Job Description

Microsoft Cloud Senior Engineer
Salary: 53,000 - 60,000 per annum
Hours: 35 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
Location: Hybrid (Office: West Bromwich)
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, the Microsoft Cloud Senior Engineer ensures the full potential of the M365 suite is realised to simplify and modernise business processes.
The Microsoft Cloud Senior Engineer will liaise with users, architects, project teams and suppliers to ensure that the best solutions are being implemented and that they are maintained in an efficient and secure manner.
What the role will look like:

• 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. This involves using advanced security controls for user access, roles, and identity protection.
• Oversee device management for all company-owned and personal devices in Microsoft Intune. This ensures secure access to corporate data across Windows, macOS, and mobile devices.
• Manage security and compliance controls. This protects data, enforces security policies, and prevents data loss across all company devices and platforms.
• Build and maintain the virtual infrastructure in Azure. This includes managing virtual machines and providing cloud-based desktops for the organisation.
• Securely integrate third-party applications and services. This ensures that all enterprise applications are configured safely within the IT ecosystem.
• Automate routine processes to improve efficiency. This is accomplished through scripting and platform integrations to streamline workflows.
• Manage and maintain core on-premises Active Directory (AD) including Group Policies for Users and Computers.
• Provide robust support for the hybrid environment which uses Microsoft Entra Connect.
• Troubleshoot DNS, DHCP, and core network services (including Proxy PAC) in the environment.
• Be a point of escalation for any issues relating to cloud services and their functionality. Security & 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).
• This role involves continuously strengthening the tenant and its services' security posture throughout their lifecycle by enforcing best practices and maintaining compliance with key 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 maintaining audit logs to support legal and compliance requirements.

For more details on the role please refer to the job description at the bottom of the advert
What you will bring to the role:

• Ability to improve and simplify processes to use fewer resources and use technology to increase efficiency.

• Ability to establish professional relationships with a range of stakeholders.

• Possess a deep understanding of M365 suite and Azure, with previous years experience in managing their capabilities, service roadmaps, and strategic implementation.

• Demonstrate 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 role with an IT support capacity, much of it will include hands-on involvement in the design, implementation and support of systems and services.

• Microsoft Certification in M365 is desirable, however we value experience equally.
• A solid understanding of other Cloud platform such as Amazon AWS cloud platform is also beneficial.

• A strong documentation skillset is required for this role.

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 in the job description but are passionate about the role, we still encourage you to apply.
What's in it for you:

• We pride ourselves on our development opportunities and always look to promote from within wherever possible,
• Holiday starting at 175 hours (25 days) plus bank holidays that grow with your time with us and the opportunity to buy or sell up to 5 days holiday each year,
• 2 paid volunteering days a year,
• Living Pensions: Pension scheme starting at 5% contribution from you and 7% contribution from us, and we'll match your further contributions up to 10.6%
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave with paid fertility treatment, neonatal and pregnancy loss leave,
• Life assurance provided by the Society at 4 times your salary,
• Yearly performance related pay scheme and pay review,
• Private medical insurance that's discounted when your time with us grows, with the option to include family members,
• Salary Sacrifice Electric/Hybrid Car Scheme,
• A Perkbox account - giving you 24/7 access to perks, benefits, discounts, wellbeing tools and loads more!
• And much more, from flexible working options, wellbeing support and a whole heap of warm West Bromness.

Why choose the West Brom?
At the West Brom we appreciate that our employees are unique individuals with differing needs depending on their specific circumstances and stages in life. When we say our people are the West Brom's biggest asset that doesn't mean just viewing them as employees. We're proud of our heritage and absolutely believe that the West Brom is a great place to work. Our employers are the heart of bringing our new vision to life- where our customers and communities own a more secure future. Everyday, through the work they do together and the care they show, they're helping turn that vision into real and lasting.
We're a Disability Confident Leader and encourage disabled applicants and all from diverse backgrounds to apply. We'll do what we can to adjust our recruitment journey and offer a guaranteed interview to disabled applicants who meet what we're looking for. If you need any support with applying to one of our roles, get in touch at careers@westbrom.co.uk.
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*Please note - We reserve the right to withdraw our adverts earlier than the original published expiry date, therefore if you are interested please submit your application as soon as possible*
Head Office: 2 Providence Place West Bromwich B70 8AF. www.westbrom.co.uk The 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.

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