Microsoft

Service Engineer II - BizApps Productivity & Licensing

Microsoft$102K — $202K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business Information Systems, or related field with 2+ years of relevant experience, or equivalent work experience.
  • Experience administering Microsoft business applications and related services.
  • Ability to troubleshoot technical issues collaboratively with engineering and business stakeholders.
  • Familiarity with operational metrics and analytics to enhance service quality.
  • Proficiency in automation and scripting with tools such as PowerShell and REST APIs.
  • Understanding of enterprise governance and compliance in relation to services management.
  • Experience managing Microsoft cloud service entitlements and licensing across large environments.

Responsibilities

  • Administer and govern access and entitlements across Microsoft platforms including Power Platform and Dynamics 365.
  • Support lifecycle management processes, focusing on access and onboarding.
  • Monitor platform utilization and operational metrics for optimization opportunities.
  • Collaborate with engineering teams to design and operate automation and AI-assisted workflows.
  • Work with product engineering to support platform rollouts and service changes.
  • Participate in incident response and operational governance activities to maintain service reliability.
  • Identify and leverage best practices to reduce manual efforts and enhance platform reliability.

Benefits

  • Access to extensive professional development opportunities.
  • Participation in a dynamic, collaborative work environment.
  • Engagement with cutting-edge technologies and large-scale cloud operations.
  • Support of diverse and inclusive workplace culture.
  • Opportunity to work on high-impact projects with a global scale.
Full Job Description
Help power the platforms that power Microsoft.

As a Service Engineer II within Managed MultiTenant team, you will help administer and govern enterprise services spanning Power Platform, Dynamics 365, Microsoft 365, Copilot, and related AI-powered solutions across Microsoft's multitenant environment. You will work at the intersection of platform operations, governance, automation, and service engineering to ensure employees have secure, reliable, and cost-effective access to the business applications and productivity tools they use every day.

You will contribute to platform administration, entitlement management, automation, operational excellence, and service governance while partnering with engineering, security, compliance, and business stakeholders. This opportunity will allow you to develop deep expertise across Microsoft's business applications, productivity, and AI ecosystems; build skills in automation, platform governance, and enterprise service operations; and gain hands-on experience operating some of the largest and most complex cloud environments in the world.

Responsibilities
  • You will administer and govern platform access, licensing, entitlements, and service configurations across Power Platform, Dynamics 365, Microsoft 365, Copilot, and related enterprise services.
  • You will support lifecycle management and provisioning processes, including role-based access, group-based assignments, governance controls, and employee onboarding, mobility, and offboarding scenarios.
  • You will monitor platform utilization, service health, licensing consumption, and operational metrics to identify optimization opportunities and improve efficiency, compliance, and cost effectiveness.
  • You will partner with Software Engineering teams to design, validate, and operate automation, AI-assisted workflows, and platform integrations that improve scalability, reduce operational overhead, and enhance administration across enterprise tenants.
  • You will collaborate with product engineering, platform teams, and business stakeholders to support new capabilities, platform rollouts, service changes, and operational readiness activities across business applications, productivity platforms, and AI-powered solutions.
  • You will participate in incident response, change management, compliance reviews, and operational governance processes to help maintain secure, reliable, and resilient platform services.
  • You will identify recurring operational challenges and contribute to automation, process improvements, and best practices that reduce manual effort and improve platform reliability.
  • Embody our culture and values.


Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business Information Systems, or related field AND 2+ years of experience in service engineering, systems administration, platform operations, software engineering, cloud administration, or related technical disciplines OR equivalent experience.

Other Requirements:
  • Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Preferred/Additional Qualifications:
  • Experience administering Microsoft business applications, productivity platforms, or AI-powered services, including Power Platform, Dynamics 365, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Copilot, or related Microsoft workloads.
  • Experience troubleshooting technical issues, analyzing operational data, and driving resolution through collaboration with engineering and business stakeholders.
  • Experience using operational metrics, telemetry, reporting, or analytics to improve service quality, reliability, or operational efficiency.
  • Experience with automation, scripting, or platform integrations using technologies such as PowerShell, Microsoft Graph, REST APIs, Power Automate, Python, Copilot Studio, or similar tools.
  • Experience with enterprise governance, compliance, identity lifecycle management, entitlement management, licensing administration, access controls, or FinOps practices.
  • Experience operating services at enterprise scale, including incident management, service operations, change management, operational readiness, or reliability engineering practices.
  • Experience administering Microsoft cloud service entitlements and licensing constructs, including SKUs, service plans, add-ons, subscription governance, utilization reporting, commerce alignment, and cost optimization across enterprise-scale tenant environments.


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Service Engineering IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $102,100 - $202,200 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $133,800 - $219,200 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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Microsoft is an American multinational corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services. Microsoft’s devices and consumer (D&C) licensing segment licenses the Windows operating system and related software, Microsoft Office for consumers, and the Windows Phone operating system. The company’s computing and gaming hardware segment provides Xbox gaming and entertainment consoles and accessories, second-party and third-party video games, and Xbox Live subscriptions; surface devices and accessories; and Microsoft PC accessories. Its phone hardware segment offers Lumia smartphones and other non-Lumia phones. Its D&C segment provides Windows Store, Xbox Live transactions, and Windows phone store; search advertising; display advertising; Office 365 Home and Office 365 Personal; first-party video games; and other consumer products and services as well as operating retail stores. Microsoft’s commercial licensing segments license server products, including Windows Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Visual Studio, System Center, and related Client Access Licenses (CALs); Windows Embedded; Windows operating system; Microsoft Office for business, including Office, Exchange, SharePoint, Lync, and related CALs; Microsoft Dynamics business solutions; and Skype. Its commercial segment offers enterprise services, including premier support services and Microsoft consulting services; commercial cloud comprising Office 365 Commercial, other Microsoft Office online offerings, Dynamics CRM Online, and Microsoft Azure; and other commercial products and online services. The company markets and distributes its products through original equipment manufacturers, distributors, and resellers, as well as online.

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