23 Workplace Technology jobs in the United Kingdom

Workplace Technology Engineer

Hybrid/ Edinburgh

Up to £55,000

About the Role

We are seeking a talented and proactive Workplace Technology Engineer to join their Service Delivery Technology team. This permanent role plays a crucial part in empowering users with the latest Microsoft 365 tools and ensuring a modern, efficient workplace environment.

What You Will Do

• Act as a subject matter exp.

Sword is a leading provider of business technology solutions within the Energy, Public and Finance Sectors, driving transformational change within our clients.  We use proven technology, specialist teams and domain expertise to build solid technical foundations across platforms, data, and business applications.  We have a passion for using technology to solve business problems, working in partnership with our clients to help in achieving their goals. 

As a Digital Platforms Digital Workplace Engineer, you will be working within a fast-growing team of Microsoft Cloud Engineers, Consultants and Architects working on strategic managed service engagements supporting our clients in delivering innovative solutions.

Duties of the role include all key Microsoft 365 Infrastructure aspects such as involvement across the full Cloud adoption lifecycle, supporting Microsoft 365 platforms and services.

Your primary objective will be to provide Microsoft 365 Support knowledge and experience to our managed services clients.

• Supporting a range of M365 solutions
• Maintain and evolve solutions and service levels within key strategic Managed Service customers
• Maintain the platform and ensure services are performing well and are cost efficient
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with managed services clients, understanding their business needs, and identifying opportunities for further collaboration
• Work closely with others in the team to identify opportunities and leverage existing capabilities to deliver end-to-end solutions to clients
• Stay up to date on the latest M365 technology changes and be an advocate for Digital Platforms within the business and with clients
• Build strong relationships with clients through quality execution and personable advice and guidance to become a trusted advisor and drive long-term business relationships

This is a challenging and rewarding role that offers the opportunity to work within a talented team and help our clients unlock the full potential of the Microsoft 365 platform. If you have a passion for technology and enjoy designing and delivering Microsoft 365 based solutions, we encourage you to apply for this role.

Requirements

Here’s what the role looks like:

• Good experience and background of producing high quality documentation and solution artefacts
• Microsoft certifications and accreditations in M365 such as MS-102, SC-300 essential for the role
• Microsoft certifications and accreditations in M365 such as MS-721, MS-700, SC-401 and AZ-900 desirable but not essential
• Experience and knowledge of on-premises Active Directory and Entra ID including GPO, PIM, RBAC, CA and applying security configuration such as Microsoft Zero Trust Framework, Entra External ID
• Cloud infrastructure and connectivity requirements (e.g. Entra Connect, networking fundamentals and service performance)
• Experience and knowledge of on-premises Exchange, Hybrid and Exchange online
• Experience of migration from on-premises to Cloud hosted solutions across the Microsoft 365 stack
• PowerShell and automation
• Microsoft Teams

Benefits

At Sword, our core values and culture are based on caring about our people, investing in training and career development and building inclusive teams where we are all encouraged to contribute to achieve success.

We offer comprehensive benefits designed to support your professional development and enhance your overall quality of life.

In addition to a Competitive Salary, here's what you can expect as part of our benefits package:

Personalised Career Development: We create a development plan customised to your goals and aspirations, with a range of learning and development opportunities within a culture that encourages growth.

Flexible working: Flexible work arrangements to support your work-life balance.  We can’t promise to always be able to meet every request, however are keen to discuss your individual preferences to make it work where we can.

A Fantastic Benefits Package: This includes generous annual leave allowance, enhanced family friendly benefits, pension scheme, access to private health, well-being, and insurance schemes, an employee assistance programme, discounted cash plan and more….

At Sword we are dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace and are proud to be an equal opportunities employer, ensuring that all applicants receive fair and equal consideration for employment, regardless of whether they meet every requirement.  If you don’t tick all the boxes but feel you have some of the relevant skills and experience we’re looking for, please do consider applying and highlight your transferable skills and experience.  We embrace diversity in all its forms, valuing individuals regardless of age, disability, gender identity or reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. Your perspective and potential are important to us.

If we can do anything to help make the hiring process more accessible, please let our talent acquisition team know when you apply so we can support any adjustments.

