Microsoft Cloud Senior Engineer

West Brom; West Bromwich; Hybrid; GBP 53,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution is looking for a Microsoft Cloud Senior Engineer in West Bromwich. This hybrid role focuses on managing the Microsoft Cloud environment and IT infrastructure while ensuring security and compliance. Candidates should have extensive experience with the Microsoft technology stack and a strong capability in managing cloud-based solutions. The organization values diversity and offers various employee benefits including private medical insurance and flexible working options.

Benefits

Pension scheme with employer contributions

Holiday package starting at 25 days

Flexible working options

Private medical insurance options

Qualifications

• Extensive experience with Microsoft technology stack, both cloud-based (Microsoft 365, Azure) and traditional IT infrastructure.
• Significant experience in a technical IT support role.
• Ability to establish professional relationships with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Implement and manage the Microsoft Cloud environment.
• Establish secure IT infrastructure with advanced security controls.
• Oversee device management in Microsoft Intune.

Skills

M365 suite management

Azure expertise

IT security

Documentation skills

Education

Microsoft Certification in M365

Tools

Microsoft Intune

Azure

Active Directory

Job description

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Microsoft Cloud Senior Engineer

Salary: £53,000 - £60,000 per annum

Hours: 35 hours per week

Contract: Permanent

Location: Hybrid (Office: West Bromwich)

Role overview

We are looking for a highly skilled Microsoft Cloud Senior Engineer with extensive experience across the Microsoft technology stack, including both cloud-based solutions (Microsoft 365, Azure) and traditional IT infrastructure (Active Directory, DNS, Networking). The ideal candidate will play a key role in designing, implementing, and supporting secure and scalable Microsoft solutions for our organisation. At the West Bromwich Building Society, the Microsoft Cloud Senior Engineer works in close collaboration with all business areas to realise the full potential of the M365 suite to simplify and modernise business processes. The role will liaise with users, architects, project teams and suppliers to ensure that the best solutions are implemented and maintained in an efficient and secure manner.

Responsibilities

• Implement and manage the Microsoft Cloud environment. This includes essential productivity and collaboration services like Exchange, SharePoint, Teams, and OneDrive.
• Establish and maintain a secure IT infrastructure with advanced security controls for user access, roles, and identity protection.
• Oversee device management for all company-owned and personal devices in Microsoft Intune, ensuring secure access to corporate data across Windows, macOS, and mobile devices.
• Manage security and compliance controls to protect data, enforce security policies, and prevent data loss across all company devices and platforms.
• Build and maintain the virtual infrastructure in Azure, including managing virtual machines and providing cloud-based desktops.
• Securely integrate third-party applications and services within the IT ecosystem.
• Automate routine processes to improve efficiency through scripting and platform integrations.
• Manage and maintain core on-premises Active Directory (AD) including Group Policies for Users and Computers.
• Provide robust support for the hybrid environment using Microsoft Entra Connect.
• Troubleshoot DNS, DHCP, and core network services (including Proxy PAC).
• Be a point of escalation for issues relating to cloud services and their functionality, with emphasis on security and compliance.
• Management of the M365 Defender suite, including endpoint, Office 365, and Cloud App Security.
• Administer identity governance with Privileged Identity Management (PIM) and Role Based Access Control (RBAC).
• Strengthen the tenant and its services' security posture throughout their lifecycle by enforcing best practices and maintaining compliance with frameworks such as ISO, NIST, and CIS, as well as regulatory standards like GDPR.
• Implementation of sensitivity labels and encryption using Microsoft Purview to classify and protect sensitive data.
• Configure and fine-tune DLP policies to prevent data leakage across M365 services.
• Manage eDiscovery requests and maintain audit logs to support legal and compliance requirements.

What you will bring to the role

• Ability to improve and simplify processes to use fewer resources and increase efficiency.
• Ability to establish professional relationships with a range of stakeholders.
• Deep understanding of M365 suite and Azure, with experience in managing capabilities, service roadmaps, and strategic implementation.
• Significant experience with Microsoft and related technologies in a large-scale enterprise environment.
• Provide senior-level leadership and mentorship to effectively support a team or department in delivering project-based work.
• Experience in a technical IT support role with hands-on involvement in design, implementation and support of systems and services.
• Microsoft Certification in M365 is desirable, however experience is valued equally.
• Solid understanding of other cloud platforms such as Amazon AWS is beneficial.
• Strong documentation skills are required for this role.

We value diversity

We value a diverse range of skills and experiences here at the West Brom, so even if you don't meet every single requirement listed but are passionate about the role, we still encourage you to apply.

What’s in it for you

• We encourage development opportunities and prefer to promote from within where possible.
• Holiday starting at 175 hours (25 days) plus bank holidays; option to buy or sell up to 5 days per year.
• Two paid volunteering days per year.
• Pension scheme starting with 5% employee and 7% employer contributions, with further contributions matched up to 10.6%.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave, paid fertility treatment, neonatal and pregnancy loss leave.
• Life assurance at 4 times salary.
• Yearly performance-related pay and pay review.
• Private medical insurance discounted with time; option to include family members.
• Salary sacrifice electric/hybrid car scheme.
• Perkbox account for perks, discounts and wellbeing tools.
• Flexible working options and wellbeing support.

Why choose the West Brom

At the West Brom we recognise our employees as unique individuals and strive to support diverse needs. We are a Disability Confident Leader and encourage disabled applicants to apply; we offer support with the recruitment journey and may guarantee an interview if disabled applicants meet the criteria. If you need support applying, please contact us at [e-mail].

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Head Office: 2 Providence Place West Bromwich B70 8AF. West Brom is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority. Register no. 104877. 'the West Brom' is a trading name of West Bromwich Building Society.