Senior Engineer Workplace Technology

Job Title Senior Engineer Workplace Technology Job Description Senior Engineer, Workplace Technology

About IG Group IG Group is a FTSE 100 fintech operating across five continents, serving over 1.4m customers and handling billions of dollars in transactions – built on scale, trust, and proof. We didn’t pivot to innovation; it’s how we’ve always operated. What that means for the people who work here is real, genuinely complex problems to solve, the technology and resources to tackle them properly, and the kind of scope that’s rare in established businesses.

The bar is high - bring a curious and forward-thinking mindset and we’ll give you the platform to define what comes next. Join us at IG - The future gets built here.

Your role in the team:
You will join the Workplace Technology team in Infrastructure & Operations, which owns IG’s end-user technology: devices (Windows and Mac), Microsoft 365 and Intune, identity, endpoint security, audio-visual and meeting room tech, and AI tooling. The team combines support and engineering skills and is responsible for a secure, productive, modern workplace experience for colleagues across the Group. You will report to the Principal Engineer
-Workplace Technology The role has no direct reports, but you will lead projects technically and mentor junior engineers. You will work day to day with Information Security, Network and Infrastructure Services, the Service Desk, application owners and engineering teams, Compliance and Audit, and our suppliers. Your role:
This role exists to engineer the platforms that shape how IG’s people work, from the Windows Server estate running our back-office IT, Azure Infrastructure-as-a-Service, Azure Virtual Desktop, Microsoft 365 and Entra  will design and automate secure, resilient services as part of the estate moves from on-premises to Azure, while keeping what stays on premises dependable for the medium and long term.

You will be a senior technical voice in a capable team, raising engineering standards and developing the engineers around you.

Key Responsibilities Provide senior engineering, design, implementation and operational support across IG's Microsoft platform estate, encompassing on-premises, hybrid and cloud services. Own the technical roadmap and lifecycle management of Microsoft 365, Microsoft Entra , Exchange Online, SQL Server, Windows Server, Intune and associated workplace technologies. Design, implement and support Azure infrastructure services, ensuring alignment to the Cloud Adoption Framework: security, governance, resilience and operational standards.

Lead the design, deployment and ongoing operation of Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) services, including host pools, session hosts, image management, FSLogix and user experience optimisation for a globally distributed user-base. Engineer and manage enterprise identity and access management solutions, including Active Directory, Entra , Conditional Access, MFA, Privileged Identity Management and Single Sign-On. Support and modernise core Microsoft infrastructure services including Active Directory, Group Policy, PKI and Exchange hybrid environments.

Drive adoption of cloud-native and modern workplace technologies while managing the transition from legacy platforms. Develop and maintain automation, orchestration and self-service capabilities using Power Shell, Microsoft Graph, Azure Automation and related technologies. Lead technical investigations, problem management activities and root cause analysis for critical service incidents. Define and maintain monitoring, alerting, operational procedures, recovery processes and service documentation for Microsoft platforms.

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