Senior M365 Engineer

Senior M365 Engineer, E5, PowerShell, SharePoint, Entra

A leading professional services firm is seeking a Senior 365 Engineer to help support, Implement, and drive forward new and existing projects, working closely with the UK and US functions.

The role:

You will work within a global team of productivity and security peers to drive forward our colleague IT solutions, keeping colleague experience at the heart of everything we do.

This role is technical/hands on but requires strong stakeholder engagement with the business and key suppliers to help us redefine Pearson's Digital Workplace platform services and secure solutions.

Responsibilities And Duties

• Lead Engineering designs exceeding business requirements to meet objectives.
• Provide guidance and expertise to project roadmaps
• Implement the medium-term and long-term Engineering strategy and design for the Workplace Services Team in conjunction with the CISO team.
• Work collaboratively with stakeholders to plan the future of the Digital Workplace.
• Assist in managing project deliverables to meet their objectives against quality (including security), budget control, and time management.
• Design and innovate processes, standardization, and progressive governance practices
• Identify areas of improvement within the IT landscape, and engineering solutions, and guide the execution of those designs through successful implementation.
• Drive innovation and security through implementing and enhancing automated deployment approaches.
• Practice continuous learning through attending company and/or industry training.
• Some UK and international travel may be required (infrequently)

Skills Required:

• Engineering/Architectural knowledge and proven experience in developing, delivering, and supporting Microsoft Azure, M365 Collaboration and Productivity, Office 365, and Endpoint security solutions (E5).
• Extensive product knowledge and experience of the M365/O365 environment including Microsoft Teams, Exchange Online, SharePoint/OneDrive and Viva.
• Strong knowledge and experience of developing GenAI capabilities including Copilot/Power platform
• Knowledge and experience with data-centric controls (AIP, OME, B2B and B2C)
• Knowledge and experience of the Microsoft Defender Security Product Suite including Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps, Microsoft Defender for Identity and Microsoft Sentinel.
• Engineering level experience of Microsoft Entra and Modern Auth.
• Some experience of working with modern coding and Scripting skills eg PowerShell or Python
• Knowledge/experience of Azure DevOps service.

Senior M365 Engineer, E5, PowerShell, SharePoint, Entra

McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.