M365 Engineer
Bauer Media GroupFull-time, Permanent
Location: UK-based with occasional travel to London and/or Peterborough (plus occasional international travel)
Our Team: How we enrich everyday life
You’ll be joining our Microsoft 365 team, part of the wider Enterprise Technology function. We design, build and run the Microsoft 365 services used by colleagues across multiple regions, supporting thousands of users every day.
We work closely with teams across security, compliance, SharePoint, Power Platform and regional on-prem teams. It’s a collaborative, distributed setup where everyone has ownership and a strong voice in how things are done. We care about getting the detail right, clean design, smart automation, and making sure what we build genuinely improves how people work.
We’re currently in the middle of an exciting phase, bringing our environment up to a modern baseline and setting the foundations to unlock more of the M365 platform.
The Difference you will make
In this role, you’ll help shape and improve a core platform that underpins how the organisation collaborates and operates. You’ll be hands-on in building, supporting and evolving Microsoft 365 services, making them more secure, more resilient, and easier to use at scale.
You’ll also play a part in moving the platform forward, streamlining manual processes, improving standards, and helping the service move from simply “working” to being well-engineered and future-ready.
Your role
You’ll take ownership of Microsoft 365 services end-to-end from design through to BAU support and ongoing optimisation.
Responsibilities include, but aren’t limited to:
- Engineering and supporting core M365 services (Exchange Online, Teams, SharePoint Online, OneDrive, Entra ID)
- Managing and improving tenant configuration, policies and standards
- Strengthening identity and security controls (Conditional Access, MFA, identity protection)
- Supporting compliance capabilities including retention, eDiscovery and audit
- Automating administration and reporting using PowerShell and Microsoft Graph
- Troubleshooting complex cross-service issues and supporting 2nd/3rd line incidents
- Working closely with security, compliance, endpoints and architecture teams
- Contributing to technical designs, service improvements and roadmap delivery
The skills you will bring
Required:
- Proven experience supporting Microsoft 365 in an enterprise environment
- Strong hands-on knowledge of Exchange Online, Teams, SharePoint Online/OneDrive and Entra ID
- Good understanding of identity, access and security concepts (including MFA and Conditional Access)
- Solid PowerShell skills, with experience automating tasks
- Ability to troubleshoot complex technical issues across multiple services
- Comfortable working in a global, distributed team
- Clear communicator who can explain technical concepts simply
- Well organised, self-sufficient and able to manage your workload
Desirable:
- Microsoft certifications (e.g. MS-102, Administrator Expert, SC-300)
- Experience with Microsoft Purview (compliance, retention, eDiscovery)
- Exposure to Power Platform (Power Automate, basic Power Apps)
- Experience in hybrid environments (Entra Connect)
- Knowledge of Microsoft Defender or advanced security tooling
About Bauer Media Group
We are a media business focused on creating content that matters to millions of people across Europe. Our offering extends from print and online publishing to audio broadcasting and entertainment, alongside investments in other media related sectors. With more than 500 million copies sold each year, we are one of Europe’s largest Publishers. From women’s and celebrities’ magazines to TV listings to food and special interest, we own some of the most popular publishing brands in Germany, UK, Poland and France – both digital and print. But not only that. Reaching over 61 million listeners weekly, we operate over 150 radio and podcast brands in nine countries, spanning the UK, Ireland, Poland, Slovakia, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway and Portugal. Family-owned in the 5th generation, Bauer Media focuses on the long-term, with a consumer-first mindset that guides us across our diverse portfolio. Our workforce of 12,000 shares a common purpose: to deliver content and services that enrich people‘s everyday lives.
What’s in it for you
- You’ll have 28 days holiday, bank holidays & 2 volunteer days to use.
- Your development matters, so access to our internal training provider – Bauer Academy, is a huge win.
- We have enhanced Maternity/Adoption, Paternity and Shared Parental Leave Pay.
- You’ll have the opportunity for flexible working.
- And much more! Find the full details of our benefits here
We are an international employer and equal opportunities are important to us. That's why we welcome everyone in their uniqueness, regardless of e.g. religion, gender, skin color, disability in our house.
We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or a long term health condition, and need us to make any reasonable adjustments or do anything differently during any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing careershub@bauermedia.co.uk
We are actively recruiting for this position, so the job advert may close earlier than expected.
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