DV Cleared Microsoft 365 Engineer

On behalf of Prime Ministers Office, Number 10, we are looking for a Microsoft 365 Support Engineer (Inside IR35) for a 6 month contract based in London, Downing Street (5 days per week onsite).

The Cabinet Office supports the Prime Minister and ensures the effective running of government. The Cabinet Office is also the corporate headquarters for the government, in partnership with HM Treasury, and takes the lead in certain critical policy areas. More information about the Cabinet Office can be found on its website.

Working within a small ICT team you will help develop and maintain a modern, scalable, secure IT system for staff to use. On a daily basis you will in the office to manage, maintain, research, recommend and implement appropriate configuration and best practices on M365 products used.

You will work to ensure there is a high availability and performance of our Microsoft 365 services, flagging issues, risks and recommending mitigations, sharing knowledge with colleagues and supporting others in their work.

*This role requires candidates to hold an Active DV Clearance to be considered for the position*

As a Microsoft 365 Support Engineer, your main responsibilities will be:
* Monitoring, administering and managing Microsoft 365 services.
* Ensuring service availability, performance, and security
* Investigating and resolving faults in services
* Implementing preventative measures and providing advice on solutions
* Configuring collaboration features, permissions, and access controls
* Using PowerShell or other scripting languages to automate repetitive tasks
* Creating and maintaining scripts for provisioning, user management, and reporting
* Performing administration, maintenance and system tasks such as testing, and applying updates, patches, and feature releases to Microsoft 365 services
* Documenting configurations, procedures, and best practices
* Optimising licensing and subscription costs
* Mentoring and leading less experienced members of the team to develop skills across the team
* Keeping up to date with new practices and innovation in technologies
* Bringing in recommendations to improve system performance, security, and reliability
* Plus, many more ad hoc technical, commercial and business activities required in support of the team's work

Essential:

*This role requires candidates to hold an Active DV Clearance to be considered for the position*
* Recent experience that you can demonstrate as a M365 Engineer, where you have been a system administrator level or above on the following products:
* Exchange online
* Teams
* SharePoint on prem and online
* OneDrive
* Recognised higher education in an IT related area
* Certifications in Microsoft 365 or other relevant systems
* Familiarity with legislation pertaining to Government/Public Sector IT
* Excellent team working ability
* High level of oral and written communications
* Strong analytical skills
* Effective time management and planning skills

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, The Cabinet Office guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply.

Armed Forces Covenant

The Cabinet Office guarantees to interview veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different".