Hours: 36 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
Salary: £45,225 - £47,379
Closing Date: 2/12/2024
Location: Ealing, Hammersmith and Southall Campuses


About us:
At West London College, we are committed to championing innovation and creativity, and we invite you to join us on this journey. We welcome applicants who can share our values of Ambition, Innovation, Accountability, Collaboration and Inclusion. We have three college sites across West London: Ealing, Hammersmith, and Southall. By bringing your skills to the College, you will have a wonderful opportunity to make a difference in our students’ education and future.
About the role:
We are seeking a skilled and motivated M365 and Azure Cloud Engineer to join our dynamic IT team. The ideal candidate will be a proactive individual and have a strong background in Microsoft 365 and Azure cloud services, with a proven track record of successful migrations and implementations and provide ongoing support to our 1st line team.
The M365 and Azure Cloud Engineer will be instrumental in designing, deploying and optimising Azure Cloud solutions.
Main duties and responsibilities:
• Design, implement, and manage Microsoft 365 (M365) and Azure cloud environments.
• Set up and configure our M365 tenant, including managing the migration to M365 services and confident to perform migrations from Google Workspace to M365.
• Perform tenant configuration and complete active user, share and device configuration on the Microsoft 365 platform, including Entra ID, Exchange Online, SharePoint, and Endpoint Device Manager (Intune).
• Ability to provision, configure, operate and troubleshoot Microsoft Azure servers and virtual infrastructure.
• Install, configure, operate and troubleshoot an antivirus product, preferably, Microsoft Defender.
• Migrate on-premise servers to Azure or other cloud/hybrid platforms and monitor and maintain cloud infrastructure to ensure optimal performance and security.
• Install, configure, operate and troubleshoot Windows Server Operating Systems.
• Troubleshoot Hypervisors, e.g. Microsoft Hyper-V, and familiarity with virtualisation concepts.
• Manage the successful delivery of Azure Virtual Desktop proof of concept and potential solution across the college.
Required Experience and Skills:
• Minimum of 2 years of experience with M365 and Azure.
• Relevant Microsoft certifications (e.g., Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate, Microsoft 365 Certified: Enterprise Administrator Expert).
• Proven experience in setting up M365 tenants and migrating to M365 services.
• Experience with Google Workspace to M365 migration is a significant advantage.
• Experience in migrating on-premise servers to Azure or other cloud services.
• Expert knowledge of Microsoft 365 technologies including Exchange, OneDrive for Business, Teams, SharePoint, Power Platform, Microsoft 365 Admin Centre and Azure Services.
• Working knowledge of enterprise mobility & security - Intune MDM & MAM, Entra ID, Identity, Information Protection, Threat Protection, Cloud App Security.
• Microsoft Teams voice and video services.
• Knowledge of Microsoft licencing and experience of managing Microsoft licencing and Azure subscriptions.
• M365/Azure service health monitoring.
• Experience of using PowerShell.
• Experience in translating business requirements into tangible technical milestones.
• Strong experience leading implementation projects of Microsoft 365 workloads and new features.
Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience with additional cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Google Cloud).
• Familiarity with scripting and automation tools (e.g., PowerShell, Azure CLI).
• Knowledge of networking and infrastructure as code (IaC) principles.
If you are passionate about cloud technologies and have the required experience, we would love to hear from you. Apply now to join our team and help us drive innovation through cloud solutions.
What we offer:
Our team are important to us, and we offer a wide range of benefits to recognise the hard work put into supporting our learners. As a Team member, you will receive:
- Excellent Holiday Allowance, plus bank holidays (8) and College closure days at Christmas
- Eye care vouchers
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Interest-free loans for Season tickets; Computers
- Contributory average salary with Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
- Continuous Professional Development Events (CPD)
- Access to Perkbox, our rewards and discount platform
- Access to the Colleges Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- Discount at the College’s on-site hair and beauty salon.
Important Information:
The safety and welfare of our learners and staff are extremely important to us, and this is why we pride ourselves on our safeguarding procedures. As part of our commitment to safeguarding, successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. Please note it is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activities relevant to children.
We encourage and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or identity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnership.
To apply, please complete an application form before the closing date specified, as CVs will not be accepted. Please ensure you also include a supporting Statement as part of your application where you need to address how you fit the Person Specification detailed in the Job Description attached to be considered for the position.
In submitting your application for this position, you are strictly prohibited from using any form of AI (artificial intelligence) tools or automation. By applying, you confirm that all content is your own and not generated or assisted by AI.
We reserve the right to close the submission deadline earlier than expected, so please ensure you submit your application as soon as possible.