Senior Digital Workplace Engineer

• Opportunity: Permanent position
li>Hybrid: 3-day onsite per week
• Office Location: Central London
• Client sector: Financial Services

Job Summary:

Our client is a leading financial services is seeking a Senior Digital Workplace Engineer to lead the design and delivery of digital workplace and EUC technology solutions. This role will shape our digital workplace strategy through 2025 and beyond, focusing on creating and maintaining technology standards that support all users across our organization. You'll be responsible for managing core IT infrastructure, including Windows 11 systems , Virtual Desktop, EUC, Infrastructure (VDI) , Azure services , and Microsoft 365 platforms . The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in Entra ID , Intune , Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop, and other enterprise mobility management technologies, with a DevSecOps mindset and automation skills.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and maintain Windows 11 standard operating system builds, ensuring they meet security standards and are properly patched
• Manage and optimize Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) environments to deliver reliable remote access solutions
• Configure and maintain Entra ID (Azure Active Directory) for identity and access management across the organization
• Deploy and manage Microsoft Intune for device management, application deployment, and security policy enforcement
• Implement conditional access policies, group policies, and user profile management solutions
• Support Azure and Microsoft 365 services integration with on-premise systems
• Manage application packaging, virtualization, and deployment using SCCM and Citrix technologies
• Maintain enterprise mobility management platforms and ensure seamless user experiences
• Work with database, storage, network, and monitoring systems to ensure comprehensive service delivery
• Contribute to long-term technology roadmaps and strategic planning initiatives
• Design high-level and low-level technical solutions for workplace technology projects
• Research and recommend best-practice solutions and repeatable processes
• Collaborate with security, operations, and vendor teams to maintain current technology standards
• Provide technical consultancy and knowledge transfer to project and operational teams

Qualifications and Requirements:

• More than 5 years of experience  in Core Infrastructure design (HLD), MUST be  in financial services, exchange, or a similar regulated high-performance environment
< i>Proven track record working in architecture roles within ITIL-governed environments
• Strong hands-on experience with Windows 11, Entra ID, Active Directory, VDI, EUC, Microsoft 365 suites, and Intune
• Expertise in VDI technologies and virtual desktop management
• Knowledge of Microsoft 365, single sign-on (SSO), identity providers, and PKI systems
• PowerShell scripting skills and automation experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Experience with SCCM, Citrix XenApp/XenDesktop, Azure Virtual Desktop
• Knowledge of Linux, OpenShift Container Platform, and Unix systems
• Understanding of network infrastructure (LAN/WAN, routers, switches, firewalls)
• Familiarity with database systems, storage solutions, and voice services, including VoIP

To be considered, please ensure you complete your application on the Computappoint website.  Services offered by Computappoint Limited are those of an Employment Business and/or Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

Senior Digital Workplace Engineer

• Opportunity: Permanent position
li>Hybrid: 3-day onsite per week
• Office Location: Central London
• Client sector: Financial Services

Job Summary:

Our client is a leading financial services is seeking a Senior Digital Workplace Engineer to lead the design and delivery of digital workplace and EUC technology solutions. This role will shape our digital workplace strategy through 2025 and beyond, focusing on creating and maintaining technology standards that support all users across our organization. You'll be responsible for managing core IT infrastructure, including Windows 11 systems , Virtual Desktop, EUC, Infrastructure (VDI) , Azure services , and Microsoft 365 platforms . The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in Entra ID , Intune , Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop, and other enterprise mobility management technologies, with a DevSecOps mindset and automation skills.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and maintain Windows 11 standard operating system builds, ensuring they meet security standards and are properly patched
• Manage and optimize Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) environments to deliver reliable remote access solutions
• Configure and maintain Entra ID (Azure Active Directory) for identity and access management across the organization
• Deploy and manage Microsoft Intune for device management, application deployment, and security policy enforcement
• Implement conditional access policies, group policies, and user profile management solutions
• Support Azure and Microsoft 365 services integration with on-premise systems
• Manage application packaging, virtualization, and deployment using SCCM and Citrix technologies
• Maintain enterprise mobility management platforms and ensure seamless user experiences
• Work with database, storage, network, and monitoring systems to ensure comprehensive service delivery
• Contribute to long-term technology roadmaps and strategic planning initiatives
• Design high-level and low-level technical solutions for workplace technology projects
• Research and recommend best-practice solutions and repeatable processes
• Collaborate with security, operations, and vendor teams to maintain current technology standards
• Provide technical consultancy and knowledge transfer to project and operational teams

Qualifications and Requirements:

• More than 5 years of experience  in Core Infrastructure design (HLD), MUST be  in financial services, exchange, or a similar regulated high-performance environment
< i>Proven track record working in architecture roles within ITIL-governed environments
• Strong hands-on experience with Windows 11, Entra ID, Active Directory, VDI, EUC, Microsoft 365 suites, and Intune
• Expertise in VDI technologies and virtual desktop management
• Knowledge of Microsoft 365, single sign-on (SSO), identity providers, and PKI systems
• PowerShell scripting skills and automation experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Experience with SCCM, Citrix XenApp/XenDesktop, Azure Virtual Desktop
• Knowledge of Linux, OpenShift Container Platform, and Unix systems
• Understanding of network infrastructure (LAN/WAN, routers, switches, firewalls)
• Familiarity with database systems, storage solutions, and voice services, including VoIP

To be considered, please ensure you complete your application on the Computappoint website.  Services offered by Computappoint Limited are those of an Employment Business and/or Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

Job Description

At Aberdeen, our ambition is to be the UK's leading Wealth & Investments group.

