Microsoft 365 Administrator

Microsoft 365 Administrator / IT Support Analyst Mon-Fri onsite in Debden IG10 Salary  pension scheme  health Free onsite gym & parking Offices are a 5 mins walk from Debden tube station (Central line) with close road links to M11/M25/A406/A12 NB:
Please only apply if you are able to work from their Debden (IG10) offices Monday-Friday. Hybrid or remote working is not available. Candidates must be able to demonstrate a sub-60 mins commute time. Company Established in 2009 and regulated by the FCA, this multi-award-winning finance & credit company has a proven track record for customer and employee satisfaction. With a Trustpilot rating of 4.8/5 and over 33,500 combined online reviews, they pride themselves on their customer service and their duty as a responsible lender.

What are they looking for? Their IT Department provides support for all internal IT systems, services, hardware and software. In this role you will be responsible for the IT infrastructure both hardware, software on client and server equipment and ensuring tickets & tasks on their IT helpdesk are completed for swift resolution within company SLAs. You would be required to join their Out of Hours team to remotely support staff at weekends on a rota basis.

This role will enable someone with a good grounding in IT support the ability to enter their company mall IT team at a pivotal point of their growth giving the right applicant a chance to build their knowledge and experience within all aspects of IT support infrastructure and develop targeted experience in the specific discipline of their choice. In summary:
They are specifically seeking a candidate with strong, hands-on experience across Microsoft 365 administration, including active working knowledge of Azure AD (Entra ), Intune, SharePoint, Purview, and the wider M365 administration suite. Their ideal candidate will have a solid background in technical support but will have progressed their career into Microsoft 365 cloud administration, demonstrating both operational support experience and advanced cloud administration skills.

They are looking for someone who is not only technically capable, but who can bring additional expertise to the team from the outset and help strengthen their existing Microsoft 365 capabilities. Main

Duties and Responsibilities:

User Support & Service Desk To be responsible for the day-to-day delivery of 1st line through to 3rd line support to their organization and act as one of the first points of contact on their IT Service Desk To provide IT support & preventative maintenance for all end user hardware and software To update Service Desk calls with progress notes, detailing progress on tasks for both end users and other team members.

Communicate with all relevant parties affected by any task in a timely, professional manner Ensure that IT issues & faults reported to their IT team are resolved in the shortest possible time, meeting their department's SLA targets, and minimizing disruption to systems and users critical to business operations Identity & Account Management Create, modify, and disable user accounts in a hybrid AD Azure Active Directory (Entra ) environment following IT lifecycle processes.

Manage Microsoft 365 licence assignments and group memberships Support onboarding and offboarding workflows, coordinating with HR to ensure timely access provisioning and deprovisioning Assist with multi-factor authentication (MFA) enrolment and account recovery Infrastructure & Systems Ensure IT systems are running efficiently. And perform regular health checks & assessment to check hardware oftware status and labelling of equipment & cables are up to date Resolve complex hardware / software problems including printing issues Experience in MS Azure PAS and SAS and Virtual server environments Perform Installations, configurations, setting up of servers, workstations and mobile devices using MS Intune To take a pro-active approach through monitoring the performance of systems and making regular routine inspections of installed equipment and taking corrective avoidance actions to prevent wider problems Assist their Cyber security team with security policies and processes

Skills & Experience:

Essential

Experience with Microsoft Intune / Endpoint Manager for device management

Experience with Microsoft Teams administration and/or SharePoint Online Familiarity with IT ticketing systems (Jira Service Management or similar)

Experience with Azure Active Directory / Entra  and group management Understanding of networking fundamentals (DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP, VPN) Other Stuff Working within a newly refurbished dedicated office space with free onsite employee gym Access to a large breakout space with comfortable seating, pool table and arcade games Free on-site parking Central Line Train station within one-minute walk with quick access to Central London Close road links to M11/M25/A406/A12 and London Social events Pension Scheme Healthshield (health cash back scheme and counselling…