Microsoft Platform Engineer
Summary
Administers and engineers Microsoft 365 environments—Exchange Online, Teams, SharePoint, Intune, and Entra ID—using PowerShell automation in hybrid Microsoft setups.
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
- 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
- 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 35 week of 2026