Strengthening talent and culture is one of our strategic priorities. We strive to make Aberdeen a great place to work so that we can attract and retain the industry's best talent. Our people put our stakeholders at the heart of everything they do by helping us to make a positive difference to the lives of our clients, customers, colleagues, shareholders and society. We are focused on growing our direct and advised wealth platforms and repositioning our specialist asset management business to meet client demand. We are committed to providing excellent client service, supported by leading technology and talent.

Aberdeen comprises three businesses, interactive investor (ii), Investments and Adviser, each of which focuses on meeting and adapting to our clients' evolving needs:

• interactive investor, the UK's second largest direct-to-consumer investment platform, enables individuals in the UK to plan, save and invest in the way that works for them.

• Our Adviser business provides financial planning solutions and technology for UK financial advisers, enabling them to create value for their customers.

• Our investments business is a specialist asset manager that focuses on areas where we have both strength and scale to capitalise on the key themes shaping the market, through either public markets or alternative asset classes.

About the Department

The Digital Workplace Engineering team is a key capability within the Digital Workplace Services function. The team works collaboratively across the Group COO, business stakeholders, CoEs & Product Owners. It is responsible for the creation and delivery of our Digital Workplace technology roadmap, maintaining a modern, secure and cost-efficient service. We are passionate about enhancing colleague experience and delivering an evergreen service to our business.

About the Role

The Digital Workplace Engineer will work within a cross functional team and will be responsible for continuously improving our Digital Workplace Technology, with a specific focus on End User Compute. This is a hands-on technical role that requires experience in design and administration of Intune, Entra, Windows Desktop and core infrastructure services.

Key Responsibilities

• Implement and administer changes across Aberdeen's EUC/Desktop estate.

• Ensure stability and security of the EUC Global Desktop environment through effective assurance and assessment of our Windows desktop, Microsoft M365 tenant and other 3rd party software

• Collaborate with operational teams to proactively drive service improvement.

• Drive the adoption of Microsoft services, reviewing usage and DEX telemetry.

• Implementation of core controls/activities that enables CIS and Secure Scores to be enhanced and maintained.

• Focus on FinOps; creating visibility around EUS costs and highlighting where savings could be generated and putting in appropriate controls to help manage departmental budgets and produce reports for show back/charge back models.

• Contribute to the delivery of the EUC roadmap and the associated backlog.

• Responding to internal and external audits in relation to regulatory requirements and being able to help manage the Risk and Control Self-Assessment (RCSA) controls.

• Actively participate in resolving high-priority outages, troubleshooting efforts and capacity/availability planning sessions, when required.

• Create, publish and communicate knowledgebase articles. Monitor technology trends and seek ways to enhance continuous improvement initiatives.

• Implementing and maturing core controls/activities that enable Windows OS & M365 evergreen changes, aligning to Aberdeen's EUS risk control framework and regulatory requirements.

• Focus on desktop security measures, reducing the attack surface, improving security posture and implementing desktop hardening techniques (ie CIS).

About the Candidate

The ideal candidate will possess the following:

• The ideal candidate will possess the following:

• Significant experience managing or supporting IT systems and platforms.

• Implementation digital employee experience (DEX), endpoint management, analytics and automation tools.

• Able to work as part of a team and with multiple key stakeholders and manage competing priorities.

• Proficient in operating within an ITIL environment.

• Skilled in applying continuous engineering and agile methodologies to manage frequent changes and reduce complexity.

• Adept at leveraging automation and AI/ML to drive continuous improvement.

Technical Skills:

The candidate is expected to have a proven track record in the use of EUC and Windows Desktop technologies. Recent experience and certifications of some/all of these technical skills are required.

• Intune, SCCM, Entra ID, Active Directory, Group Policy for endpoint management.

• Experience deploying evergreen change for OS and M365.

• Experience deploying Autopilot at scale.

• Endpoint management and Security tooling with a focus on Microsoft Defender (including AV, EDR, ASR).

• Application provisioning/management via Intune, SCCM & Azure - experience with App Attach also preferable.

• Experience implementing and managing Azure Virtual Desktop beneficial, including working knowledge of Nerdio.

• Experience implementing zero trust initiatives.

• Proficient working with PowerShell.

• Experience creating scripted remediations for device and desktop performance related issues.

• Desktop and application virtualisation.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer. If you have a disability and would like to apply to one of our UK roles under the Disability Confident Scheme, please notify us by completing the relevant section in our candidate questionnaire. One of our team will reach out to support you through your application process.

