[Hiring] Senior Workplace Engineer @Telana

Role Description

As a Senior Workplace Engineer, you’ll lead the design and delivery of secure Microsoft 365 environments for our clients and you’ll be the technical authority on engagements covering Copilot readiness, data protection, identity and tenant migrations.

• Lead Copilot for M365 readiness engagements: data estate hygiene, oversharing remediation, permissions baselines, Semantic Index optimisation and Copilot Studio architecture
• Design and deploy Purview solutions: Information Protection, DLP, Data Lifecycle and Insider Risk Management
• Act as design authority across M365 E5, Entra ID and the Defender suite
• Lead tenant-to-tenant migrations from planning through to hypercare
• Design for the end user, minimising friction and supporting adoption
• Own delivery quality across concurrent engagements
• Act as technical lead on pursuits, scoping SOWs and estimating delivery effort
• Build reusable IP: blueprints, assessments, scripts and playbooks
• Keep ahead of Microsoft’s roadmap and support our partner credentials

Qualifications

• Deep expertise in preparing enterprise environments for Copilot for M365—including data estate hygiene, oversharing remediation, permissions baselines, Semantic Index optimization, and Copilot Studio / extensibility architecture.
• Expert-level design and deployment of Microsoft Purview solutions (Information Protection, DLP, Data Lifecycle, Insider Risk Management) to protect sensitive data across modern workplace workloads.
• Broad architectural authority across the Microsoft 365 E5 stack, Microsoft Entra ID (hybrid identity, Conditional Access, PIM), and Defender suite (Identity, Cloud Apps, Endpoint).
• Proven track record leading complex, large-scale M365 tenant-to-tenant migrations, using PowerShell, Microsoft Graph API, and third-party tooling to build repeatable blueprints.
• Trusted advisor mindset capable of engaging C-suite and senior stakeholders—translating complex business challenges into pragmatic technical roadmaps and articulating risk-reduction value.
• Experience shaping pre-sales pursuits, scoping Statements of Work (SOWs), estimating delivery effort, and building rapid technical confidence with prospective clients.
• Deep focus on the end-user experience—adept at evaluating how architectural and security changes affect daily workflows, anticipating user friction, and effectively communicating change to drive seamless adoption.
• High autonomy in navigating client ambiguity, leading discovery workshops, driving consensus across conflicting priorities, and delivering high-quality outcomes across concurrent client engagements.

Benefits

• You will be a part of a skilled, inspiring, and supportive team, and work in an environment that encourages long term personal growth.
• Flexible, and trust-based work environment with a healthy work life balance.
• Access to private medical insurance, employee assistance programmes, group life assurance, income protection and access to a market leading benefits platform.
• Support for your growth journey and coverage of costs for role-based certifications.
• A welcoming place to work that values diversity and encourages creativity and innovation.
• Family friendly policies and encouragement of work-life balance, including flexible working options in roles which permit it.