Senior Microsoft Platform Engineer 5318
Tier4 Group · Seattle, WA
$93,600–$104,000
Jul 6, 2026
Seattle, WA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior engineering role focused on administering and modernizing a Microsoft 365 E5 and endpoint management environment. Day-to-day work spans Intune and SCCM administration, Windows Autopilot device provisioning, application packaging and deployment, patch management, and PowerShell/Graph API automation. The role also involves Tier III support and mentoring junior staff, and suits an experienced Microsoft infrastructure or endpoint engineer with a strong scripting background.
Senior level · 7+ years · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA · Contract
Pay in the description: $45–$50/hr
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 240 people in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (network and computer systems administrators). range 85–310
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $106,737 (middle half $85,847–$139,716). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The role is contract-to-hire (3–6 months), classified here as Contract per the engagement type at time of posting.
SOC classification is a genuine judgment call: the role is primarily administering and operating Microsoft 365/Intune/SCCM environments (pointing to 15-1244), but it also involves meaningful automation/scripting with PowerShell and Microsoft Graph, which edges toward 15-1252. 15-1244 was chosen as the primary because the core day-to-day work is endpoint administration and platform operations rather than shipping software.
The 7+ years overall experience requirement drives the overall years minimum; the 5-year M365 and SCCM figures and 3-year Intune figure are captured as the years demanded on those skills.
Microsoft Graph, Defender for Endpoint, Entra ID, Conditional Access, Power BI, and ITIL all appear exclusively under the 'Preferred' heading and are marked accordingly.
The role is listed as onsite for the first 90 days then hybrid — it is not fully remote, so remote is set to false.
The Microsoft 365 Certified: Endpoint Administrator Associate certification is listed under 'Preferred' and is a certification rather than a named technology tool, so it is not emitted as a skill.
Posting is for a contract engagement — the market benchmarks below price full-time roles, so read the comp comparison with that in mind.
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