M365 Architect

Company Description

Job Description

Ready to shape the future of the digital workplace for thousands of colleagues across the UK? Want to influence enterprise technology strategy, drive innovation and lead modern Microsoft platforms at scale? At EDF, Success is Personal – and this is your opportunity to make a lasting impact while developing your career your way.

The Opportunity

As an M365 Architect, you'll play a key role in defining and delivering the technical vision for our Digital Workplace platforms. Working across Microsoft 365, identity and device technologies, you'll help create secure, scalable and user-focused solutions that enable collaboration, productivity and business success across the organisation.

Alongside a competitive salary and potential for an annual bonus, this role offers flexibility on location, and you can be based from anywhere in the UK. You'll enjoy a hybrid way of working, with opportunities to collaborate with colleagues across our business while maintaining flexibility to work in a way that suits you.

You'll influence strategic platform direction, shape engineering standards and provide technical leadership across enterprise-scale initiatives. Working at the heart of Enterprise IT, you'll support our journey towards An Electric Britain while helping deliver a future-ready digital workplace that empowers over 20,000 users.

Who You Are

We're looking for an experienced M365 Architect with a passion for enterprise technology, technical leadership and delivering secure, scalable solutions. You'll be comfortable influencing senior stakeholders, collaborating across teams and driving best practice throughout the organisation. Are you experienced in…?

• Strong technical leadership and experience across Microsoft 365, identity and device platforms
• Proven experience designing enterprise-scale solutions
• Strong understanding of security, compliance and governance
• Experience with DevOps, automation and configuration as code
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders
• Working collaboratively with the wider Enterprise technology teams and business colleagues to create a great place to work
• Commitment to health, safety, wellbeing and environmental responsibilities while supporting a sustainable business

To be appointed to this role, you will need to meet the criteria for Security Clearance (SC), which will, ordinarily, require you to have British residency for the last five years.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Leading technical design and strategic platform direction across Microsoft 365, identity and device services
• Delivering secure, compliant and enterprise-scale solutions aligned with architecture and business objectives
• Defining engineering standards, technical policies and design guardrails across Digital Workplace platforms
• Mentoring Platform Engineers and acting as a senior technical escalation point for complex challenges
• Collaborating with architecture, security, product and operational teams to drive continuous improvement and platform excellence

Pay, Benefits and Culture

Alongside a competitive salary and potential for an annual bonus, and a market-leading pension scheme, your package will include customisable benefits such as electric vehicle leasing, discounted gym membership, life assurance, tech vouchers, experience days, and more.

At EDF, we believe there are multiple definitions of what it means to succeed. That’s why we offer you the freedom to develop a career that’s unique to you. Here, Success is Personal – it’s your journey, powered by us.

Everyone is welcome at EDF; we’re committed to building a workforce that reflects gender balance, social mobility, and inclusion of minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+ communities, and those with disabilities. As a Disability Confident employer, we will support applicants requiring adjustments.

Join us and find your success at EDF!

Closing date for applications: Tuesday 29th September

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Qualifications

Additional Information

Success is Personal. It's your journey, powered by us. Join us and drive the transition towards An Electric Britain.