Microsoft 365 Solution Architect

Microsoft 365 Solution Architect

Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Version 1 has celebrated over 28 years in Technology Services and continues to be trusted by global brands to deliver solutions that drive customer success. Our expertise enables our customers to navigate the rapidly changing Digital-First world we live in. We foster strong partnerships with leading technology giants including Microsoft, AWS, Oracle, Red Hat, Out Systems, Snowflake, ensuring that our customers are provided with the highest quality solutions and services.

• UK & Ireland's premier AWS, Microsoft & Oracle partner
• 3300+ strong, €350/£300m revenue business
• 10+ years as a Great Place to Work in Ireland & UK
• Best Workplace for Women in the UK & Ireland by GPTW
• Best Workplace for Wellbeing in the UK by GPTW

At Version 1, we believe in providing our employees with a comprehensive benefits package that prioritises their wellbeing, professional growth, and financial stability.

• Share in our success with our Quarterly Performance‑Related Profit Share Scheme, where employees collectively benefit from a share of our company's profits.
• Strong Career Progression & mentorship coaching through our Strength in Balance & Leadership schemes with a dedicated quarterly Pathways Career Development programme.
• Flexible/remote working, Version 1 is tremendously understanding of life events and people’s individual circumstances and offer flexibility to help achieve a healthy work life balance.
• Financial Wellbeing initiatives including:
  Pension, Private Healthcare Cover, Life Assurance, Financial advice and an Employee Discount scheme.
• Employee Wellbeing schemes including Gym Discounts, Bike to Work, Fitness classes, Mindfulness Workshops, Employee Assistance Programme and much more. Generous holiday allowance, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, marriage/civil partnership leave and special leave policies.
• Educational assistance, incentivised certifications, and accreditations, including AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, and Red Hat.
• Reward schemes including Version 1’s Annual Excellence Awards & ‘Call‑Out’ platform.
• Environment, Social and Community First initiatives allow you to get involved in local fundraising and development opportunities as part of fostering our diversity, inclusion and belonging schemes.

Strong analytical skills to interpret data from Microsoft 365 tools and translate it into actionable recommendations, ensuring continuous improvement in service delivery and security. Effectively communicating, proposing and driving implementation of same.

Beneficial to have experience implementing Microsoft Purview solutions, including data classification and DLP, with a strong understanding of their implementation to ensure robust information protection and compliance. Experience in discovering, classifying, and protecting sensitive data within Microsoft 365 environments, leveraging Purview's automated and custom classification capabilities to support effective implementation.

Microsoft M365, Endpoint or Security Administrator/Expert Certifications would be considered beneficial.

Experience delivering relevant projects in regulated industries similar to NIE Networks would be considered beneficial.

A minimum of 5 years relevant solution architecture experience with:

• Project experience in architecting and leading technical migrations of legacy EUC environments to modern Windows 11/M365 solutions.
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365 portals and tools, including Adoption Score and Secure Score, to drive service utilisation, adoption, and security. Experience in leveraging these insights to support integration of best practice into ongoing BAU processes.
• Working closely with 3rd parties and internal project teams to ensure common technical understanding across planning, delivery and acceptance into operation service.
• Migrating from on‑premises Group Policy (GPO) management to Intune management, including transitioning legacy GPOs to Intune policies. Strong understanding of best practices for aligning Intune policies with CIS standards to ensure secure and compliant configurations.
• Implementing Microsoft Defender for Identity, XDR, and other M365 security tools, ensuring correct configuration and optimization. Strong capability to provide advice on these tools, their use to effectively to enhance an organisation's security posture.

Mid‑Senior level

Full‑time

Information Technology

IT Services and IT Consulting

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