Requirements Elicitation, Understanding, Analysis, & Management Understand the project's Vision and requirements, and contribute to the creation of the supplemental requirements, building the low-level technical specifications for a particular platform and/or service solution. Project Planning, Tracking, & Reporting Estimate the tasks and resources required to design, create (build), and test the code for assigned module(s). Provide inputs in creating the detailed schedule for the project. Support the team in project planning activities, in evaluating risks, and shuffle priorities based on unresolved issues. During development and testing, ensure that assigned parts of the project/modules are on track with respect to schedules and quality. Note scope changes within the assigned modules and work with the team to shuffle priorities accordingly. Communicate regularly with the team about development changes, scheduling, and status. Participate in project review meetings. Tracking and reporting progress for assigned modules Design: Create a detailed (LLD) design for the assigned piece(s) with possible alternate solutions. Ensure that LLD design meets business requirements. Submit the LLD design for review. Fix the detailed (LLD) design for the assigned piece(s) for the comments received from team. Development & Support Build the code of high-priority and complex systems according to the functional specifications, detailed design, maintainability, and coding and efficiency standards. Use code management processes and tools to avoid versioning problems. Ensure that the code does not affect the functioning of any external or internal systems. Perform peer reviews of code to ensure it meets coding and efficiency standards. Act as the primary reviewer to review the application code created by software engineers to ensure compliance to defined standards. Recommend changes to the code as required. Testing & Debugging Attend the Test Design walkthroughs to help verify that the plans and conditions will test all functions and features effectively. Perform impact analysis for issues assigned to self and software engineers. Actively assist with project- and code-level problem solving, such as suggesting paths to explore when testing engineers or software engineers encounter a debugging problem, and escalate urgent issues. Documentation Review technical documentation for the code for accuracy, completeness, and usability. Document and maintain the reviews conducted and the unit test results. Process Management Adhere to the project and support processes. Adhere to best practices and comply with approved policies, procedures, and methodologies, such as the SDLC cycle for different project sizes. Shows responsibility for corporate funds, materials and resources. Ensure adherence to SDLC and audits requirements. Adhere to best practices and comply with approved policies, procedures, and methodologies. Position Summary As a Lead Collaboration Engineer at Guardian Life Insurance, you will be responsible for designing, building, testing, deploying, and supporting Microsoft 365 collaboration capabilities for 16,000 users globally. You are Excellent problem solver Strong collaborator with team members and other teams Strong communicator, documenter, and presenter Strong project ownership and execution skills, ensuring timely and quality delivery. Continuous self-learner, subject matter expert for Microsoft 365 You have Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or significant relevant experience 5+ years of experience, preferably in a large financial services enterprise Expert-level experience with Microsoft 365: Administration, Outlook/Exchange Online/Exchange Server, Teams, SharePoint Online/OneDrive, Power Automate, Viva Engage (Yammer), Stream, PowerShell scripting, advanced troubleshooting diagnostics, Copilot, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Visio, Project, Whiteboard, To Do, Planner, Lists, Viva Insights, Power Apps, Loop, Azure. Intermediate-level experience with Proofpoint E-mail Protection or a similar e-mail security service – Administration, Routing, Allow/Block List, Encryption, DLP, Send Securely, Secure Portal, SPF/DKIM/DMARC, delivery troubleshooting, incident response. Knowledge of other complimentary collaboration applications are desired: Zoom, BitTitan MigrationWiz, or ShareGate. Strong knowledge of IT Service Management and ITIL, preferably using Service Now – Incidents, Tasks, Problems, Knowledge, CMDB, Reporting, Dashboards. Proven ability to manage support and request tickets within SLAs, and drive Microsoft support cases to closure. Knowledge of Project Management using waterfall and agile frameworks. Proven ability to complete projects reliably and with quality. Knowledge of Networking and Security - DNS, Active Directory, Entra ID (Azure AD) including conditional access policies, certificates, firewalls, proxies, cloud access security brokers (CASB), single sign on (SSO), multi-factor authentication (MFA), data loss prevention (DLP) and identity and access management (IAM). Knowledge of Endpoints, Servers, and Cloud – Devices, operating systems, browsers, Intune, System Center, Nexthink, Amazon AWS, Azure. Microsoft certifications are desired, preferably MS-900, MS-700, MS-721, MS-102 You will Deliver excellent support for Collaboration capabilities to achieve service level agreements. Participation in the team on-call support rotation is required. Design, build, test, and deploy new Collaboration capabilities to achieve strategic goals and key deliverables reliably and with quality. Current goals are focused on Copilot, and Service Improvements. Reporting Relationships As our Collaboration Engineer, you will administratively report to our Delivery Manager/ Head of IT who reports to our Head of Infrastructure IT; and functionally to the Head of Collaboration Technology. Location: This position can be based in any of the following locations: Gurgaon For internal use only: R000106866
