Business Platform Engineer - M365

• Working Hours:
  
  Standard (09:00am-17:30pm)
• Department:
  Shared Technical Services
• Office or Field Based:
  Office Based (Cheadle, SK8 3GW
  )
• Contract type:
  Permanent
• Compensation: GBP 50,000 - GBP 60,000 - yearly

• Focus on M365
• New role based on company growth and tech investment
• Free access to company holiday homes
• Buy & sell holidays
• Discretionary annual bonus plus an additional Shared Reward Bonus
• Life assurance and Critical illness cover
• Travel season ticket loans and Ride to work scheme
• Free local gym access
• Local bar / restaurant discounts
• Please note:
  
  whilst this role is ultimately hybrid; during the first three months, you will be based full time from the office whilst you get up to speed.

We’re Together. For over 50 years, we’ve helped thousands of people, businesses and professionals unlock their property ambitions with our common-sense approach to mortgages and secured loans.

We take the time to understand our customers and our door is always open, so we can often help when other lenders can’t or won’t. Based in Cheadle, Cheshire, our 800 colleagues help our customers throughout the UK, backed by the power of a £7.8 billion loan book.

Together is going through a time of Tech transformation as we implement our new business wide platform. This is an exciting time as we build our teams and capabilities around new technology, much of it AI focused.

We are looking for a Business Platform Engineers to work within our 'Colleague Tech Platforms' team. This role will be key in shaping a dynamic digital workspace by deploying, maintaining, and supporting a suite of SaaS-based tools with a focus on Microsoft 365 suite:Mail, SharePoint, One Drive, Teams, Office Apps, Enterprise Applications, Copilots, eDiscovery and Purview as well as working with Powershell and Entra etc.

You will be collaborating closely with cross-functional teams to deliver well-architected, scalable solutions that align with industry best practices and enhance the colleague experience. We have the foundations in place, but you will be coming in at a point where you'll have the opportunity to shape the way we do things and make a genuine impact.

This role requires you to be able to get to our offices in Cheadle (South Manchester) 3 days per week. However, we do ask that you are in 5 days for the first three months.

we are looking for a seasoned Business Platform Engineer with experience in business process re-engineering experience in m
icrosoft 365 suite:Mail, SharePoint, One Drive, Teams, Office Apps, Enterprise Applications, Copilots, eDiscovery and Purview, Powershell, Entra etc.

Knowledge and experience in the following areas would be highly regarded:

• Microsoft 365 Governance & Compliance
  Experience with M365 governance frameworks, including retention policies, data loss prevention (DLP), and compliance centre configurations.
• Identity & Access Management (IAM)Familiarity with conditional access policies, role-based access control (RBAC), and identity lifecycle management via Azure Entra  (Active Directory) Single Sign-On (SSO) / MFA configuration and integration.
• SaaS Integration & API Usage
  Ability to integrate SaaS platforms using APIs, connectors, and automation tools (e.g., Power Platform).
• Monitoring & Observability Tools
  Experience with tools like Azure Monitor, Splunk or New Relic for proactive service monitoring and incident response.
• End-User Experience Optimization
  Understanding of digital experience monitoring and techniques to improve usability M365 and other SaaS tools.
• Change Enablement
  Ability to support change management efforts, including training, communications, and stakeholder engagement to drive adoption of new tools.
• Licensing & Cost Optimization
  Awareness of licensing models for M365 and other SaaS platforms, with experience in optimizing usage and cost.
• Environ
  build and application configuration
  
  InTune & Auto Pilot
• End-User Support
  Demonstrated experience in providing assistance to end users, resolving a wide range of issues across hardware, software, and networks.
• Team Collaboration
  Proven ability to work effectively within cross-functional teams, contributing to shared goals and fostering a…