About this role
Salary: £91,000 - 104,000 per year
Requirements
- Active UKIC DV or eDV clearance
- Strong experience with Microsoft Active Directory and AD FS
- Windows Server administration experience
- Experience with PKI and SQL Server
- PowerShell automation skills
- Working knowledge of authentication protocols, including SAML, OAuth, OpenID Connect, Kerberos, and NTLM
- Experience in secure government or defence environments is desirable
Responsibilities
- Provide second-line support for Microsoft server, identity, and federation services
- Manage and resolve incidents, service requests, and operational changes
- Monitor platform health, performance, and service availability
- Administer Active Directory, AD FS, Device Registration Services, and authentication platforms
- Support security patching, vulnerability remediation, and certificate management
Technologies
- Active Directory
- Support
- OAuth
- OpenID
- PowerShell
- SAML
- SQL
- Security
- Windows
More
We are recruiting a Microsoft Support Engineer for a hands-on, second-line role in a secure MSP environment, supporting Microsoft identity, authentication, and infrastructure services. The role is fully onsite in Cheltenham, starts in January 2027, and pays £300–£400 per day outside IR35 for an 18-month contract, with the potential for a permanent role to be confirmed. Oscar Associates (UK) Limited is acting as the employment agency for this vacancy.
last updated 43 week of 2026