Michael Pike
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Professional Summary
Senior Microsoft 365 Systems Engineer with advanced level, hands-on experience in cloud engineering, M365 security, compliance, and endpoint management. Deep expertise in O365 Tenant services, Exchange Online, Intune, Azure / Entra ID, PowerShell automation, Microsoft Defender and Purview. Proven ability to design, implement, and optimize secure enterprise M365 environments across commercial and government (GCC High) sectors.
Skills
Microsoft 365 – Admin Center, GCC High, Compliance Center
Azure AD / Entra ID – AAD, Conditional Access, SSPR, Identity Protection
Intune – Autopilot, Device/Compliance Policies, Application Deployment
Defender Suite – Defender for Endpoint, Office 365, Identity
PowerShell – Automation, Reporting, Workflow Scripts
Exchange / SharePoint / Teams – Online + Hybrid Administration
Intune, MDM – Device Management, Enrollment, Security Baselines
Security – DLP, Purview, Retention, IRM, Sensitivity Labels
Azure – Azure AVD, Servers, Resource Groups, Storage and management
VMware – Manage and support VMware virtual environments, SAN Storage
Citrix – Design, Manage VDA, Citrix Farms for Virtual Desktops, Apps and services
ServiceNow – Integration with Microsoft 365 for workflow automation
Experience
Microsoft 365 Cloud Engineer, Noblis LLC
Reston, VA Feb 2021 – current
Lead engineer for Microsoft 365 and Azure/Entra AD operations, focusing on enterprise-level security and support.
Designed and implemented M365 services: Exchange Online, Teams, Intune, SharePoint, OneDrive, DLP, Defender, Purview.
Managed AAD security policies, MFA, SSO, Conditional Access, and Defender Suite for identity, endpoint, and cloud apps.
Implement and enforce security policies using Microsoft Purview, Defender for M365, and Azure Conditional Access.
Package, deploy, and remediate Win32 applications using Intune and proactively monitor health via Endpoint Analytics.
Engineered MS Teams Phone System with direct routing and voice policies.
Develop automation scripts using PowerShell and Graph API for user onboarding, license assignment, mailbox policies, and device compliance.
Executed organization-wide Windows 11 migration with STIG/FedRamp compliance
Developed automated runbooks in System Center Orchestrator for onboarding/offboarding and AD attribute management.
Microsoft 365 Engineer, SOS International LLC
Arlington, VA Feb 2020 – Feb 2021
Managed and optimized Office 365 tenants ensuring compliance with government security requirements.
Implemented security policies, Conditional Access, and DLP to enhance data protection.
Oversaw Exchange Online, SharePoint and Teams, enabling collaboration.
Automated M365 management tasks using PowerShell scripting, reducing manual workload and improving efficiency.
Deployed Intune policies for Windows 10/11 devices, compliance and security.
Conducted reviews of hybrid identity management, Azure AD infrastructure.
Managed Microsoft 365 apps and services, ensuring optimal performance and security.
