Principal Modern Workplace Consultant

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Our IT Managed Services business enables customers to innovate, transform, and seize new opportunities. The Professional Services function delivers structured, outcome-driven technical engagements that help customers design, implement, and optimise modern workplace platforms.

The Principal Modern Workplace Consultant plays a leading role in architecting, implementing, and governing Microsoft 365 and Modern Workplace solutions across our customer environments. You will support consistent, standardised service delivery, embed automation and configuration control, and provide thought leadership that ensures our services remain secure, scalable, and aligned to best practice.

This is a customer-facing role requiring technical depth, clear communication, and a strong understanding of ITIL v4-aligned service management.

Lead and implement complex Microsoft 365 and Modern Workplace projects, including Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, Intune, Microsoft Teams, One Drive, Purview, Entra , and Microsoft Defender.
Design and implement automation frameworks to manage Microsoft 365 configuration and compliance using Infrastructure as Code principles. Maintain version-controlled, auditable templates for consistent deployments.
Define and maintain configuration baselines, policy standards, and technical documentation for Microsoft 365 services.
Ensure customer environments align with relevant security and operational standards, including ISO 27001, 9001, CIS, and Cyber Essentials Plus.
Mentor and guide junior consultants and engineers, encouraging upskilling, knowledge sharing, and operational readiness.
Author technical documentation for new solutions and changes, tailored to specific audiences and structured to ensure long-term supportability.
Participate in design reviews and peer governance for proposed Modern Workplace architectures.
Actively contribute to service improvement initiatives, including optimisation of monitoring, patching, and configuration governance.
Proven experience architecting, implementing, and supporting Microsoft 365 and Modern Workplace solutions in a managed service or large enterprise environment.
Outstanding communication skills, able to articulate complex concepts clearly across technical and non-technical audiences.
Deep understanding of Microsoft Intune, Configuration Manager, Microsoft 365, and Entra services.
Advanced Power Shell scripting skills and experience automating Microsoft 365 workloads.
Familiarity with Microsoft Graph API for building and managing configuration programmatically.
Experience producing and maintaining infrastructure, support, and procedural documentation.
Ability to lead and contribute to technical design documentation including functional specs and service handover materials.
Understanding of Incident, Problem and Change Management within the ITIL framework.
Capability to informally project manage workloads, applying structured delivery methods and meeting deadlines.
Demonstrated mentoring and technical coaching skills.
Eligibility to obtain and maintain UK Government Security Check (SC) clearance.

AI & Modern Cloud Capabilities   Working knowledge of Azure AI services and how they can be applied to customer solutions.
Ability to advise customers on practical AI use cases, risks, and governance considerations.
Understanding of how AI capabilities integrate into cloud native and Dev Ops led architectures.
Experience using AI assisted tools responsibly to improve solution design, documentation, or operational efficiency.
Desirable Certifications   Microsoft 365 Certified:
Endpoint Administrator Associate (MD-102)
Microsoft Certified:
Identity and Access Administrator Associate (SC-300)
Microsoft 365 Certified:
Teams Administrator Associate (MS-700)
Microsoft 365 Certified:
Copilot and Agent Administration Fundamentals (AB-900)
Microsoft 365 Certified:
Administrator Expert (MS-102)
Wellbeing that means something
26 days' holiday + bank holidays  (and the option to buy more) plus  1 paid volunteering day  every year
Exceptional family leave , 26 weeks fully paid maternity/adoption, 4 weeks fully paid paternity, 22 weeks fully paid shared parental leave, plus 5 days paid bereavement leave
Robust sick pay  of up to 13 weeks full pay + 13 weeks half pay
24/7 Employee Assistance Programme  for confidential support
Private medical insurance for everyone , no medical-history exclusions
Financial benefits that have your back
Performance-based rewards tailored to your role , from company-wide bonuses to OTE and commission structures
Income protection : up to  75% salary for 5 years  if you ever need it
Grow your career with us
Skills Hub learning platform  with leadership pathways, future-manager training, and a huge online library
Access to  external training and apprenticeships
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