Interim Microsoft Specialist

Tender description

Reporting to the Programme Manager. A Microsoft Office 365/Azure consultant who has designed and implemented Office 365 and carried out the migrations/transitions shall: 1. Review our Office 365 configuration and implement latest security advice from HMG. 2. Review identity management and the options around allowing secure third party access to our on premise and cloud systems. 3. Review the options for moving our on premises servers to the cloud. 4. Review options for unified comms and provide cloud based solutions. 5. Have the ability to write technical handover and support documentations. Skills: • Expert knowledge of Microsoft Active Directory, ADFS, Azure, SSO and cloud based identity management. • Advanced knowledge of Windows network protocols including DNS, DHCP, WINS, LDAP and Kerberos. • Advanced knowledge of designing and migrating to Office 365 including Exchange, Skype, OneDrive, SharePoint and Yammer. • Advanced knowledge of security technologies and strategies, including the use of web and email content filtering, public key infrastructure, drive encryption, patch management and AV best practices. • Knowledge of MDM technologies including Microsoft Intune, and how these can be used. • Knowledge of Unified Communications design patterns including Skype for Business and cloud hosted VoIP/PBX. • Knowledge of Microsoft Azure and other cloud computing infrastructure. • Knowledge of monitoring tools such as Solarwinds, Nagios and System Center Operations Manager (SCOM).