Our benefits

There's more to working life than coming home with a good salary. We have an environment where you can learn, get involved and be supported.

When you join us, your reward will be one of the best around. This includes 40 days' annual leave, a 16% employer pension contribution, a discretionary performance-based bonus (where applicable), private healthcare and a range of flexible benefits - including gym discounts, season ticket loans and access to an employee discount portal. You can read more about our benefits here.

Our business

Enabling our clients to be better investors drives everything we do. Our business is structured around three distinct areas - our vectors of growth - focused on our clients' changing needs. You can find out more about what we do here.

An inclusive way of working

Whatever way you like to work, if you have the talent and commitment to join our team, we'd like to hear from you.

At aberdeen we've adopted a blended working' approach. This approach combines the benefits of face-to-face collaboration, coaching and connecting in our offices with the flexibility of working from home. It enables colleagues to find a balance that works for their roles, their teams, our clients and our business.

An inclusive culture, where diverse perspectives drive our actions, is at the core of who we are and what we do. If you need assistance with your application, or a reasonable adjustment to your interview arrangements - for example, because you are neurodivergent, or have a physical, sensory, cognitive, mental, visible or invisible disability - please let us know and we'll be happy to help.

We're committed to providing an inclusive workplace where all forms of difference are valued and which is free from any form of unfair or unlawful treatment. We define diversity in its broadest sense - this includes but is not limited to our diversity of educational and professional backgrounds, experience, cognitive and neurodiversity, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, religion or belief and ethnicity and geographical provenance. We support a culture that values meritocracy, fairness and transparency and welcomes enquiries from everyone.

If you need assistance or an adjustment due to a disability please let us know as part of your application and we will assist.

Job Description

At Aberdeen, our ambition is to be the UK's leading Wealth & Investments group.

Strengthening talent and culture is one of our strategic priorities. We strive to make Aberdeen a great place to work so that we can attract and retain the industry's best talent.

Our people put our stakeholders at the heart of everything they do by helping us to make a positive difference to the lives of our clients, customers, colleagues, shareholders and society. We are focused on growing our direct and advised wealth platforms and repositioning our specialist asset management business to meet client demand. We are committed to providing excellent client service, supported by leading technology and talent.

Aberdeen comprises three businesses, interactive investor (ii), Investments and Adviser, each of which focuses on meeting and adapting to our clients' evolving needs:

• interactive investor, the UK's second largest direct-to-consumer investment platform, enables individuals in the UK to plan, save and invest in the way that works for them.

• Our Adviser business provides financial planning solutions and technology for UK financial advisers, enabling them to create value for their customers.

• Our investments business is a specialist asset manager that focuses on areas where we have both strength and scale to capitalise on the key themes shaping the market, through either public markets or alternative asset classes.

About the Department

The Digital Workplace Engineering team is a key capability within the Digital Workplace Services function. The team works collaboratively across the Group COO, business stakeholders, CoEs & Product Owners. It is responsible for the creation and delivery of our Digital Workplace technology roadmap, maintaining a modern, secure and cost-efficient service. We are passionate about enhancing colleague experience and delivering an evergreen service to our business.

About the Role

The Digital Workplace Engineer will work within a cross functional team and will be responsible for continuously improving our Digital Workplace Technology, with a specific focus on M365. This is a hands-on technical role that requires experience in design and administration of M365 and core infrastructure services.

Key Responsibilities

• Implement and administer changes across M365 and Digital Workplace Technology.

• Ensure stability and security of M365 through effective assurance and assessment of our M365 tenant and other 3rd party software.

• Focus on FinOps; creating visibility around costs, highlighting where savings could be generated and putting in appropriate controls to help manage departmental budgets and produce reports for show back/charge back models.

• Reduce Click Ops' and enable the shift to configuration management as code using DevOps capabilities and Terraform.

• Drive the adoption of M365 services, reviewing usage and DEX telemetry.

• Implementation of core controls/activities that enables M365 CIS and Secure Scores to be enhanced and maintained.

• Contribute to the delivery of the roadmap and the associated backlog.

• Responding to internal and external audits in relation to regulatory requirements and being able to help manage the Risk and Control Self-Assessment (RCSA) controls.

• Actively participate in resolving high-priority outages, troubleshooting efforts and capacity/availability planning sessions, when required.

• Create, publish and communicate knowledgebase articles. Monitor technology trends and seek ways to enhance continuous improvement initiatives.

About the Candidate

The ideal candidate will possess the following:

• Significant experience managing or supporting IT systems and platforms.

• Implementation digital employee experience (DEX), endpoint management, analytics and automation tools.

• Able to work as part of a team and with multiple key stakeholders and manage competing priorities.

• Proficient in operating within an ITIL environment.

