Senior Modern Workplace Engineer

Schroders Personal Wealth; Leeds; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading wealth management firm seeks a proactive individual to manage and enhance their modern workplace solutions. Key responsibilities include designing solutions, ensuring compliance with policies, and collaborating with various teams to improve service delivery. Ideal candidates will have experience with device and application management as well as a strong understanding of cloud services. The role offers generous benefits, including 30 days of annual leave, health insurance, and a significant pension contribution.

Benefits

Generous Holiday Entitlement

Health & Wellbeing benefits

Company Pension Contribution

Cash Allowance

Bonus Opportunity

Qualifications

• Experience with Intune and endpoint security.
• Familiarity with cloud services and SaaS products.
• Good at stakeholder management and customer service.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop solutions in collaboration with architects.
• Ensure adherence to company policies and minimize manual work.
• Support service management and supplier management.

Skills

Device Management

Application Management

Data Management

MS365 Product Suite

Agile Development Methodology

Process Automation

Networking (WAN, LAN, WiFi)

Stakeholder Management

Tools

Jira

Confluence

PowerShell

GraphAPI

Python

Job description

* Device, Application & Data Management (Intune & endpoint security, SharePoint, OneDrive and Jamf)* Collaboration & Unified Comms (Teams, PSTN in Teams, Exchange)* Office Engineering (Telemetry, Add On management & governance)* MS365 Product Suite (Previously Office 365 - Including but not limited to MS Teams, Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business)* Process Automation, scripting / coding (Including but not limited to PowerShell, PowerApps, GraphAPI, Python)* Entra ID & Access Mgt* Defender XDR (Endpoint, Office 365, Cloud Apps)* Cloud (SaaS, PaaS, IoT)* Networks (WAN, LAN and WiFi)* Contribute to the design and development of solutions* Contribute to the design of new solutions in conjunction with the Technology Architects, supporting through appropriate governance and approval channels* Make sure that all development is in line with design requirements and technical policy* Where appropriate select and suggest new components/systems in line with requirements* Ensure solutions minimise the need for manual intervention and are automated wherever possible* Work in line with SPW best practises and guide IT Support in adhering to these* Experience with the Jira and Confluence toolsets* A customer focussed ethos to ensure customers receive the service required* Good stakeholder management with the ability to recommend change and contribute towards technical direction* The ability to self-start and organise personal workload* A working knowledge of Agile Development Methodology* Where applicable, work with other colleagues and teams to improve overall service for colleagues and clients* Adhering to SPW’s risk appetite, ensuring all work is completed within an appropriate risk appetite.* Work with the change, application, and business teams to lead implementations and maintain reliable platform services at SPW* Work closely with Lead & Principal Modern Workplace Engineers to plan workload to deliver value from 365 services, unleashing new capabilities and driving efficiencies* Work closely with technical and support teams and colleagues across CTO, SPW and 3rd parties to ensure solutions are documented* Take a pro-active approach to minimising outage.* Work with technical contacts at key suppliers ensuring incidents are raised correctly and progressed* Work with suppliers and wider Modern Workplace Engineering team to introduce new and innovative features to the estate* Support Service Management and Supplier Management in the ongoing monitoring and renewal of licensing and contracts where applicable.* Collaboration & Unified Comms (Voice, Video, SharePoint, Email)* MS365 Product Suite (Previously Office 365 - Including but not limited to MS Teams, Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business)* Device, Application & Data Management (Intune, Windows 11 Management)* Office Engineering (Telemetry, Add On management & governance)* MS365 Security Tooling* Entra ID* Experience with Networking technologies including WAN, LAN and WiFi* Process Automation, scripting / coding (Including but not limited to PowerShell, GraphAPI, Python)* Experience with the Jira and Confluence toolsets* A customer focussed ethos to ensure customers receive the service required* Good stakeholder management with the ability to recommend change and contribute towards technical direction* The ability to self-start and organise personal workload* A working knowledge of Agile Development Methodology* **Generous Holiday Entitlement:** 30 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, with the option to buy or sell 5 days.* **Health & Wellbeing:** Company-paid Private Medical Insurance, Life Insurance, and Health Screening.* **Company Pension Contribution:**A matched pension contribution of up to 15% of your base pay.* **Cash Allowance:** Flexible allowance to spend on additional benefits personal to you, including: dental cover, paid sabbatical leave, gym membership, menopause support.* **Bonus Opportunity:** Dependent on individual/company performance (eligible after 3 months’ service)* **Financial Advice**: Access to free financial advice to help secure your financial future.“It’s great that you have clicked this far. What we are building at SPW has clearly caught your attention and you’re interested in working with us to change lives through providing more financial advice to more clients. If you need more insight about what it’s like to work here, check out our careers page onIf you are ready to explore our vacancies further, get scrolling! The 'Search for Jobs' page shows you all our current roles, each providing an opportunity to develop your career in an organisation that, through innovative products and technology and a clear client focus, has set its sights on being at the forefront of the Wealth Management market.If there is no suitable role for you now, keep checking in. New roles come live all the time and they don’t always stick around for long!”