M365 & Azure Technical Lead
£60k - £85k (senior)
Hybrid - 2-3 days on site
We’re looking for an M365 & Azure Technical Lead to own and evolve a fast-paced, cloud-driven environment. You’ll shape Azure strategy, modernise services, and play a key role in building internal capability - without any people management responsibilities.
This role suits someone who’s confident leading technical delivery while also mentoring and training others, especially the Service Desk, to handle monitoring and day-to-day cloud operations.
What You’ll Do
* Lead Azure & M365 technical design, improvement, and delivery
* Support strategy: cost optimisation, governance, cloud architecture, automation
* Build infrastructure to support data platforms (big push into Fabric)
* Train & mentor the Service Desk to manage d-d monitoring and cloud operations
* Manage and secure Azure services: Backup Vault, Key Vault, RBAC, policies, PIM
* Work across IaaS, Intune, networking, security, and infra modernisation
* Help reduce reliance on external managed services
* Operate in a high-energy, complex, rapidly evolving environment
What You’ll Bring
* Strong Azure & M365 expertise (IaaS/PaaS, identity, governance, networking)
* Experience with Backup Vault, RBAC, policy compliance, privileged access
* Intune and infrastructure-as-a-service experience
* Confidence mentoring/training others (no line management)
* Ability to design, document, and uplift cloud operations
* Comfortable in a fast-paced, full-on technical environment