Microsoft Architect (46294) Remote, Remote | Contract For additional information on how we handle your data, seewww.LRS.com/privacy What to do if you suspect fraud: If you receive a suspicious offer or communication claiming to be from us, do not share any personal or financial information. You can notify us using our contact page atContact Levi, Ray & Shoup, Inc (https://www.lrs.com/contact/) . IMPORTANT NOTES: + All legitimate correspondence from our recruiting team will only come from an email address ending in @lrs.com. We do not use generic domains like @gmail.com, @yahoo.com, or @outlook.com. + Weneverconduct interviews solely via text-based chat on Microsoft Teams, Telegram, or WhatsApp. All virtual interviews involve a scheduled video or phone call with a member of our team. + LRS willneverask a candidate for payment, fees, or to purchase equipment (e.g., laptops, software) as a condition of employment. + All genuine job opportunities are listed directly on our official careers portal atCareers (https://jobs.lrs.com/) . Job Description Fulcrum Consulting, an LRS company is seeking an Microsoft Architect with our client. As an Architect within the Modern Workplace Experience and Communication team, you will translate business needs into technical solutions and define solutions to problems through the reasoned application of information technology creating and/or modifying Microsoft 365 solutions to solve organizational experience challenges while also supporting our e-signature platform, Docusign, and other communications vendor tools and solutions. You will partner effectively with IT leadership, engineering, peers, and enterprise-wide stakeholders to ensure application architecture solutions are built with a long-term vision and align with enterprise platform requirements. You will provide leadership and oversight for various Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodologies, including Scrum meetings and sprint team deliverables. Working both independently and collaboratively, you will develop core software capabilities to solve complex customer problems, stay current with the latest technologies for your products/domain, and be hands-on when required, including participation in the on-call support rotation during working hours. You will also learn and apply new technologies, including Microsoft 365 Copilot, and help continue to build AI solutions. Our team enables a dynamic, flexible, and inclusive workforce experience where Team members can thrive, collaborate, and achieve their full potential regardless of location or device. We empower employees to work smarter, faster, and more efficiently by leveraging modern capabilities that foster collaboration, community, well-being, and effective communication across the enterprise. Our product team is championed by our business partners in Human Resources and Enterprise Communications. DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES: + Apply expert knowledge and a broad understanding of multiple disciplines, integrating technical principles and methods with knowledge of products, services, and internal operations. + Serve as a lead contributor in the design of critical-path technology initiatives. Develop integrated solutions based on business requirements. + Contribute to complex and innovative business solutions that achieve strategic objectives for the business segment. + Solve complex, critical problems related to significant and unique issues. Use extensive research and interpretive thinking. Utilize innovative methods in developing solutions. Work on abstract problems requiring the evaluation of intangible variables. + Assist the product group with designing, developing, documenting, and analyzing the overall architecture of systems, including hardware and software. Make product recommendations based on duration and SDLC. + Coordinate design and integration with Engineering for the total system, including subsystems. Research and recommend technologies to improve current systems, including meeting with outside vendors to learn about cutting-edge technologies available in the industry. + Use independent, critical thinking to solve complex problems that are significant to the customer. + Work independently and collaboratively with the team to develop core software for the product that delivers outcomes. + Be consistent and dependable in delivering core software that achieves outcomes and meets or exceeds the team's expectations for stability, scalability, resilience, and related standards. + Seek out opportunities to learn new technologies that improve the product and its life cycle. + Participate in product planning and implementation, helping the team understand and decompose work. + Provide technical expertise and help the team solve technical and software issues. + Participate in the interview process or serve on the panel to recruit the right talent to the team. + Support and/or develop an environment in which employees and colleague