Principal Digital Specialist M365 Engineer

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Principal Digital Specialist - M365 Engineer

Join a highly influential digital platform engineering function that is responsible for defining governing and enabling Microsoft 365 capabilities across Scottish Water. As Principal M365 Engineer you will provide technical leadership and architectural direction for Microsoft 365 services ensuring that collaboration and productivity platforms remain secure resilient wellgoverned and fully aligned to organisational outcomes.

The role

You will work closely with Enterprise Architecture Cyber Security Digital Product teams Information Governance and delivery partners to define standards governance models and reusable patterns across key Microsoft 365 services including Teams SharePoint OneDrive Exchange Online Power Platform and Microsoft Copilot. As a senior technical authority you will act as Scottish Waters subject matter expert for Microsoft 365 and Copilot helping to shape the organisations productivity platform strategy support modern ways of working and ensure that Microsoft 365 delivers measurable value while maintaining appropriate governance compliance and security.

What youll do

You will define own and evolve the Microsoft 365 platform architecture and engineering strategy ensuring alignment with Scottish Waters enterprise architecture principles and digital strategy. You will act as the design authority for complex highrisk or businesscritical Microsoft 365 solutions covering collaboration platforms information management and Copilotenabled productivity services. You will define and maintain Microsoft 365 standards governance models reference architectures and guardrails that support secure and consistent adoption across the organisation.

In this role you will lead the design and ongoing evolution of securebydefault Microsoft 365 environments including identity device access data protection compliance and collaboration services. You will also define and implement governance frameworks for Microsoft Copilot that ensure responsible use of AI protect organisational data and align with security and information management policies.

You will drive the adoption of modern collaboration and productivity capabilities such as Microsoft Teams SharePoint OneDrive and Power Platform while working closely with Information Governance and Cyber Security teams to implement data lifecycle management information protection and compliance capabilities across Microsoft 365. You will promote best practice in automation provisioning and platform management by leveraging tools such as PowerShell Graph API and Power Platform.

Additionally you will define monitor and report on Microsoft 365 platform health including service adoption performance security posture and compliance. You will identify and address platform risks governance gaps and technical debt within the Microsoft 365 estate. You will provide expert Microsoft 365 and Copilot architectural support to programmes projects and product teams throughout the delivery lifecycle and work closely with Cyber Security to ensure that all Microsoft 365 services meet security regulatory and publicsector compliance requirements.

The role also involves providing technical leadership mentoring and coaching to engineers and architects to support capability development across collaboration and productivity platforms. You will engage confidently with senior stakeholders articulating platform strategy governance decisions and technology tradeoffs clearly and pragmatically.

What Youll Need

We are looking for a senior Microsoft 365 platform professional with significant experience in designing and governing enterprisescale collaboration environments and who can balance strategic direction technical depth and stakeholder engagement. You will have demonstrable experience in designing governing and operating Microsoft 365 environments at scale and in defining Microsoft 365 governance models including lifecycle management for Teams SharePoint sites and collaboration workspaces.

You will be experienced in designing secure Microsoft 365 solutions across identity access management device access and data protection. You will also have experience implementing and governing Microsoft Copilot and AIenabled productivity capabilities as well as working with Microsoft 365 security and compliance technologies such as Purview information protection and data loss prevention.

The role requires experience in supporting delivery teams as a technical or design authority and in working across organisational boundaries to influence delivery without direct linemanagement responsibility. You will be comfortable communicating complex technical concepts clearly to a wide range of technical and nontechnical audiences. You should be a selfmotivated technical leader with strong judgement capable of working effectively within governance frameworks while supporting innovation and modern ways of working. Experience in regulated environments critical national infrastructure or publicsector organisations is highly desirable.

Experience & Certifications

Essential experience includes enterprisescale Microsoft 365 platform design and governance; Microsoft 365 identity and access architecture using Microsoft Entra ID; collaboration platform design across Teams SharePoint and OneDrive; Microsoft Copilot implementation governance and adoption strategy; Microsoft 365 security and compliance capabilities with Microsoft Purview; automation and administration using PowerShell and Microsoft Graph; Power Platform governance and enablement; and information lifecycle management and records governance.

Desirable certifications include Microsoft Certified: Enterprise Administrator Expert; Security Administrator Associate; Identity and Access Administrator Associate; Information Protection and Compliance Administrator Associate; and Power Platform Solution Architect Expert. Microsoft 365 Copilotrelated certifications or AI governance experience are also highly desirable.

Looking out for you

While the work we do is important we know its not the only thing that matters. Thats why we make sure you have everything you need to find a good work-life balance.

Youll get plenty of time to recharge with 38 days of holiday every year (including public holidays). And you can even buy five more if you need a little extra time. You can also take paid time off to volunteer in your community.

When it comes to major life events we have family-friendly policies around adoption maternity and parental leave. And for the everyday We embrace flexible working.

For your future theres our pension (the know-what-youll-get-when-you-retire kind) as well as life assurance.

As for some nice extras You will participate in a company bonus scheme. Not to mention access to SW Splash handy rewards that can save you money on holidays bills and shopping.

The not-so-small print

This role will be a Grade 8. If youre new to Scottish Water youll join us on a starting salary of 54 776. Performance-driven pay progression would then allow you to move through the range to a maximum of 74386.

Please submit your CV and a cover letter explaining why you are interested and how your experience aligns with the role

If youre interested in this role or know someone else who might be - well be accepting applications until midnight on the 11th August 2026

We operate Balanced Hybrid working at Scottish Water and we encourage people to work half their time in a Scottish Water location.

Job offers at Scottish Water are conditional and will be confirmed on completion of our pre-employment screening e.g. referencing criminal record checks license checks etc. Screening is conducted on our behalf by a third party and must be completed before your start date. Dont worry - well only start these checks once youve accepted an offer.

A few final things worth knowing

Research shows that some people avoid applying for jobs unless they can meet every single criteria. If youre interested in this job but dont tick all the boxes apply anyway! We hardly ever hire people who can do every part of a job from Day One. Everyone has a learning curve. So dont rule yourself out!

Let us know if there are any changes we can make to our recruitment process to help you perform at your best. Lots of our people have disabilities or neurodiverse conditions (including some of our recruiters!). Were also aware that some people might be experiencing temporary challenges because of life events like menopause. Were very used to making adjustments so please dont be afraid to ask.

As part of our commitment to developing a flourishing Scotland its important that all our employees are Scottish taxpayers. If you join us your home address will need to be in Scotland. If you dont already live here youll need to commit to moving here within your first three months.

Please note Scottish Water takes the safety health and wellbeing of our employees colleagues and customers very seriously and as such you may be subject to Drug & Alcohol testing in line with our policy.

Finally (finally!) candidates who havent submitted an application in the last 12 months will have their records removed from our recruitment database. You wont need to do anything. Your data will be automatically deleted.

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Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience: years
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