Exchange Engineer 80-100 %

Are Exchange, M365 and Collaboration your passion? Then bring your ideas to us, actively help shape modern workplace services and take on responsibility in an agile environment with direct impact. Department: Finanzen & Services Start date: Immediately or by arrangement Tasks As reinforcement for our agile, self-organized product team End User Computing, we are looking for you as an Exchange Engineer. In your daily routine, you combine operation, further development and consulting around our messaging and collaboration platforms. In doing so, you take on responsibility and actively help shape digital collaboration at the ZHAW. Your area of tasks and responsibility essentially includes: Ensuring 2nd-level support as well as stable operation of Microsoft Exchange (On-Prem & Online) Operation, administration and support of Microsoft 365 with a focus on Exchange, Active Directory (on-prem and Entra ID), Teams, Outlook and SharePoint Online Consulting internal stakeholders and support in requirement clarification Conception and evaluation of solution scenarios as well as making architecture decisions Collaboration and technical responsibility in agile projects Collaboration with M365 Defender on security issues and impact analyses Operation and further development of SMTP relay connectors including message tracking and root cause analysis in the mail flow Automation and maintenance of scripts (PowerShell), interfaces and operating processes as well as use of tools such as TOPdesk, Jira and Confluence Profile For this exciting and responsible function you need: Completed training in computer science (EFZ) with a university of applied sciences degree or equivalent qualification (e.g., university, ETH) Several years of professional experience with Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft 365 Secure knowledge in central M365 services such as Exchange, local Active Directory, Azure Active Directory / Entra ID, Microsoft Teams / Microsoft Outlook, SharePoint Online Experience in technical customer consulting as well as in solution design to map business requirements Understanding of business processes and the ability to translate these into technical solutions Experience with ticketing and collaboration systems (such as TOPdesk, Jira and Confluence) is an advantage Communicative flair and strong customer orientation as well as enjoyment of cross-departmental cooperation Team player with an independent and solution-oriented way of working Ability to assess and strategically classify technical and architectural issues Interest in continuous further education as well as active contribution to the knowledge culture in the team Very good German skills in speaking and writing Experience in a higher education environment or in complex IT organizations is an advantage What awaits you with us is a professional, helpful and self-organized team with clear roles, a lot of creative freedom and committed cooperation. We actively promote our professional development through knowledge transfer and are in close exchange with experts from research and teaching. If you like to take on responsibility, contribute as a team player and value open, partnership-based cooperation, you have come to the right place. Do you feel comfortable in a dynamic and complex environment and enjoy new technologies? Then this function will inspire you. We look forward to your application and to getting to know you. For this, we stand for The ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften is one of the largest multi-specialty universities of applied sciences in Switzerland with over 14-000 students and over 11-000 continuing education participants as well as around 3-700 employees. The Information & Communication Technology (ICT) department plays a central role in the digitalization and digital transformation of the ZHAW with around 100 employees. To be more innovative and closer to the customers, ICT has switched to an agile organization. We are oriented towards «SAFe»; respect, transparency, and self-organization are decisive values for us. ZHAW is committed to mixed-gender and diverse teams to promote equality, diversity and innovation. What we offer We offer university-appropriate working and employment conditions and actively promote the personnel development of our employees and managers. A detailed description of the benefits can be found on the Working at ZHAW page. Here are the most important key points: Offers and discounts Employment according to public personnel law Motivating environment 42-hour week Active personnel development Health promotion Pension fund above the legal minimum Contact Pia Wittmer People Manager ipia.wittmer@zhaw.ch Xenia Binner Recruiting Manager xenia.binner@zhaw.ch