• Skilled in applying continuous engineering and agile methodologies to manage frequent changes and reduce complexity.

• Adept at leveraging automation and AI/ML to drive continuous improvement.

Technical skills

The candidate is expected to have a proven track record in the use of Microsoft M365. Recent experience and certifications of some/all of these technical skills are required.

• Detailed M365 and Azure Knowledge.

• M365 administration across Entra, Teams, SharePoint, Purview, Exchange, M365 Apps, PowerShell, CIS & Secure Score, Conditional Access.

• 3rd Party Software such as Mimecast and VFC Call Recording.

• Information Security and infrastructure/application/data resilience across m365 platforms.

• Infrastructure as Code with Terraform and understanding of PowerShell.

• Experience with Scripting tools and languages (eg, PowerShell, Bash, Python).

• Digital workplace tool management expertise: tools, techniques, monitoring and integration.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer. If you have a disability and would like to apply to one of our UK roles under the Disability Confident Scheme, please notify us by completing the relevant section in our candidate questionnaire. One of our team will reach out to support you through your application process.

Our benefits

There's more to working life than coming home with a good salary. We have an environment where you can learn, get involved and be supported.

When you join us, your reward will be one of the best around. This includes 40 days' annual leave, a 16% employer pension contribution, a discretionary performance-based bonus (where applicable), private healthcare and a range of flexible benefits - including gym discounts, season ticket loans and access to an employee discount portal.

Our business

Enabling our clients to be better investors drives everything we do. Our business is structured around three distinct areas - our vectors of growth - focused on our clients' changing needs.

An inclusive way of working

Whatever way you like to work, if you have the talent and commitment to join our team, we'd like to hear from you.

At aberdeen we've adopted a blended working' approach. This approach combines the benefits of face-to-face collaboration, coaching and connecting in our offices with the flexibility of working from home. It enables colleagues to find a balance that works for their roles, their teams, our clients and our business.

An inclusive culture, where diverse perspectives drive our actions, is at the core of who we are and what we do. If you need assistance with your application, or a reasonable adjustment to your interview arrangements - for example, because you are neurodivergent, or have a physical, sensory, cognitive, mental, visible or invisible disability - please let us know and we'll be happy to help.

We're committed to providing an inclusive workplace where all forms of difference are valued and which is free from any form of unfair or unlawful treatment. We define diversity in its broadest sense - this includes but is not limited to our diversity of educational and professional backgrounds, experience, cognitive and neurodiversity, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, religion or belief and ethnicity and geographical provenance. We support a culture that values meritocracy, fairness and transparency and welcomes enquiries from everyone.

If you need assistance or an adjustment due to a disability please let us know as part of your application and we will assist.

Job Description

At Aberdeen, our ambition is to be the UK's leading Wealth & Investments group.

Strengthening talent and culture is one of our strategic priorities. We strive to make Aberdeen a great place to work so that we can attract and retain the industry's best talent. Our people put our stakeholders at the heart of everything they do by helping us to make a positive difference to the lives of our clients, customers, colleagues, shareholders and society. We are focused on growing our direct and advised wealth platforms and repositioning our specialist asset management business to meet client demand. We are committed to providing excellent client service, supported by leading technology and talent.

Aberdeen comprises three businesses, interactive investor (ii), Investments and Adviser, each of which focuses on meeting and adapting to our clients' evolving needs:

• interactive investor, the UK's second largest direct-to-consumer investment platform, enables individuals in the UK to plan, save and invest in the way that works for them.

• Our Adviser business provides financial planning solutions and technology for UK financial advisers, enabling them to create value for their customers.

• Our investments business is a specialist asset manager that focuses on areas where we have both strength and scale to capitalise on the key themes shaping the market, through either public markets or alternative asset classes.

About the Department

The Digital Workplace Engineering team is a key capability within the Digital Workplace Services function. The team works collaboratively across the Group COO, business stakeholders, CoEs & Product Owners. It is responsible for the creation and delivery of our Digital Workplace technology roadmap, maintaining a modern, secure and cost-efficient service. We are passionate about enhancing colleague experience and delivering an evergreen service to our business.

About the Role

The Digital Workplace Engineer will work within a cross functional team and will be responsible for continuously improving our Digital Workplace Technology, with a specific focus on Azure Virtual Desktop technologies. This is a hands-on technical role that requires experience in design and administration of AVD, Azure and core infrastructure services.

Key Responsibilities

• Implement and administer changes across AVD and Digital Workplace Technology.

• Implementing and maturing core controls/activities around AVD and Azure, aligning to Aberdeen's EUS risk control framework and regulatory requirements.

• Liaising with business teams across Aberdeen (inside and outside Group COO) to understand business strategy and translate requirements into EUC delivery initiatives, being able to understand and articulate the impact on tooling, IT support, and operational costs.

