M365 Architect

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Company Description

Job Description It’s not just about your career or job title… It’s about who you are and the impact you will make on the world. Because whether it’s for each other or our customers, we put People First. When our people come together, we Expand the Possible and continuously look for ways to improve what we create and how we do it. If you are constantly striving to grow, you’re in good company. We are revolutionizing the way the world moves for future generations, and we want someone who is ready to move with us.

Who are we?

Wabtec Corporation is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions, and value-added services for freight and transit rail as well as the mining, marine, and industrial markets. Drawing on nearly four centuries of collective experience across Wabtec, GE Transportation, and Faiveley Transport, the company has grown to become One Wabtec, with unmatched digital expertise, technological innovation, and world-class manufacturing and services, enabling the digital-rail-and-transit ecosystems.

Wabtec is focused on performance that drives progress and unlocks our customers’ potential by delivering innovative and lasting transportation solutions that move and improve the world. We are lifelong learners obsessed with making things better to drive exceptional results. Wabtec has approximately 27K employees in facilities throughout the world. Visit our website to learn more!

Position Summary We are seeking an experienced Microsoft 365, Power Platform & Copilot Architect to serve as the enterprise technical authority for our digital workplace ecosystem. This role is responsible for defining and evolving the strategy, architecture, governance, operational model, and roadmap across Microsoft 365, Power Platform, Microsoft Copilot, Copilot Studio, and related services. The successful candidate will combine deep technical expertise with strategic leadership to drive platform modernisation, governance maturity, cost optimisation, AI adoption, operational excellence, mergers & acquisitions integration activities, and enterprise-wide productivity transformation. This position requires a strong architect capable of partnering with executive stakeholders, business leaders, security teams, IT operations, and external vendors to ensure that Microsoft technologies are secure, scalable, cost-effective, and aligned with business objectives. The architect will serve as a trusted advisor, technical decision-maker, and escalation point for the organisation's Microsoft productivity and low-code platforms. Key ResponsibilitiesMicrosoft 365 Architecture & Strategy

- Own the architectural vision, roadmap, and operating model for Microsoft 365 services.

- Define enterprise standards, design principles, governance controls, and technology guardrails.

- Lead architecture reviews and solution assurance activities for business and technology initiatives.

- Evaluate new Microsoft capabilities and determine business applicability, risks, and implementation approaches.

- Establish architecture patterns for collaboration, communication, content management, automation, AI, and integration workloads.

- Partner with business stakeholders to identify opportunities for innovation and productivity improvement. Microsoft 365 Platform Ownership Provide architectural leadership across:

- Exchange Online

- SharePoint Online

- OneDrive for Business

- Microsoft Teams

- Microsoft Entra ID

- Microsoft 365 Administration

- Microsoft Viva

- Microsoft Graph

- Microsoft 365 Copilot

- Copilot Studio Key responsibilities include:

- Tenant architecture and governance

- Platform lifecycle management

- Workload optimization

- Service health oversight

- Release management governance

- Platform modernization initiatives

- Operational excellence and reliability improvements Power Platform Strategy & Governance

- Define and govern enterprise Power Platform architecture.

- Establish Power Platform Centre of Excellence (CoE) standards.

- Define environments strategy, solution lifecycle management, and governance controls.

- Govern: - Power Apps

- Power Automate

- Dataverse

- Power Pages

- AI Builder

- Managed Environments

- Establish DLP policies and connector governance.

- Define citizen developer guardrails and operating procedures.

- Lead ALM maturity initiatives and DevOps adoption.

- Drive platform scalability, supportability, and maintainability. Copilot & AI Enablement

- Lead architecture and governance for Microsoft Copilot and Copilot Studio.

- Develop enterprise AI adoption frameworks and deployment standards.

- Define governance for: - Copilot licensing

- Agents

- Plugins

- Connectors

- Knowledge sources

- Responsible AI implementation

- Establish AI solution review processes and approval workflows.

- Drive value realisation and business outcome measurement for AI investments.

- Support business teams in identifying and implementing transformative AI use cases. Licensing & Cost Optimization

- Own Microsoft licensing architecture and optimization strategies.

- Perform consumption analysis and identify savings opportunities.

- Develop chargeback/show back models where required.

- Lead platform rationalization initiatives.

- Analyze utilization trends and recommend cost optimization opportunities.

- Support budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning activities. Strategic Platform Initiatives Lead major enterprise initiatives including:

- Digital workplace transformation

- Collaboration platform modernization

- AI enablement programs

- Enterprise automation programs

- Governance maturity improvements

- User experience enhancements

- Productivity improvement initiatives

- Roadmap implementation programs Mergers & Acquisitions Support Provide architectural leadership for:

- M&A technology due diligence

- Tenant assessments

- Integration planning

- Tenant-to-tenant migrations

- Collaboration platform consolidation

- Identity alignment

- Governance harmonization

- Data migration strategies

- Carve-outs and divestitures Platform Integration & Automation

- Define enterprise integration architectures.

- Design solutions leveraging: - Microsoft Graph

- REST APIs

- Power Platform Connectors