, metadata, and taxonomy. Governance, Security, and Compliance: • Establish and enforce governance policies for content management, access control, lifecycle management, and retention. • Work closely with the security team to ensure compliance with organizational and regulatory requirements, including data privacy and protection. • Monitor and manage platform performance, availability, and disaster recovery strategies. • Ensure compliance with requirements for handling controlled data, including GCCH (Government Community Cloud High), ITAR (International Traffic in Arms Regulations), and CUI (Controlled Unclassified Information). Stakeholder Engagement and Training: • Engage with business stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into technical solutions. • Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and training to IT staff and power users. • Develop and deliver documentation, user guides, and training materials. • Continuous Improvement and Innovation: • Stay current with Microsoft’s SharePoint and M365 roadmap, evaluating new features and recommending adoption where appropriate. • Advocate for process automation, low-code/no-code solutions (Power Apps, Power Automate), and modern collaboration practices." **Qualifications:** **Basic Qualifications:** • Bachelor's Degree from an accredited institution. • Minimum of 5 years experience leading / Architecting large corporation IT projects with global teams. • 3+ years with SharePoint Online (M365) • Strong knowledge of microservices architecture is essential, as the organization continues to modernize its platforms and adopt cloud-native technologies. • Must currently reside within 50 miles of posted locations(s). Relocation is not available for this role. • Eaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position. This means that Eaton will not support any CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT plans, F-1 to H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, I-485 job portability, etc.”  • Must be able to work without sponsorship now or in the future. **Preferred Qualifications:** • Preferred MS degree in Engineering, Computer Science, MBA. • Previous experience with SharePoint Server 2019 (or earlier versions). • M365 ecosystem (Teams, OneDrive, Power Platform, Azure AD, Exchange Online) and hybrid identity solutions. • Proficiency in PowerShell scripting, SharePoint Framework (SPFx), REST APIs, and integration with external systems. • Knowledge of data analysis and visualization tools. • Familiarity with software development processes and methodologies. • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. This position will often work with other business analysts, project managers and business teams on a regular basis. • Good team-oriented interpersonal skills. Assists with facilitation sessions, may require some coaching on how to lead and influence others, and to effectively interface and work with a wide variety of people. • Good team player, self-motivated and committed with an ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.