TechOps Engineering Lead

Own device management through Microsoft Intune : provisioning/Autopilot, compliance and security baselines, patching, and asset tracking across laptops and mobile.

Administer Apple Business Manager and the hardware procurement/e-commerce portal— automated device enrolment (ADE) into Intune, Managed Apple IDs, app/content (VPP) licences, and ordering of Apple devices and accessories.

Administer Microsoft 365 (Exchange Online / Outlook, Teams, SharePoint and OneDrive)- mailboxes, distribution/security groups, licences and tenant configuration.

Administer the rest of the toolchain — Atlassian (Jira/Confluence), Slack, GitHub —including licences, integrations and cost.

Deliver a smooth, secure joiner/leaver experience end to end (Entra accounts, Intune-enrolled hardware, M365 mailbox, VPN, app access).

Manage office network, Wi-Fi and VPN access; troubleshoot connectivity for on-site and remote staff.

Be the senior escalation point for internal technical support; resolve the hard tickets and prevent the repeat ones.

Keep runbooks and documentation current; automate recurring toil with scripting.

Handle the practical, hands-on side of TechOps: sourcing peripherals and accessories, preparing, shipping and tracking hardware for remote staff, and keeping equipment stock.

Plan and own TechOps staffing, roadmap, standards, budget and vendor/licence relationships, and improve processes as the company grows.

Own our internal security.

Enforce access, MFA and endpoint-hardening standards through Entra ID + Intune; support audits and access-control requirements.

5+ years in techops operations / workplace technology, including senior/lead- level ownership. You’ve seen what good looks like.

Hands-on Microsoft Entra ID (Microsoft Identity) administration— SSO, ConditionalAccess, MFA, identity lifecycle.Strong Microsoft Intune (endpoint management) and Microsoft 365 / Exchange Online administration.

Solid networking fundamentals — DNS, VPNs, Wi-Fi, firewalls.

Comfortable around cloud (AWS) — IAM, IAM Identity Center, basic infrastructure concepts— even if you're not building it.

Scripting/automation ( PowerShell, Bash or Python, PowerAutomate ), ideally against the Microsoft Graph API.

Equally at home planning and owning techops strategy and getting hands-on with thepractical, sometimes mundane tasks — no job too big or too small.

Excellent communication and a genuine service mindset; calm and methodical under pressure.

AWS depth (IAM Identity Center, Organizations, SSM) and exposure to an engineering CI/CD toolchain (GitHub, CircleCI).

Microsoft certifications (e.g. MD-102, MS-102, AZ-104) or equivalent.

Experience in a regulated / financial-data environment.

Microsoft Entra ID (Microsoft Identity) · Microsoft 365 / Exchange Online · Microsoft Intune · Apple Business Manager · AWS (IAM Identity Center) · Atlassian (Jira/Confluence) · Slack · GitHub · VPN · an engineering-heavy user base.

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