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Sr. Systems Administrator- Compliance
Kansas City, KS 66111 | Work from home flexibility
Posted: 06/10/2026
Employment Type:
Direct Placement
Job Category: Infrastructure Technologies
Job Number: 17604
Job Description
Adaptive Solutions Group is partnering with a Kansas City-based organization to identify a Senior Systems Administrator focused on Microsoft 365 Compliance and Governance. This individual will play a key role in supporting secure collaboration, data protection, and compliance initiatives across the company's Microsoft 365 environment.
This position will be responsible for the administration, governance, and optimization of Microsoft 365 services, with a strong emphasis on Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft Purview, and enterprise-wide compliance controls. The ideal candidate will help ensure secure access management, effective data governance practices, and alignment with organizational security standards while supporting modern workplace technologies, including AI-enabled Microsoft services.
Key Responsibilities:
This position will be responsible for the administration, governance, and optimization of Microsoft 365 services, with a strong emphasis on Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft Purview, and enterprise-wide compliance controls. The ideal candidate will help ensure secure access management, effective data governance practices, and alignment with organizational security standards while supporting modern workplace technologies, including AI-enabled Microsoft services.
Key Responsibilities:
- Administer and maintain Microsoft 365 environments, including Teams, SharePoint, Exchange Online, OneDrive, and Entra ID.
- Manage identity, access, and group governance processes to support secure and compliant user access across the organization.
- Serve as a senior technical resource for complex Microsoft 365 administration, troubleshooting, and escalation needs.
- Support and enhance Microsoft Purview capabilities, including retention management, data classification, eDiscovery, legal holds, and Data Loss Prevention (DLP).
- Partner with security, compliance, and infrastructure teams to strengthen governance frameworks and reduce organizational risk.
- Monitor and remediate access, permissions, and data exposure concerns across Microsoft 365 services.
- Assist in the secure deployment and governance of Microsoft Copilot and other AI-enabled technologies.
- Develop documentation, operational standards, and best practices to support long-term scalability and compliance initiatives.
- Drive continuous improvement efforts related to Microsoft 365 administration, security, and governance.
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
- Approximately 5+ years of experience administering Microsoft 365 environments in enterprise settings.
- Hands-on experience with Microsoft Entra ID, identity governance, access management, and compliance frameworks.
- Strong understanding of Microsoft Purview, data governance, and information protection strategies.
- Experience supporting large-scale Microsoft 365 environments with a focus on security, compliance, and operational excellence.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate across technical and business teams.
Job Requirements
Entra ID governance, Conditional Access, application security, Microsoft 365, eDiscovery, retention policies, sensitivity labeling, Data Loss Prevention, Compliance, Co-Piolt
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