• Drive the adoption of AVD services, reviewing usage and DEX telemetry.

• Contribute to the delivery of the roadmap and the associated backlog.

• Focus on FinOps; creating visibility around EUS costs, AVD usage and highlighting where savings could be generated and putting in appropriate controls to help manage departmental budgets and produce reports for show back/charge back models.

• Work with EUS Engineers and Cyber Security to improve posture of Azure VM's, aligning to hardening and control standards.

• Creating and managing reporting in relation to AVD performance and usage metrics to improve end user experience.

• Responding to internal and external audits in relation to regulatory requirements and being able to help manage the Risk and Control Self-Assessment (RCSA) controls.

• Automating and reducing manual management wherever possible, adopting a proactive approach to improve overall user experience, providing resiliency and ability to move at pace.

• Responding to major incidents when SME input is required.

• Create, publish and communicate knowledgebase articles. Monitor technology trends and seek ways to enhance continuous improvement initiatives.

About the Candidate

The ideal candidate will possess the following:

• Significant experience managing or supporting IT systems and platforms.

• Implementation of Azure & Virtual Desktop solutions, digital employee experience (DEX), endpoint management, analytics and automation tools.

• Able to work as part of a team and with multiple key stakeholders and manage competing priorities.

• Proficient in operating within an ITIL environment.

• Skilled in applying continuous engineering and agile methodologies to manage frequent changes and reduce complexity.

• Adept at leveraging automation and AI/ML to drive continuous improvement.

Technical Skills:

• The candidate is expected to have a proven track record in the use of Azure Virtual Desktop. Recent experience and certifications of some/all of these technical skills are required.

• Experience in managing Azure Virtual Desktops, creating and managing images, backups and understanding sizing options, impacts and costs.

• Experience working with Nerdio is beneficial.

• Intune, Azure Infrastructure, Azure Virtual Desktop, Azure Monitor & Cost Management.

• Information Security and infrastructure/application/data resilience across AVD.

• Infrastructure as Code with Terraform and understanding of Scripting tools and languages (eg, PowerShell, Bash, Python)

• Knowledge of automated deployment processes with Azure DevOps.

• Digital workplace tool management expertise: tools, techniques, monitoring and integration.

• Experience with FinOps practices with Azure, creating forecasting models and reporting.

• Experience with Azure Monitor, Log Analytics and other monitoring tools to understand user experience and performance.

• Understanding of FSLogix and profile management.

• Knowledge of wider M365 & Security tooling beneficial (including but not limited to Defender for Endpoint, Intune, Entra ID)

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer. If you have a disability and would like to apply to one of our UK roles under the Disability Confident Scheme, please notify us by completing the relevant section in our candidate questionnaire. One of our team will reach out to support you through your application process.

Our benefits

There's more to working life than coming home with a good salary. We have an environment where you can learn, get involved and be supported.

When you join us, your reward will be one of the best around. This includes 40 days' annual leave, a 16% employer pension contribution, a discretionary performance-based bonus (where applicable), private healthcare and a range of flexible benefits - including gym discounts, season ticket loans and access to an employee discount portal.

Our business

Enabling our clients to be better investors drives everything we do. Our business is structured around three distinct areas - our vectors of growth - focused on our clients' changing needs.

An inclusive way of working

Whatever way you like to work, if you have the talent and commitment to join our team, we'd like to hear from you.

At aberdeen we've adopted a blended working' approach. This approach combines the benefits of face-to-face collaboration, coaching and connecting in our offices with the flexibility of working from home. It enables colleagues to find a balance that works for their roles, their teams, our clients and our business.

An inclusive culture, where diverse perspectives drive our actions, is at the core of who we are and what we do. If you need assistance with your application, or a reasonable adjustment to your interview arrangements - for example, because you are neurodivergent, or have a physical, sensory, cognitive, mental, visible or invisible disability - please let us know and we'll be happy to help.

We're committed to providing an inclusive workplace where all forms of difference are valued and which is free from any form of unfair or unlawful treatment. We define diversity in its broadest sense - this includes but is not limited to our diversity of educational and professional backgrounds, experience, cognitive and neurodiversity, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, religion or belief and ethnicity and geographical provenance. We support a culture that values meritocracy, fairness and transparency and welcomes enquiries from everyone.

If you need assistance or an adjustment due to a disability please let us know as part of your application and we will assist.

Job Description

At Aberdeen, our ambition is to be the UK's leading Wealth & Investments group.

Strengthening talent and culture is one of our strategic priorities. We strive to make Aberdeen a great place to work so that we can attract and retain the industry's best talent. Our people put our stakeholders at the heart of everything they do by helping us to make a positive difference to the lives of our clients, customers, colleagues, shareholders and society. We are focused on growing our direct and advised wealth platforms and repositioning our specialist asset management business to meet client demand. We are committed to providing excellent client service, supported by leading technology and talent.

