M365 Identity and Access Platform Specialist

EDF (UK); Gloucester; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Electric vehicle leasing

Discounted gym membership

Life assurance

Tech vouchers

Experience days

Pension scheme

Job summary

EDF invites a skilled M365 Identity and Access Platform Specialist to shape secure, scalable digital workplace services across the UK. You will guide engineering decisions while hands-on delivering secure Microsoft 365 capabilities, with flexible hybrid working and monthly office travel.

You will influence platform strategy with Product, Security, Architecture and Operations teams, delivering user-friendly, resilient experiences for thousands of colleagues.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience delivering platform solutions in enterprise environments.
• Hands-on engineering across digital workplace technologies.
• Expertise in M365 Security and Access tools: Entra ID, Purview, Defender, CA, MFA.
• Experience working in Agile delivery environments.
• Strong collaboration across technical and business teams.
• Knowledge of governance and security principles in platform delivery.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery across Microsoft 365 platform services focusing on Security & Access.
• Act as technical decision-maker for platform solutions.
• Develop and maintain secure, reliable digital workplace capabilities.
• Drive platform improvements and automation with cross-functional teams.
• Manage incidents and service requests.

Skills

M365

Entra ID

Purview

MS Defender

Conditional Access

MFA

Agile

Security governance

Tools

Azure Active Directory

Purview tools

Job description

About The Role

Ready to lead the Microsoft 365 platforms that help thousands of colleagues collaborate, communicate and deliver their best work every day? Do you enjoy combining technical leadership with hands‑on engineering to shape secure, reliable digital experiences at scale? At EDF, Success is Personal, giving you the opportunity to make a real impact while developing your career your way.

The Opportunity

As an M365 Identity and Access Platform Specialist, you’ll play a key role in shaping and evolving the platforms that support our digital workplace. You’ll provide technical leadership across Microsoft 365 services, guiding engineering decisions, driving platform improvements, and helping deliver the secure, scalable solutions that support our journey towards An Electric Britain. You’ll join us on a salary starting of £50,000 per annum. The majority of this role will be home working, with travel to one of our EDF offices once per month. This means you can be based anywhere in the UK while benefiting from flexible hybrid working arrangements. Working closely with Product, Security, Architecture and Operations teams, you’ll have the opportunity to influence platform strategy, drive continuous improvement, and help deliver modern workplace capabilities that enhance productivity and user experience across the organisation.

Who You Are

• Delivering platform solutions within enterprise environments
• Providing strong hands‑on engineering expertise across digital workplace technologies
• Expertise in the M365 Security and Access toolset, with a heavy focus on Entra ID, Purview, MS Defender, Conditional Access and MFA
• Working in Agile delivery environments
• Collaborating effectively across technical and business teams
• Applying governance and security principles to platform delivery

To be appointed to this role, you will need to meet the criteria for Security Clearance (SC), which will, ordinarily, require you to have British residency for the last five years.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Leading technical delivery and engineering activities across Microsoft 365 platform services with a specific focus on the Security and Access application suite.
• Acting as a technical decision-maker for platform solutions and implementation approaches
• Developing, enhancing and maintaining secure, reliable digital workplace capabilities
• Driving platform improvements, automation initiatives and continuous service optimisationWorking with product, security and operational teams to deliver user‑focused solutions
• Incident and Request Management

Pay, Benefits And Culture

Alongside a starting salary of £50,000 per annum, potential for an annual bonus, and a market‑leading pension scheme, your package will include customisable benefits such as electric vehicle leasing, discounted gym membership, life assurance, tech vouchers, experience days, and more.

At EDF, we believe there are multiple definitions of what it means to succeed. That’s why we offer you the freedom to develop a career that’s unique to you. Here, Success is Personal – it’s your journey, powered by us.

Everyone is welcome at EDF; we’re committed to building a workforce that reflects gender balance, social mobility, and inclusion of minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+ communities, and those with disabilities. As a Disability Confident employer, we will support applicants requiring adjustments.

Join us and find your success at EDF!

Closing date for applications

Tuesday 29th September

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Success is Personal. It's your journey, powered by us. Join us and drive the transition towards An Electric Britain.