# Senior Microsoft Messaging Engineer

Paracon Duties & Responsibilities Role Purpose We are seeking an experienced Senior Microsoft Messaging Engineer to design, secure and maintain enterprise hybrid messaging environments. The successful candidate will provide technical leadership across Exchange Online and on-premises Exchange, drive migration and remediation activities, resolve complex L3 escalations, and support high availability, security and service performance. Key Responsibilities Architect, maintain and troubleshoot hybrid connectivity between on-premises Exchange and Microsoft 365 / Exchange Online. Develop advanced PowerShell scripts to automate mailbox provisioning, compliance audits, administration and reporting. Configure and manage Microsoft Entra Connect, Microsoft Entra ID and cloud identity integration. Implement and manage messaging security and compliance controls, including SPF, DKIM, DMARC, Exchange Online Protection and Microsoft Purview DLP. Act as the senior escalation point for critical mail-flow interruptions, database issues and complex client-connectivity incidents. Lead tenant-to-tenant migrations, merger and acquisition transitions, and legacy messaging infrastructure decommissioning

- **Id**: 3787363
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/paracon-gauteng-senior-microsoft-messaging-engineer>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Johannesburg, South Africa
- **Countries**: ZA
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 7
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-10-29T10:01:07Z
- **Last verified at**: 2026-10-29T10:01:07Z
- **Board verified**: no
- **Days open**: 12
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3265
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no

## Company

- **Id**: 4510139
- **Name**: Paracon - Gauteng
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/paracon-gauteng>
- **Is staffing agency**: yes
- **Employer type**: agency
- **Is intermediary**: no

## Technologies

- **Active Directory** — Optional: no
- **Azure** — Optional: no
- **DLP** — Optional: no
- **DNS** — Optional: no
- **Microsoft Entra ID** — Optional: no
- **PowerShell** — Optional: no
- **Windows Server** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: not_scored
- **Days open**: 12

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 7
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-05T03:57:50Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 48
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.538
- **P room**: 0.9
- **Age days**: 11
- **Expected fill days**: 29
- **Reasons**: seen:11, agency, velocity, win:mid
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

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