Microsoft Platform Engineer

Salary: £45,000 - 50,000 per year

Requirements:

• 5+ years experience within Infrastructure, Microsoft 365, Cloud or Platform Engineering
• Strong hands-on administration experience across Microsoft 365
• Expertise in Exchange Online, Teams, SharePoint Online, Intune and Entra ID
• Experience supporting hybrid Microsoft environments
• Strong Active Directory and identity management experience
• Experience with Azure cloud services
• PowerShell scripting and automation experience
• Good understanding of networking fundamentals including DNS, VPNs, routing and firewalls
• Experience supporting Windows Server environments
• Knowledge of platform security, monitoring, backup and disaster recovery
• Excellent troubleshooting and stakeholder communication skills
• Experience with Microsoft Defender suite, Microsoft Purview, Microsoft Sentinel, VMware or Azure DevOps would be advantageous

Responsibilities:

• Administer and optimise Microsoft 365 services including Exchange Online, Teams, SharePoint Online, OneDrive and Intune
• Manage identity and access across Active Directory and Entra ID
• Design and support hybrid cloud infrastructure across Azure and on-premises environments
• Implement and maintain SSO, MFA and Conditional Access policies
• Support Microsoft 365 security, compliance and governance initiatives
• Manage hybrid connectivity including VPNs, DNS, routing and firewall integrations
• Automate operational processes through PowerShell, Terraform and Infrastructure-as-Code practices
• Support platform monitoring, patching, resilience and disaster recovery
• Deliver cloud migration, transformation and optimisation projects
• Produce and maintain technical documentation and operational standards
• Work closely with infrastructure, networking, security and service teams to improve platform performance and reliability

Technologies:

• Active Directory
• Azure
• Cloud
• DevOps
• Firewall
• Support
• Microsoft 365
• PowerShell
• Security
• SharePoint
• Terraform
• VMware
• Windows
• Office 365

More:

We are a growing technology team based in Wembley, working fully on-site five days a week. We are seeking a Senior Microsoft Platform Engineer to help maintain and enhance a complex hybrid estate spanning on-premises infrastructure, Microsoft 365 and public cloud platforms. This is an opportunity to play a key role in cloud transformation, platform automation, identity management and Microsoft 365 optimisation while helping shape a secure and scalable technology environment. The role offers a permanent position with benefits.

last updated 36 week of 2026