Windows Infrastructure & Microsoft 365 Engineer (Power BI / Microsoft Fabric)
Licensed sponsor London Contract Posted 2 days ago
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.
Key Deliverables
- 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.
