M365 Architect

About Sonepar

Sonepar is an independent family-owned company standing as the world leader in B-to-B distribution of electrical equipment, solutions, and services . In 2025, Sonepar achieved sales of €33.6 billion. Present in 40 countries with a dense network of brands, the Group is leading an ambitious transformation to make its customers’ lives easier providing them with an omnichannel experience and sustainable solutions in the building, industry, and energy markets. 

Sonepar’s 46 000 associates are committed to accelerating the world’s electrification and driven by a shared Purpose: Powering Progress for Future Generations.

The Role

Microsoft 365 (M365) is the Group’s common collaboration platform, serving all Operating Companies within an international and decentralized model. In a context of rapidly evolving ways of working (hybrid work, cross-entity collaboration, security, compliance, delegation, and multi-entity governance), the M365 Architect act as the technical guardian of the Microsoft 365 platform , defining, designing, validating, and continuously evolving its architecture.

The role aims to strike the right balance between technical and functional innovation , security constraints , and business risk , in close collaboration with Cybersecurity teams, while supporting project and run teams with expert guidance and technical challenge.

Key Responsibilities

1) Platform Architecture & Technical Standards

· Define, maintain, and evolve the target Microsoft 365 architecture (services, configurations, integrations, security).

· Establish and maintain architectural principles, standards, and design patterns for the platform.

· Ensure global technical consistency and control technical debt.

· Anticipate and assess the impact of Microsoft roadmap and platform evolutions.

2) Technical Expertise & Solution Review

· Act as the technical reference for Microsoft 365 across projects and run activities.

· Review, challenge, and validate technical solutions proposed by project and operations teams.

· Ensure solutions are secure, scalable, maintainable, and aligned with architectural standards.

· Support complex or cross-functional technical topics and decision-making

3) Continuous Evolution & Controlled Innovation

· Analyze new Microsoft 365 features and technical evolutions.

· Assess their relevance, value, and risks for the organization.

4) Security, Risk & Compliance Alignment

· Work in close partnership with Cybersecurity teams to assess and mitigate technical and business risks.

· Define and implement security guardrails, controls, and architectural protections.

· Ensure platform compliance with Group security, governance, and regulatory requirements.

· Contribute to risk assessments related to platform changes and innovations.

5) Operational Support & Continuous Improvement

· Support Run teams on major incidents, structural issues, and complex technical root causes.

· Participate in post-incident reviews and define remediation and improvement actions.

· Contribute to improving platform reliability, performance, resilience, and maintainability.

The Experience You Bring

• M365 Platform Technical Expertise: 5+ experience in managing technically an M365 platform for large company / group in an international environment.
• Leadership: Proven experience influence and lead technical internal & external teams to align with business roadmaps and governance policies.
• Global Mindset: Ability to work effectively with decentralized teams dispersed across multiple international locations.
• Implementation Track Record: Experience with M365 Managed Services and Adoption implementations and managing global external service providers.
• Communication: Strong verbal and written communication skills; fluent in English and French. Spanish is a plus

Work Mode & Location

- Hybrid: 3 days in Paris (8ème) after the trial period

Benefits that await you:

The role - Your daily activities will be interesting, stimulating and varied... No two days are alike!

The organisation - You'll be part of the Sonepar family and share the same values!

The culture - You'll be working in an international environment.

The team - Our dynamic, multidisciplinary, open-minded and talented team is eager to welcome additional skills to continue to meet the challenge.

75% reimbursement of your monthly or annual transport pass.

Swile Ticket restaurant card

Gym exclusively reserved for the company and made available to employees free of charge.

Sustainable mobility package

Health insurance & Welfare

Employee Savings Plan & Profit Sharing Bonus.

Recruitment process

• First interview with a Talent Acquisition 
• Hiring Manager's interview 
• SVP interview 
• Final HR interview 

We are interested in knowing you more. Start an exciting new career and enjoy many employee benefits by applying online. Sonepar HQ is thankful for your interest in joining the team, only individuals selected for interview will be contacted.

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