Lead Engineer - M365

asda; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary company bonus

Company pension up to 7% matched

Company Car allowance of £5,700

15% colleague discount in store and在线

Wellbeing services access

Asda Allies Inclusion Networks

Excellent parental leave policies

Job summary

Asda is seeking a Lead Engineer for M365 to drive optimization of the Microsoft 365 investment, enhancing efficiency, performance, resilience and user adoption. You will lead across the M365 engineering function in a hybrid setup, engaging with stakeholders to deliver enterprise-level implementations.

The role requires leadership to shape strategy, collaborate with partners, and ensure secure, high-quality solutions, while mentoring peers and coordinating with related teams.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering M365 in enterprise environments.
• Strong knowledge of Teams, Office, SharePoint, and modern workplace solutions.

Responsibilities

• Identify and collect business requirements to express goals for target user roles.
• Manage tech vendors and ensure product roadmaps.
• Ensure secure, stable infrastructure with best security practices.
• Regular capacity reviews and alignment with business growth.
• Lead and mentor junior team members and promote best practices.
• Draft policies and procedures to meet principles and external requirements.

Skills

M365 suite

ITIL

Self-management

Tools

ServiceNow

Job description

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

5 October 2026

About

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.

Leadership

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.

Team structure

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.

On-call

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.

Work Environment

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.

Benefits

• 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.

Culture

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