Windows Infrastructure & Microsoft 365 Engineer (Power BI / Microsoft Fabric)

Contract 6+ Months(Inside IR35)

Canary Wharf, UK

Hybrid (2 days a week)

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Windows Infrastructure & Microsoft 365 Engineer to support the delivery of a strategic Microsoft Fabric / Power BI platform . The role will design, build, and implement Windows Server-based Power BI Gateway infrastructure and associated Microsoft 365 services, ensuring secure, resilient, and scalable operations across production and non-production environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement Windows Server 2022 infrastructure supporting Microsoft Fabric and Power BI.
• Develop Low-Level Designs (LLDs), build standards, implementation guides, and operational documentation.
• Deploy and manage highly available Power BI Gateway clusters across multiple data centers.
• Configure and administer Microsoft Entra ID, RBAC, service principals, and access controls.
• Implement and maintain Power BI/Fabric governance, workspace management, auditing, and compliance controls.
• Support Power Platform configuration, including Power Apps and Power Automate.
• Collaborate with Infrastructure, Security, Network, Analytics, and DevOps teams to deliver secure platform connectivity.
• Manage patching, vulnerability remediation, monitoring, certificate lifecycle, and operational readiness.
• Provide L3 support, knowledge transfer, and service transition to BAU teams.

Required Skills & Experience

• Strong Windows Server 2022 administration, hardening, patching, and troubleshooting experience.
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft On-Premises Data Gateway deployment and support.
• Expertise in Microsoft 365, including Entra ID, Purview, Power BI/Fabric administration, and auditing.
• Experience with Active Directory, Group Policy, service accounts, and enterprise authentication.
• Strong understanding of RBAC, OAuth, service principals, and least-privilege access models.
• Knowledge of Power BI tenant administration, gateways, workspaces, monitoring, and deployment governance.
• Experience producing technical designs, implementation plans, runbooks, and support documentation.
• Good understanding of enterprise networking, DNS, firewalls, proxies, TLS, and certificates.
• Experience with monitoring and SIEM platforms such as Splunk or Dynatrace.
• Experience delivering highly available, multi-site infrastructure solutions.

Preferred Skills

• PowerShell scripting and automation.
• Power Platform administration (Power Apps, Power Automate).
• Microsoft Fabric capacity administration and monitoring.
• CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, Bitbucket, and REST API integrations.
• Experience with Delinea, Zscaler, Forcepoint, SailPoint, Qualys, Tanium, or similar enterprise tools.
• Exposure to highly regulated environments such as Financial Services.
• Windows Server and Microsoft 365 platform designs and build documentation.
• Production and non-production Power BI Gateway environments.
• Entra ID access model, roles, groups, and service principal configurations.
• Power BI/Fabric governance, monitoring, and compliance implementation.
• HA/DR documentation, operational runbooks, and BAU handover artifacts.

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