Aberdeen comprises three businesses, interactive investor (ii), Investments and Adviser, each of which focuses on meeting and adapting to our clients' evolving needs:

• interactive investor, the UK's second largest direct-to-consumer investment platform, enables individuals in the UK to plan, save and invest in the way that works for them.

• Our Adviser business provides financial planning solutions and technology for UK financial advisers, enabling them to create value for their customers.

• Our investments business is a specialist asset manager that focuses on areas where we have both strength and scale to capitalise on the key themes shaping the market, through either public markets or alternative asset classes.

About the Department

The Digital Workplace Engineering team is a key capability within the Digital Workplace Services function. The team works collaboratively across the Group COO, business stakeholders, CoEs & Product Owners. It is responsible for the creation and delivery of our Digital Workplace technology roadmap, maintaining a modern, secure and cost-efficient service. We are passionate about enhancing colleague experience and delivering an evergreen service to our business.

About the Role

We are seeking a highly capable and forward-thinking Senior Engineer to help within Aberdeen's Digital Workplace Engineering team. This role will involve working closely with stakeholders across the business. This role is central to our digital transformation strategy, enabling scalable, secure, and innovative capabilities that support both operational efficiency and business growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for the end-to-end design and implementation of solutions/services; hands on engineering and design.

• Define and uphold the standards, patterns, and policies that guide our use of M365 & Digital Workplace Services, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture and regulatory expectations.

• Responsible for acting as a key escalation point for operational incidents impacting Digital Workplace Services.

• Work closely with engineering squads to advise on solutions, assess new platform capabilities, and ensure services are robust, maintainable, and future-ready.

• Oversee the administration of our platforms, implementing governance and risk controls such as data loss prevention, environment strategy, and security policies.

• Proactively assess our security posture, ensuring alignment to key industry benchmarks such as CIS.

• Lead the technical approvals board for the Digital Workplace service function.

• Interpret Digital Experience Monitoring (DEX) data to proactively enhance technology experiences across our services.

• Ensuring solutions and products are supportable and serviceable by operations teams.

• Provision of key insight into industry trends and developments, with resulting recommendations through evaluation and proving of new technology.

• Responding to internal and external audits in relation to regulatory requirements and being able to help manage the Risk and Control Self-Assessment (RCSA) controls.

• Ensure industry best practices and methodologies are adopted where appropriate in proposed solutions.

About the Candidate

• Exposure to industry frameworks/benchmarks such as NIST and CIS.

• Experience leading technical delivery and mentoring others.

• Proactive strategic leadership, demonstrable skills in the design, communication and delivery of end user technologies.

• Ability to engage and communicate at all levels from technical SMEs to Executive Management

• Experience working in partnership with a Tier 1 Systems Integrator, in a blended model.

• Ability to quickly learn, implement and utilize new technologies.

Technical Skills

The candidate is expected to have a proven track record in the use of the technologies below, preferably in a Financial Services organisation

• M365 administration Teams (inc Phone & Global Telephony), SharePoint Online, Purview, Exchange Online (Hybrid).

• Experience working with EntraID; Conditional Access, SSO and Enterprise Applications

• Solid understanding of Identity Governance & Administration within the context of a highly regulated environment.

• Azure Virtual Desktop Administration (inc Azure Networking)

• Experiencing working with Endpoint Configuration/Management & Application Delivery technologies such as Intune & MEM.

• Experience implementing IaC/DSC via Terraform to manage M365 & EntraID.

• Azure Virtual Desktop (inc Networking)

• Defender for Endpoint experience with vulnerability management, EDR, ASR, Exposure Management & creating action plans to improve security posture.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer. If you have a disability and would like to apply to one of our UK roles under the Disability Confident Scheme, please notify us by completing the relevant section in our candidate questionnaire. One of our team will reach out to support you through your application process.

Our benefits

There's more to working life than coming home with a good salary. We have an environment where you can learn, get involved and be supported.

When you join us, your reward will be one of the best around. This includes 40 days' annual leave, a 16% employer pension contribution, a discretionary performance-based bonus (where applicable), private healthcare and a range of flexible benefits - including gym discounts, season ticket loans and access to an employee discount portal.

Our business

Enabling our clients to be better investors drives everything we do. Our business is structured around three distinct areas - our vectors of growth - focused on our clients' changing needs.

An inclusive way of working

Whatever way you like to work, if you have the talent and commitment to join our team, we'd like to hear from you.

At Aberdeen we've adopted a blended working' approach. This approach combines the benefits of face-to-face collaboration, coaching and connecting in our offices with the flexibility of working from home. It enables colleagues to find a balance that works for their roles, their teams, our clients and our business.

