Microsoft 365 Specialist
East Sussex County Council
Overview
As an Applications Manager, you will lead and provide expert technical guidance for our Microsoft identity and productivity platforms. You will help ensure secure, reliable, and scalable services that underpin essential council functions. You will design, implement, and govern identity and Microsoft 365 services, aligning with information governance and cyber security policies. This is a hands-on, senior role that shapes how we use modern collaboration tools to support colleagues and residents.
Responsibilities- Maintain and govern identity platforms (on-premises Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID) to ensure security, resilience and high availability
- Support and optimize the Microsoft 365 ecosystem (Exchange Online, Teams, SharePoint Online, OneDrive, Intune, Copilot) for performance and reliability
- Lead design, implementation and governance of Microsoft 365 services including emerging technologies (Copilot, Microsoft Fabric, Power Platform)
- Provide senior technical leadership, expert issue diagnosis, and drive service improvements across integrated Microsoft services
- Ensure compliance with information governance, security and privacy requirements across platforms
- Significant experience with Microsoft technologies in a large or complex enterprise
- Strong knowledge of Entra ID, Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, Teams and Intune
- Experience with identity, access management and authentication services
- Experience diagnosing and resolving complex issues across integrated Microsoft services
- Understanding of Microsoft 365 administration, security, governance and compliance
- Leadership / technical leadership
- Problem-solving and troubleshooting
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Microsoft Entra ID
- Exchange Online
- SharePoint Online
Reference: WJ-747_31022321