Developed and enforced governance policies for MS Teams and SharePoint Online
Microsoft 365 Engineer, FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)
Arlington, VA May 2019 – Feb 2020
Manage and execute Office 365 Mail Hosting project
Manage Exchange Office 365 Online Design and Configure Policies for Email DLP
Manage Office 365 Tenant, Azure Security and Data Access Policies
Design and manage SharePoint Online sites, MS Teams / Skype for Business
Design and manage ADFS and global security policies with partners using Azure
Design Intune MDM device controls and policies using Azure Conditional Access
Microsoft Systems Engineer, Inova Health Systems (contract)
(Sterling, VA), Nov. 2018 - May 2019
Exchange Server 2016 design, migration to Exchange Office 365 Online
Office 365 Tenant Design, Management
SharePoint sites, workflows, MS Teams \ Skype for Business design, build
Maintaining AADConnect of Azure (Reporting \ Azure AD \ Azure ADFS \ Azure MFA)
Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) management
Managing Permissions (Tenant \ Security & Compliance \ Exchange Online)
Intune Mobile Device Design, Management (Conditional Access \ MDM \ MAM)
Microsoft Systems Engineer, Henry Jackson Foundation
(Bethesda, MD), Mar. 2018 – Oct. 2018
Technical lead designing, migrating for all Office 365 Services for Azure, Exchange Online, Skype for Business, SharePoint, OneDrive for Business and MS Teams
Engineering Office 365 Tenant Design with AADConnect, Azure, ADFS, SSO, MFA
Managed SharePoint sites, administration and workflows
Migrate SharePoint farm servers to Online hosting in Office 365
Implemented Skype for Business, MS Teams Chat, Meeting and Video Conferencing
PowerShell scripting and auditing in Azure, ADFS and Exchange Online
Microsoft Systems Engineer, Freddie Mac (contract)
(Reston, VA), Jun. 2017 – Feb. 2018
Technical lead designing, migrating for all Freddie Mac Office 365 Services for Azure, Exchange Online, Skype, OneDrive for Business, Teams, Dynamics 365 CRM
Engineering Office 365 Design with AADConnect, Azure, ADFS, MFA
Manage Architecture, design of Cisco IronPort Email security appliances for entire enterprise to control Spam, Virus security and mail reporting services
Manage Federated O365, SSO, MFA and Mobile Device Management Intune suite
IT Systems Engineer, Strayer University
(Herndon, VA), Apr. 2016 – Jun. 2017
Engineer and support Exchange 2013 / Office 365 messaging infrastructure
Engineered Office 365 Exchange Online Hybrid design with AADConnect, Azure at Microsoft O365 servers
Installed and managed Cisco IronPort / and new ProofPoint Email security appliances for entire enterprise to control Spam, Virus security and mail reporting
Design, manage secure admin privilege services using CyberArk server and Vaults
Managing VMware vCenter 5.5 / 6.0 vSphere and designing for HA, DRS Clustering
Design, Manage Citrix VDI infrastructure for Virtual Desktops including NetScalers, XenApp and XenDesktop architecture delivery
Sr. Infrastructure Engineer, Bechtel, Inc
(Reston, VA), May 2012 – Apr. 2016
Engineer and support Exchange 2010/2013 / BES Mobile messaging infrastructure including 80 + Servers across 3 AD Sites, Datacenters
Engineered Office 365 Exchange Online Hybrid design with Online Archiving hosted
Designed, managed Exchange DR Site Failover and High Availability across DR Sites
PowerShell scripting and auditing in Azure, ADFS and Exchange Online
Systems Network Administrator, Argy, Wiltse & Robinson
(McLean, VA), Aug. 2011 – May 2012
Design, engineer, and support Exchange 2007 / 2010 messaging infrastructure, migrating to Exchange 2010 to include Clustering, Fail-over and High Availability
Design and support new Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Communications platform, to include IM, Video Conferencing and Presence capabilities
Support Windows 2008 R2 AD DS infrastructure across 3 offices
Manage and support VMware ESX 4.1 servers, Virtual Server HA, DRS environment to include NetApp SAN Storage and DR San infrastructure
Manage Argy’s MSP clients for all network support, design of WAN, LAN and Servers
Sr. Systems Network Administrator, Triple Canopy
(Reston, VA), Dec. 2010 to Aug. 2011
Design, engineer and support Exchange 2007 / 2010 messaging infrastructure, migrating from Exchange 2007 to include Clustering, Failover and High Availability
Design and implement Threat Management Gateway solution to secure public Exchange 2010/ 2007 CAS Server access
Design and migrated to new Windows 2008 R2 active directory structure, group policies
Sr. Network Engineer, Edelman Financial Services
(Fairfax, VA), Dec. 2006 to Nov. 2010
Design and engineer the entire infrastructure for multiple office LAN, WAN and data center with over 15 offices nationally
Design and manage Windows 2003/2010 active directory structure, group policies and user access to network LAN, WAN and data in a secure environment
Responsible for design and implementation of Cisco Network Sprint MPLS WAN
Certifications & Training
M365 Certified: Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (8676840)
Azure: Azure Administrator training
VMware: VCP training