Lead Engineer - M365

Yorkshire Ltd; Leeds; Híbrido; GBP 80.000 - 110.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Discretionary bonus

Pension up to 7% matched

Car allowance £5,700

15% colleague discount in store/online

Wellbeing services

Inclusion Networks

Parental leave policies

Descripción de la vacante

Asda is seeking a Lead Engineer - M365 to lead the Microsoft 365 engineering function, optimizing investments, driving efficiency, performance, resilience and championing business adoption.

Based in Asda House, Leeds, the role sits in Infrastructure Engineering, collaborating with Solution Architects, Project Managers and wider business areas to deliver enterprise level implementations. Hybrid working with 3 days in the office is encouraged, and a comprehensive benefits package is provided.

Formación

• Strong technical knowledge across the M365 suite (Teams, Office, SharePoint) in a strategic and tactical capacity.
• Experience with Service Management methodology and tooling (ITIL aligned; ServiceNow).
• Ability to work without supervision and provide technical guidance on planning and prioritization.
• Able to manage own workload to meet business objectives.

Responsabilidades

• Identify and document business requirements using interviews, workshops and analyses to express goals for target user roles.
• Collaborate with vendors to ensure product roadmaps and alignment with strategy.
• Ensure infrastructure security and resilience, following best practices.
• Conduct regular capacity reviews with business to control growth.
• Lead and mentor junior team members and promote best practices.

Conocimientos

M365

Teams

SharePoint

MS Office

ITIL

Leadership

Stakeholder mgmt

Herramientas

ServiceNow

Descripción del empleo

Job Title Lead Engineer - M365

Location Asda House

Employment Type Full time

Contract Type Permanent

Hours Per Week 37.5

Salary Competitive salary plus benefits

Category Infrastructure

Closing Date 16 November 2026

Working within the Microsoft 365 engineering function, spearheading the mission to optimize the investment in M365, driving efficiency, performance, resilience and championing business utilization and adoption.

Directs, oversees and assures seamless execution by the strategic partners, working holistically to define and implement the vision and strategy, and driving the establishment of efficient, high quality, secure and resilient solutions across Asda. Interact regularly with Solution Architects, Project Managers, and wider business areas to deliver enterprise level implementations and changes.

The role sits within Infrastructure Engineering, working closely with peers in EUC, Compute, Network, and Distributed Client teams, in addition to the InfoSec and Cloud Platform Services teams.

You will also be required to be a point of escalation for Operations issues, both within and out of hours (when on call).

Responsibilities

• Business Requirements Identification
  • Collect business requirements using a variety of methods, such as interviews, document analysis, workshops, and workflow analysis, to express the requirements in terms of target user roles and goals.
• Tech Vendor Management
  • Work with suppliers of products in your area, ensuring all products have road maps.
• Secure and Stable
  • Ensure we implement, and regularly review the infrastructure to ensure we are following best security practices.
• Capacity Management
  • Regular capacity reviews, and working with the business to keep capacity growth under control.
• Lead technical colleague
  • Act as lead technical colleague guiding and supporting junior members of the team, and ensuring best practice is followed.
• Policies and Procedures Development
  • Contribute to the drafting of policies, procedures, and related guidelines within your area of expertise to meet defined key principles and ensure compliance with external requirements.

Skills

• Strong technical knowledge & expertise across the M365 application suite including but not limited to Teams, MS Office, SharePoint, with experience in both a strategic and tactical capacity. Expertise in designing, implementing, and supporting modern workplace solutions within a complex, highly structured corporate environment is essential.
• Knowledge and experience of Service Management methodology, process and tooling (including ServiceNow) across the Service Value Chain in line with ITIL/industry best practice.
• Work without supervision, and provide technical guidance when required on planning, organizing, prioritizing and overseeing activities to efficiently meet business objectives.
• Able to manage own workload to ensure task are delivered on time.

Everything you'll love

To ensure we balance moments where we know we need to collaborate together and the need for flexibility, Asda has a hybrid way of working with a minimum 3 days a week in one of our Home Offices. Over and above this, each area of Asda may have additional requirements which may require spending more days in the office, visiting suppliers, stores or depots.

You will also get an excellent benefits package including:

• Discretionary company bonus
• Company pension up to 7% matched
• Company Car allowance of £5,700
• 15% colleague discount in store and online
• Free access to wellbeing services such as Stream, 24/7 virtual GP, counselling, health and dental cash plans and a 24/7 employee assistance helpline, alongside discounts across a range of services and activities, from airport parking, enhanced to theme parks and cinemas.
• Asda Allies Inclusion Networks – helping colleagues to make sure everybody is included and that our differences are recognised and celebrated
• Excellent parental leave policies, including maternity & adoption leave, paternity leave, shared parental leave, neonatal care leave, and support for those doing fertility treatments.

We want all colleagues to be able to bring their best and true selves to work, every day. Simply put, we want our colleagues to be Proud to be Asda and proud to be themselves