M365 Solutions Engineer- Arlington, VA

Overview 

CoStar Group is a leading global provider of commercial and residential real estate information, analytics, and online marketplaces.  Included in the S&P 500 Index, CoStar Group is on a mission to digitize the world’s real estate, empowering all people to discover properties, insights and connections that improve their businesses and lives.  

We have been living and breathing the world of real estate information and online marketplaces for over 35 years, giving us the perspective to create truly unique and valuable offerings to our customers.  We’ve continually refined, transformed and perfected our approach to our business, creating a language that has become standard in our industry, for our customers, and even our competitors.  We continue that effort today and are always working to improve and drive innovation.  This is how we deliver for our customers, our employees, and investors.  By equipping the brightest minds with the best resources available, we provide an invaluable edge in real estate.    

We are seeking a Solution Engineer to participate on a team that designs and implements integrated solutions across Microsoft 365, Azure, and Atlassian cloud platforms. This role will contribute to development efforts, focused on identifying, developing, and delivering solutions that enhance data governance and business productivity through scalable, compliant, secure, and efficient cloud solutions.   

This position is located in Arlington, VA and is in-office Monday through Thursday with the option to work remote on Friday.  

Responsibilities  

Solution Analysis and Design  

• Gather and analyze requirements  

• Work with team to Translate business and technical requirements into solution designs, level-of-effort estimates, implementation plans, and timelines.   

• Participate in reviews to help ensure solution designs align with established governance frameworks, internal standards, and applicable compliance requirements. 

Solution Delivery and Lifecycle  

• Project construction, including development and/or configuration of cloud services   

• Help define and coordinate tasks with delivery team members and technical stakeholders.   

• Align solution documentation with the governance framework established in the Collaboration Support team knowledge base.  

Technical Standards 

• Contribute to development standards and reusable solution architectures  

• Document solutions and standards in team knowledge bases 

Basic Qualifications 

• 1+ year of professional experience in Computer Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, M365 specific environments or equivalent.  

• Excellent communication skills.  Ability to communicate with technical teams and business partners to gather information, clarify requirements, and support solution delivery.  

• Ability to contribute to the design and development of scalable, secure, and cost-conscious cloud solutions under the guidance of experienced team members.   

• Experience with one or more programming, scripting, or web development technologies such as TypeScript/JavaScript, HTML, CSS, PowerShell, Python, C#, or Java.    

• Familiarity with web application architecture concepts, including client-side and server-side code, API integration, authentication, and related design patterns. 

• Bachelor’s Degree required from an accredited, not for profit, in person, university or college.  

• A track record of commitment to prior employers  

Preferred Qualifications and Skills 

The ideal candidate may have exposure to, or demonstrate the capacity to learn, several of the following areas: 

Experience with Azure 

• Functions and Runbooks 

• Logic Apps/low code automation 

• Web Applications 

• Identity/Entra Application management 

M365 enhancement and custom solution development  

• Low/no-code including Copilot Agents, Power Automate, Power Apps 

• Scripting and automation (PowerShell, Python, Azure Functions). 

• SharePoint Framework (SPFx) 

• M365 connectors 

• SharePoint Lists Customizations 
   

Experience using AI-powered productivity and development tools  

• Microsoft 365 Copilot, GitHub Copilot, Claude to automate workflows, generate content, and improve development efficiency;  

• Familiarity with creating and managing custom agents in Copilot Studio is a plus. 

Experience with web application development and lifecycle management 

• Experience integrating solutions with M365, Atlassian, and Azure APIs. 

• Familiarity with DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines. 

• Experience with data governance, compliance, and security frameworks. 

Certifications – Candidates should expect to acquire certification and/or demonstrate skill in some of the following areas within the first year of employment: 

• Azure – AZ-900, AZ-204 

• M365 – MS-900 

• Power Platform/Copilot - PL-900, PL-400, AB-900, AB-100 

Education – Computer Science or Computer Engineering preferred 

What’s in it for You 

When you join CoStar Group, you’ll experience a collaborative and innovative culture working alongside the best and brightest to empower our people and customers to succeed.  

We offer you generous compensation and performance-based incentives. CoStar Group also invests in your professional and academic growth with internal training, and tuition reimbursement.  

Our benefits package includes (but is not limited to):  

• Comprehensive healthcare coverage: Medical / Vision / Dental / Prescription Drug  

• Life, legal, and supplementary insurance  

• Virtual and in person mental health counseling services for individuals and family  

• Commuter and parking benefits  

• 401(K) retirement plan with matching contributions  

• Employee stock purchase plan  

• Paid time off  

• Tuition reimbursement  

• On-site fitness center and/or reimbursed fitness center membership costs (location dependent), with yoga studio, Pelotons, personal training, group exercise classes 

• Access to CoStar Group’s Employee Resource Groups  

• Complimentary gourmet coffee, tea, hot chocolate, fresh fruit, and other healthy snacks