An inclusive culture, where diverse perspectives drive our actions, is at the core of who we are and what we do. If you need assistance with your application, or a reasonable adjustment to your interview arrangements - for example, because you are neurodivergent, or have a physical, sensory, cognitive, mental, visible or invisible disability - please let us know and we'll be happy to help.

We're committed to providing an inclusive workplace where all forms of difference are valued and which is free from any form of unfair or unlawful treatment. We define diversity in its broadest sense - this includes but is not limited to our diversity of educational and professional backgrounds, experience, cognitive and neurodiversity, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, religion or belief and ethnicity and geographical provenance. We support a culture that values meritocracy, fairness and transparency and welcomes enquiries from everyone.

If you need assistance or an adjustment due to a disability please let us know as part of your application and we will assist.

We are Two Circles. We are a Sports & Entertainment Marketing business. We grow audiences and revenues. We do that by knowing fans best. We work with clients to help them understand & influence what their fans are doing – the way fans spend their money, the events that fans attend, the channels fans respond to, the content fans watch and more. And we use the understanding this gives us to help our clients grow. Grow their audiences and grow their revenues - both direct to consumer and business to business revenues.

Our platforms and services are trusted by over 900 clients globally, including the English Premier League, Red Bull, UEFA, VISA, the NFL, Nike and Amazon. We are almost 1000 people, based out of 14 offices, and we deliver work for sports and entertainment businesses of all shapes and sizes all over the world.

Data is at the center of our approach - helping clients to get a better understanding of their customers and deliver insights that influence top-level decision-making. From there, we develop digital products and integrate data and technology solutions that grow audiences and revenue across ticketing, participation, sponsorship and media. 

Role Responsibilities

• Support end-to-end CDP implementation projects, from discovery and requirements gathering to go-live and post-implementation support.
• Translate business goals into scalable CDP use cases, ensuring alignment with marketing, CRM, data governance, and IT teams.
• Design and implement integration flows between CDP and various systems (Web, mobile, ad tech, analytics, etc.).
• Guide clients on data ingestion, identity resolution, segmentation, and activation best practices.
• Configure CDP features such as audience segmentation, real-time personalization, customer journeys, and reporting.
• Work closely with client stakeholders, developers, and vendors to ensure smooth implementation and troubleshooting.
• Provide training to clients and internal teams and maintain detailed implementation documentation.

Requirements

Essential skills and experience:

• Experience working in a consulting environment and/or digital agency, ideally in MarTech, Digital analytics implementation or data-related roles.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to think critically in complex technical environments.
• Demonstrated experience with technologies and processes related to marketing automation, personalisation, and data orchestration.
• Hands-on experience with popular analytics tools and tag managers such as Google Analytics (GA) and Google Tag Manager (GTM).
• Proven experience in web and mobile app tracking implementation and optimization.
• Solid understanding of data analysis and reporting, with an ability to translate insights into actionable recommendations.
• Ability to translate business requirements into high-level solution design, aligning technical capabilities with strategic objectives.
• Familiarity with front-end coding technologies including JavaScript and HTML.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills to handle multiple client engagements simultaneously.
• Strong analytical mindset with attention to detail and data integrity.
• Effective interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate across teams and with clients.

Nice-to-Have

• Experience as a technical consultant, preferably with direct client-facing experience in solution delivery.
• Experience implementing Customer Data Platforms (CDPs) across various marketing and data ecosystems.
• Solid familiarity with the Martech landscape and trends, including emerging tools and practices.
• Hands-on experience working with marketing data, including audience segmentation and activation use cases.
• Familiarity with advertising technologies and platforms, including DMPs, DSPs, SSPs, Adservers.
• Knowledge of modern privacy practices, including cookie deprecation, cookie management, consent data, and privacy regulations such as GDPR and CCPA.
• Understanding of database technologies, including the differences between structured and unstructured data, data lakes and data warehouse.
• Working knowledge of APIs, API architecture, and webhooks, with the ability to understand and troubleshoot integrations.

Benefits

What can we offer you?

We offer a benefits package to suit you and your lifestyle! Out of a core monthly budget, you can choose your own comprehensive benefit package.

• Renowned Team Days often throughout the year
• Summer Away Days
• 23 standard days of holiday (+1 Birthday, +1 Well-being Day, +1 'Big Life Event', and +1 Admin Day), closure of office over Christmas (plus Bank Holidays)
• Discretionary Bonus based on company performance
• Performance Reviews every 6 months with discretionary salary increases
• Private healthcare (Vitality) and/or Health Care Plan (Medicash)
• Mobile phone contribution
• Sport Challenge contribution
• Gym membership contribution
• 2 x annual kit drops