Senior Technical Specialist

Vitality; Bournemouth; Hybride; GBP 60 000 - 90 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Bonus schemes

Pension match 6%

Vitality health insurance

Life Assurance 4x salary

Résumé du poste

Vitality in Bournemouth is seeking a Senior Technical Specialist to shape End User Services with Microsoft technologies at its core. You will provide technical leadership across design, build and delivery of services, aligning to the technology roadmap and ensuring reliability, scalability and strong end-user experience.

This role sits between architecture and operations, offering mentoring, documentation, and opportunities to drive automation and best practices.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft 365 and related services.
• Smarter problem solving and ability to lead complex IT projects.
• Experience in enterprise IT environments with Microsoft tech.
• Proven ability to document and communicate technical concepts.
• Collaborative mindset and willingness to mentor others.

Responsabilités

• Shape and lead technical roadmaps, defining evolution of services.
• Design, build and run reliable, high-performing IT services with teams/partners.
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, reliability and value.
• Stay ahead of technologies, bring new thinking to the team.
• Plan and deliver major version upgrades with controlled implementation.
• Act as SME and escalation point for incidents and complex requests.
• Drive automation and orchestration to simplify service delivery.
• Create and maintain clear technical documentation.
• Mentor colleagues and build core technical capability.

Connaissances

Microsoft 365 SME expertise

Exchange, Active Directory & Endpoint

Technical leadership & problem solving

Outils

SCCM/Intune

Description du poste

About The Role

Team – Microsoft & Shared Applications

Working Pattern – Hybrid – 2 days per week in any Vitality Office. Full-time hours per week.

We are happy to discuss flexible working!

Top 3 skills needed for this role:

• Microsoft 365 SME expertise
• Exchange, Active Directory & Endpoint Management
• Technical leadership & problem solving

What this role is all about:

We’re looking for a Senior Technical Specialist to help shape the future of our End User Services, with Microsoft technologies at the heart of what you’ll do. You’ll bring technical leadership across the design, build and delivery of our services, turning business needs into practical solutions that support our wider technology roadmap. Sitting between architecture and operational support, you’ll have the opportunity to influence technical direction, champion best practice and make sure our services are reliable, scalable and built with the end‑user experience in mind.

Key Actions

• Shape and lead technical roadmaps, helping define how our services evolve and improve over time.
• Work closely with technical teams and third‑party partners to design, build and run reliable, high‑performing IT services.
• Spot opportunities to improve efficiency, reliability and simplicity, while making sure we’re getting the best value from our technology.
• Stay ahead of established and emerging technologies, building your expertise and bringing new thinking into the team.
• Take ownership of planning and delivering major version upgrades, ensuring smooth and controlled implementation.
• Act as a technical SME and escalation point for day‑to‑day service delivery, incidents and complex service requests.
• Drive greater automation and orchestration, finding smarter ways to deliver and manage our services.
• Create and maintain clear, useful technical documentation that supports effective service delivery.
• Share your expertise and actively mentor colleagues, helping build technical capability across the wider team.
• Champion emerging best practices, bringing ideas to life and continuously raising the standard of how we work.

What do you need to thrive?

• Strong hands‑on experience across the Microsoft 365 technology stack, with SME‑level expertise in at least two key areas.
• Deep technical knowledge of technologies such as Exchange, Active Directory, Teams/SharePoint or Endpoint Management (SCCM/Intune).
• Experience supporting and managing Microsoft technologies within a medium to large enterprise IT environment.
• Strong troubleshooting skills, with the ability to understand how different technologies and IT services work together.
• A collaborative, improvement‑focused mindset, with strong communication and documentation skills.

So, what’s in it for you?

• Bonus Schemes – A bonus that regularly rewards you for your performance
• A pension of up to 12%– We will match your contributions up to 6% of your salary
• Our award‑winning Vitality health insurance – With its own set of rewards and benefits
• Life Assurance – Four times annual salary

These are just some of the many perks that we offer! To view the extensive range of benefits we offer, please visit our careers page. Fantastic Benefits. Exciting rewards. Great career opportunities!

If you are successful in your application and join us at Vitality, this is our promise to you, we will:

• Help you to be the healthiest you’ve ever been
• Create an environment that embraces you as you are and enables you to be your best self
• Give you flexibility on how, where and when you work
• Help you advance your career by playing you to your strengths
• Give you a voice to help our business grow and make Vitality a great place to be
• Give you the space to try, fail and learn
• Provide a healthy balance of challenge and support
• Recognise and reward you with a competitive salary and amazing benefits
• Be there for you when you need us
• Provide opportunities for you to be a force for good in society

We commit to all these things because we want you to feel that you belong, and are supported to be happy and healthy.

About Us

We’re incredibly proud to be recognised for the culture we’ve created — recently being named one of Glassdoor’s Best Places to Work 2026, and in 2024 we were delighted to be awarded Top 10 Places to Work in the Sunday Times Awards.

Vitality is a multi‑award‑winning UK insurance brand, here to make the world a healthier, happier place. We’ve been a purpose and values‑driven business from day 1‑ long before it became fashionable. Our core purpose is to make people healthier and enhance protect their lives. Vitality pioneered shared‑value insurance. We incentivise people to live healthier longer lives – they benefit, our business benefits, and society benefits. We’re successful because we attract, develop, and retain the best people – and because we care. Plus, you get to join our 1.7+ million members with access to our unique health insurance and healthy living programme. Just to make sure you know our products inside and out.

Ready to find out if we’re the right fit for you? We can’t wait.

Diversity & Inclusion

At Vitality, we’re committed to diversity and inclusion because it’s good for our employees, for our business, and for society. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.

Vitality’s approach to sustainability

Vitality is a business that drives positive change. We reward people for making and sustaining healthier choices. But healthy people also need a healthy environment. To learn more please visit our Careers page. #LI-Hybrid

If we are fortunate in receiving a high volume of quality applications we may need to close this vacancy early. If you are interested, please submit your application as soon as possible.