Senior Messaging Lead

KBR Careers; Leatherhead; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

KBR is seeking a Senior Messaging Lead in Leatherhead, United Kingdom, to own the operation, security and continuous improvement of the enterprise messaging environment. You will provide technical leadership for Exchange Online and hybrid components and work with Cybersecurity, Privacy and Compliance teams.

The role includes line management of a messaging administrator, responsibility for mail flow, security controls and integrations with Microsoft 365 and Entra ID.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience supporting enterprise messaging in large/regulated environments.
• Hands-on with Exchange Online and hybrid deployments.
• Experience with Defender for Office 365 and email security operations.
• Knowledge of mail flow, connectors, transport rules and Autodiscover.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior technical leadership for Exchange Online, Exchange hybrid services, mail flow and security platforms.
• Line manage and develop one messaging administrator.
• Administer mail flow, domains, connectors, transport rules and SMTP relay.

Skills

Enterprise messaging

Technical leadership

Line management

Incident response

Communication skills

Tools

Exchange Online

Exchange hybrid

Microsoft Defender for Office 365

Abnormal Security

KnowBe4

Microsoft Graph

PowerShell

Job description

Title: Senior Messaging Lead

About the Role

The Senior Messaging Lead is responsible for the operation, security, support and continuous improvement of KBR’s enterprise messaging environment. The role provides technical leadership for Microsoft Exchange Online, supported Exchange Server hybrid components, enterprise mail flow, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Abnormal Security and messaging-related integrations with Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Entra ID. The successful candidate will act as the highest level of technical escalation for complex messaging, mailbox and Outlook-related service issues. They will also line manage one messaging administrator responsible for day-to-day support and administration. The role works closely with Cybersecurity, Security Operations, Identity and Access Management, Workplace Technology, Service Management, Legal, Privacy and Compliance teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide senior technical leadership for Exchange Online, Exchange hybrid services, enterprise mail flow and assigned email security platforms.
• Line manage, coach and develop one messaging administrator, including work allocation, objective setting and performance management.
• Administer and support mail flow, connectors, accepted domains, transport rules, SMTP relay services, shared mailboxes, resource mailboxes and mail-enabled groups.
• Maintain supported Exchange hybrid services, including mail routing, certificates, authentication dependencies and Autodiscover.
• Monitor Microsoft 365 service health, planned changes, feature retirements and relevant Message Centre notifications.
• Administer Microsoft Defender for Office 365 controls, including Safe Links, Safe Attachments, anti-phishing policies, Threat Explorer and Automated Investigation and Response.
• Administer and support Abnormal Security and the technical integration of the KnowBe4 Phish Alert Button.
• Investigate and remediate email-borne threats in partnership with Cybersecurity and Security Operations.
• Serve as the senior technical escalation point for complex Outlook, mailbox, calendar, authentication, connectivity and messaging policy issues.
• Support messaging-related Microsoft Entra application registrations, service principals, API permissions, OAuth and Microsoft Graph integrations.
• Ensure messaging-related application permissions follow least-privilege and established approval processes.
• Support approved messaging retention, legal hold, eDiscovery and compliance requirements in partnership with Legal, Privacy, Compliance and Records Management teams.
• Lead or support major messaging incidents, root cause analysis, corrective actions and service recovery.
• Develop secure PowerShell and Microsoft Graph automation for messaging administration, reporting and service health monitoring.
• Maintain accurate operational documentation, technical standards, support procedures, service records and knowledge articles.
• Manage technical relationships and escalations with Microsoft, Abnormal Security, KnowBe4 and other relevant suppliers.

About You

• You will have substantial experience supporting enterprise messaging services within a large, complex or regulated organisation.
• Deep hands-on experience administering Microsoft Exchange Online and supported Exchange Server hybrid environments.
• Advanced experience with Microsoft Defender for Office 365 and email security operations.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise mail flow, connectors, transport rules, SMTP relay, authentication and Autodiscover.
• Strong Microsoft Outlook and mailbox troubleshooting capability.
• Experience with Microsoft Entra ID dependencies, application registrations, service principals, OAuth and API permissions relevant to messaging.
• Strong Exchange Online PowerShell skills and experience using Microsoft Graph or comparable APIs.
• Experience leading major incidents, problem management and root cause analysis.
• Experience providing technical leadership, mentoring or line management to messaging support personnel.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain technical risks and service impacts to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience with Abnormal Security, KnowBe4, Microsoft Purview, global Microsoft 365 environments or highly regulated organisations would be advantageous.
• Relevant Microsoft and ITIL qualifications are desirable.

Location

The Company’s Leatherhead Campus, United Kingdom, with hybrid working arrangements to be agreed in accordance with the Company’s applicable policy and the operational requirements of the role. The position supports global services across multiple regions and time zones. Occasional work outside normal UK business hours and limited UK or international travel may be required. The successful candidate must have the right to work in the United Kingdom and may be required to obtain and maintain an appropriate level of security clearance.

KBR Company Information

When you become part of the KBR team, your opportunities are endless. Through collaboration with our customers, we’re defining tomorrow’s challenges, then providing the solutions and services to overcome those challenges, always maintaining our commitment to total safety and reliability.

At KBR, we partner with government and industry clients to provide purposeful and comprehensive solutions with an emphasis on efficiency and safety. With a full portfolio of services, proprietary technologies and expertise, our employees are ready to handle projects and missions throughout their entire lifecycle, from planning and design to sustainability and maintenance.

Whether at the bottom of the ocean or in outer space, our clients trust us to deliver the impossible on a daily basis. Working at KBR means being rewarded for your contributions. In addition to competitive benefits and professional development, our people are empowered to use all their potential, creating meaningful change for themselves and our clients.

We attract the best minds in the world because our expertise thrives on creativity, resourcefulness and collaboration. That is how we supply our clients with cutting-edge solutions and services.

As the needs of the world change, we’re ready to respond and guide the way forward with strategic, sustainable, and technological advancements grounded in more than a century of practical application and execution.

KBR — Delivering Solutions, Changing the World.

KBR brings together the best and brightest to deliver science, technology and engineering solutions that help governments and companies around the world accomplish their most critical missions and objectives.

In everything we do, we are guided by our ONE KBR Values: We Value Our People – We create diverse, inclusive environments in which each person can feel safe, respected and valued, and where everyone has opportunities to grow and reach their full potential.

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We have also embedded environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles in every business operation and corporate function.

Not only are we committed to operating safely, sustainably and equitably, but we are also committed to using our capabilities and expertise to help our customers accomplish their sustainability goals.

Worldwide, KBR employs a diverse workforce approximately 29,000 people strong, with customers in more than 80 countries and operations in 40 countries. At KBR, We Deliver.

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