Microsoft 365 & Hybrid Infrastructure Consultant (Exchange / Active Directory)

Location: Budapest, Millennium Gardens, Hungary

Company

hirify.global is a global professional services company delivering technology, cloud, data, operations, and consulting services to enterprise, government, and other organizations across more than 120 countries.

What you will do

• Provide advisory and technical support for Microsoft 365, especially Exchange Online and hybrid messaging environments.
• Design, review, and troubleshoot Exchange hybrid deployments, including mail flow, free/busy, mailbox moves, hybrid configuration, and modern authentication.
• Operate and support Exchange Server environments, including upgrades, DAGs, certificates, transport, and security hardening.
• Troubleshoot Active Directory and hybrid identity issues involving replication, DNS, Group Policy, Kerberos/NTLM, and directory synchronization.
• Support migrations, cross-tenant moves, legacy Exchange decommissioning, complex incident resolution, root-cause analysis, and escalations.
• Deliver health checks, risk assessments, optimization recommendations, email security guidance, technical documentation, and customer-facing reports while collaborating with engineering and escalation teams.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional experience in enterprise IT environments, including consulting or customer-facing delivery.
• Strong Microsoft 365 administration expertise, particularly Exchange Online, with hands-on experience in Exchange hybrid deployments and Exchange Server administration.
• Solid knowledge of Active Directory, DNS, Group Policy, and PKI/certificate management.
• Good understanding of hybrid identity, directory synchronization, and authentication fundamentals including Kerberos, NTLM, OAuth, and SAML.
• Experience with PowerShell and Exchange Management Shell for administration, diagnostics, and automation.
• Strong troubleshooting skills covering logs, message tracing, and network or mail-flow diagnostics.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to manage customer expectations.
• Fluent English, written and spoken.

Nice to have

• Microsoft certifications such as MS-102, MS-203, AZ-800/AZ-801, SC-300, or AZ-104.
• Experience with large-scale or complex staged, hybrid, cross-forest, or tenant-to-tenant migrations.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Teams, SharePoint Online, or Intune in hybrid scenarios.
• Familiarity with Windows Server, networking fundamentals, load balancing, ITIL practices, and incident or problem management.
• Experience in a global support, advisory, or managed services organization.
• German or another European language.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on complex enterprise challenges using leading Microsoft technologies.
• Continuous learning, certification support, and defined career development paths.
• Collaborative international team environment.
• Competitive compensation and benefits.
• Flexible working arrangements.