Senior Microsoft 365 Engineer
Optiver
| Company | Optiver |
| Category | Engineering |
| Location | Chicago |
| Remote | On-site (inferred) |
| Employment | Not stated |
| Level | Senior |
| Salary | Not stated by the employer |
| Posted | 27 Jul 2026 |
| Last verified | 30 Jul 2026 |
| Source | Employer career page (greenhouse) |
Description
Optiver's Global Enterprise Clients team owns the global Microsoft 365 platform — collaboration, messaging, identity, and mobile access — that our entire worldwide workforce runs on every day. It's treated as critical production infrastructure, not a back-office system. You'll join an established, distributed group of senior Microsoft 365 engineers spread across our global offices, operating a single global platform, in a hands-on role with real architectural influence: engineers here design solutions, validate them with peers, and implement them directly. Observability, continuous capability uplift, CI-driven change, and self-healing automation are central to how we keep this platform reliable at scale.
What you'll do
·Set direction and design standards for our global Microsoft 365 platform across collaboration, messaging, identity, and device access
Lead arcitectural decisions end-to-end — design, peer validation, implementation — driving change from inception through global rollout and adoption, with full ownership of global deliverables
Drive systemic simplification, reducing legacy patterns, hybrid complexity, and accidental architecture
Define and operate our collaboration and content platforms, including information architecture, governance, permissions, and lifecycle management
Own enterprise messaging architecture, including global mail flow, routing, hybrid integration, and coexistence
Architect identity and access foundations, covering authentication models, access control, lifecycle management, and hybrid integration
Define and own mobile access architecture for iOS and Android
Architect the Azure foundations that support Microsoft 365, identity, automation, monitoring, and remediation
Treat observability as non-negotiable — design deep monitoring, alerting, and telemetry, using tooling that surfaces systemic risk and informs decisions
Own BAU operations for the platform, including incidents, degradations, change execution, and continuous improvement
Design, implement, and operate self-healing automation that closes the loop between detection, remediation, and prevention
Build and maintain production-grade automation using industry-standard tooling, including AI-assisted development where it accelerates delivery without reducing ownership
What you'll get
You'll join a culture of collaboration and excellence, surrounded by curious thinkers and creative problem-solvers. Motivated by a passion for continuous improvement, you'll thrive in a supportive, high-performing environment alongside talented colleagues, collectively tackling some of the toughest challenges in the financial markets.
In addition, you'll receive:
The opportunity to work alongside best-in-class professionals from over 40 different countries
Highly competitive compensation package, including a global profit-sharing pool and performance-based bonus structure
401(k) match up to 50%
Comprehensive health, mental, dental, vision, disability, and life coverage
25 paid vacation days alongside market holidays
Extensive office perks, including breakfast, lunch and snacks, regular social events, clubs, sporting leagues and more
Who you are
7+ years' experience as a senior Microsoft 365 engineer or architect, owning and operating mid-to-large enterprise platforms
Deep hands-on expertise in SharePoint Online platform engineering and Exchange Online mail flow, including hybrid scenarios
Strong command of identity and access architecture, including Entra ID / Azure AD and Entra ID Connect (Conditional Access, tenant restrictions, B2B, RBAC, enterprise apps, service principals, app proxy)
Proven track record simplifying complex hybrid environments
Strong PowerShell engineering skills and comfort with Microsoft Graph, Azure CLI, Terraform, and GitHub-based Infrastructure-as-Code workflows
Highly proficient with Log