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Systems Engineer Cloud

Location:
United States
Posted:
June 27, 2025

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Michael Pike

**** ********* ****, ***********, ** 20155

703-***-**** ********@***.***

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



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