Microsoft Platform Engineer (Financial Services) Microsoft Platform Engineer South Manchester (Hybrid-working) £60,000 per annum ( excellent benefits package) The Opportunity: We are looking for a Microsoft-focused Platform Engineer who will be involved heavily in a major technology transformation, underpinned by a new business-wide digital platform and cutting-edge AI initiatives. In this position you will mentor colleagues, influence strategy and shape the future of our client’s digital workspace where you’ll play a pivotal part in deploying, maintaining and optimising our client’s SaaS-based solutions. Skills and Experience: Microsoft Power Platform: Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, AI Foundry. Microsoft 365 Suite: Exchange, SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams, Copilot, eDiscovery, Purview. Governance and Compliance: Data loss prevention, retention policies, compliance centre. IAM: RBAC, conditional access, MFA/SSO, Azure Entra ID. Integration and APIs: SaaS connectors, automation, application lifecycle management. Monitoring and Optimisation: Azure Monitor, Splunk, New Relic, licensing cost control. Change and Adoption: Training, comms, and embedding digital ways of working. Modern Device Management: InTune, AutoPilot. Ways of Working: DevOps tooling, Agile methodologies, and cross-team collaboration. Azure/Terraform certifications are highly desirable but not essential. Role and Responsibilities: Design, implement and support Microsoft 365 and Power Platform technologies to deliver scalable resilient solutions. Drive innovation across enterprise applications, automation and AI-powered tooling. Collaborate cross-functionally to embed best practice governance, compliance and security across M365 environments. Optimise licensing monitoring and end-user experience to maximise ROI and colleague engagement. Champion adoption of new tools through training, stakeholder engagement and change management initiatives. Influence strategy and team capability development during a pivotal period of digital transformation. Applications: To learn more about our client’s ongoing success story and how you can become a part of their high-performing team working as a Microsoft Platform Engineer with offices based in the South Manchester area; please call and speak with Edward Laing here at ISR Recruitment on 07436 071 872 or share a copy of your very latest CV ( edward@isr.uk.com ) and/or online business profile for a call back in the strictest of confidence. Please call Edward here at ISR on 07436 071 872 to learn more about our client and how they are leading the way in developing the next-generation of technical solutions through innovation and transformational technology?