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Senior Consultant, Microsoft Modern Work & AI

Professional Services | Microsoft Modern Work & AI Solutions | Full-Time, Exempt

ECI is seeking a Senior Consultant, Microsoft Modern Work & AI to help clients plan, implement, secure, govern, and adopt Microsoft technologies that improve how their organizations work.

About ECI ECI helps organizations in complex and regulated industries modernize how they work, protect information, and adopt new technologies responsibly. The Senior Consultant will work alongside project managers, engineers, security specialists, adoption consultants, AI practitioners, Client Service, and business development teams while helping ECI evolve repeatable Microsoft Modern Work and AI services. Position Summary The Senior Consultant leads discovery, assessments, workshops, solution design, project delivery, and client guidance across Microsoft 365, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Studio, Microsoft Purview, identity, endpoint management, collaboration, and automation. This senior client-facing role connects technical decisions to business goals, communicates effectively with executive and technical stakeholders, produces clear client-ready deliverables, and partners across Client Service, project management, engineering, security, adoption, and AI teams to carry engagements from business need through documented outcome. Key Responsibilities

Serve as a trusted advisor to IT leaders, business stakeholders, and executive sponsors, leading discovery sessions, technical assessments, executive briefings, and strategic workshops. Translate business objectives, user needs, and risk considerations into actionable Microsoft technology roadmaps, findings, recommendations, decision points, and implementation plans. Maintain accountability for client communication, decisions, risks, dependencies, and agreed outcomes throughout assigned engagements. Assess, design, and implement solutions across Microsoft Teams, SharePoint Online, OneDrive, Exchange Online, Microsoft Entra, Intune, Windows, Teams Phone, and related Microsoft 365 services. Perform tenant, configuration, security, governance, and operational reviews and document prioritized recommendations. Design collaboration, information architecture, access, lifecycle, endpoint, and administration approaches that balance usability and control. Lead Microsoft 365 Copilot readiness, deployment, adoption, and optimization engagements, including AI use-case discovery, prioritization, prompt enablement, stakeholder workshops, and business-value planning. Design and advise on Copilot Studio agents, declarative agents, connectors, knowledge sources, permissions, lifecycle, governance patterns, and enterprise AI operating models. Assess and advise on Microsoft Purview, information protection, sensitivity labels, data loss prevention, retention, records management, eDiscovery, audit, and insider-risk capabilities. Develop practical governance recommendations that align business enablement with security, privacy, compliance, identity, permissions, information architecture, and operational requirements. Identify opportunities to improve business processes through Power Automate, Power Apps, SharePoint, Teams, Copilot, and approved low-code capabilities. Design practical adoption and change-enablement programs, including training, office hours, champion activities, prompt-a-thons, and role-based learning experiences. Own assigned workstreams and manage multiple consulting priorities, deliverables, and client commitments in partnership with project managers and technical teams. Contribute to statements of work, solution approaches, level-of-effort estimates, proposals, roadmaps, assessment reports, and client presentations. Recognize follow-on needs, document the business and technical context, and engage the appropriate Client Service, business development, practice, or delivery owner. Contribute to repeatable delivery methods, reusable client guidance, internal enablement, service development, and Microsoft roadmap awareness.

Required Qualifications

Five or more years of experience in Microsoft consulting, solution architecture, professional services, engineering, or a comparable client-facing technical role. Demonstrated experience leading discovery, assessments, workshops, solution design, and delivery for Microsoft 365 environments. Experience presenting technical recommendations to executive and technical audiences and producing polished, decision-ready documentation. Ability to manage multiple client commitments and work effectively across project management, engineering, security, Client Service, and commercial teams. Strong working knowledge of Microsoft 365 administration, architecture, licensing, security, and governance concepts. Depth in several of the following: Teams, SharePoint Online, OneDrive, Exchange Online, Microsoft Entra ID, Intune, Microsoft Purview, Power Platform, Microsoft 365 Copilot, or Copilot Studio. Understanding of identity, permissions, data protection, lifecycle management, service operations, and change control. Ability to troubleshoot complex issues, identify dependencies, and engage the correct specialist team. Excellent written communication, presentation, facilitation, and client-relationship skills. Ability to translate technical detail into business impact, options, tradeoffs, and recommended actions while exercising strong judgment regarding scope, escalation, risk, and stakeholder communication.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in an MSP, consulting firm, or professional-services organization. Experience supporting financial services, alternative investments, or another regulated industry. Experience with Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Studio, Microsoft Purview, Microsoft Defender, Power Platform, or AI governance programs. Experience developing statements of work, effort estimates, executive presentations, roadmaps, and assessment reports. Current Microsoft credentials such as Microsoft 365 Certified: Administrator Expert (MS-102), Identity and Access Administrator (SC-300), Information Protection and Compliance Administrator (SC-400), Endpoint Administrator (MD-102), Power Platform, Copilot, or comparable certifications. Bachelor’s degree in information technology, computer science, engineering, business, or a related discipline; equivalent experience will be considered.

ECI’s culture is all about connection - connection with our clients, our technology and most importantly with each other. In addition to working with an amazing team around the world, ECI also offers a competitive compensation package and the base salary range for this role is $145,000-$165,000, plus flexible PTO, health benefit eligibility the first of the month, life insurance, pet insurance, 401K and so much more! If you believe you’d be a great fit and are ready for your best job ever, we’d like to hear from you!! Love Your Job, Share Your Technology Passion, Create Your Future Here! ECI is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration consistent with applicable law.