Junior Collaboration Platform Engineer in Hook

Location: Hybrid Role, working from home & travel to BCA Hook, Hampshire

Working hours: 40 hours per week Monday – Friday

Job Status: Permanent

Constellation Automotive Group is the largest vertically integrated digital car marketplace in Europe, with over 15,000 staff and a turnover more than £12 billion per year combining the leading digital brands across the segments of consumer to business, business to business and business to consumer.

Main Purpose of The Role: We are recruiting four vacancies across IT, for recent graduates! Two in our Enterprise Applications team and a further two in Technology Operations!

The Junior Collaboration Platform Engineer is part of the Collaboration Platform team within Technology Operations, with responsibility for the design, administration, configuration and specialist support of our M365 platforms. As a Junior Collaboration Platform Engineer, you’ll support our employees and teams across the businesses, driving positive user experience and frictionless collaboration throughout our tenants whilst maintaining best practice and security standards as defined in collaboration with Information Security.

Your manager will tailor a learning journey that will include hands on project experience, working with Microsoft 365, including:

• Monitoring and improving tools such as Teams, Outlook, Intune (Device management), SharePoint Online
• Managing the Entra ID and Auth0 platforms across internal and external customer identities
• Implementation of sustainable and effective automation to support the reduction of manual, repeatable exercises

In time you will learn to be able to step into a Collaboration Platform Engineer role. You’ll work directly with stakeholders, support larger projects, and help maintain and improve the Collaboration Platform. You’ll collaborate across different teams, take ownership of project delivery, and have the confidence and expertise needed to take on larger platform responsibilities.

90% of your learning will be achieved through hands on project experience, including:

• Get to know our organisation, how we work, and how technology drives value.
• Learn & understand the Microsoft 365 technology stack, implement reporting and drive adoption and standardisation.
• Build skills in identity management, across Entra ID & Auth0 (customer facing identity).
• Learn how to improve standardisation and reduce manual effort through automation.

10% of your learning will be achieved through professional development including core business soft skills as well as academic professional certification such as Project Management and expert certification in AWS and DevOps.

You will also have the support of a wider Constellation Automotive Group Graduate community, skilled mentors and Learning Development experts. It will be your learning journey, developed with your Manager, but owned by you.

A little more on the hands‑on projects you will participate in:

• Assist with day-to-day support and administration of Microsoft Teams, SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business, Exchange Online and Intune.
• Help manage collaboration artifacts such as Teams/Channels, SharePoint sites, M365 Groups, and distribution lists in line with governance.
• Contribute to improving service reliability through knowledge articles, runbooks, and standard operating procedures.
• Assist in the rollout/adoption of M365 features (communications, guidance, FAQs).
• Writing clear platform requirements and supporting technical delivery.
• Designing and implementing platform reporting covering compliance, operations, insight and adoption.
• Learning and participating in Agile working practices, including sprint planning, team stand ups and retrospectives.
• Help maintain access hygiene: group ownership, stale accounts, license assignment, and audit evidence preparation.
• Work within ITSM processes (Incidents, Requests, Changes, Problems).
• Supporting backlog management and sprint planning.
• Utilising PowerShell and Microsoft Graph to implement automation and reporting across the Microsoft stack.
• Exploring Microsoft Graph for inventory, reporting, and automation opportunities.

What skills are we looking for?

• Enthusiasm for understanding business problems and how technology can solve them.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
• Ability to turn complex information into clear insights.
• A passion for technology, innovation, and customer experience.
• Comfortable working independently and as part of a team.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Enjoys working in a fast‑paced and diverse environment.
• Confident with Microsoft 365 Product suite.

The Selection Process:

For first shortlisted candidates, we will be organising MS TEAMs interviews so we can get to know you more and you can ask us those important career questions. A F2F assessment centre will then follow, planned for either the 6th or 7th of May, in Hook, in Hampshire.

We’ve put everything in place to ensure you thrive. Competitive salaries, strong core values and an excellent benefits package that includes:

• Onsite parking
• Company Pension Scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• An Employee Assistance Programme
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave
• Access to trained Mental Health First Aiders
• Access to BCA Rewards which provides online and store discounts with a range of retailers

And so much more… As the automotive industry changes, we’re changing with it - putting our people in the front seat for the journey. We’re the number one in what we do for a reason and that’s because of the people we have on our teams. If you want to be a part of a business like this; unrivalled, exciting and appreciative of the work you do, join BCA.

We are proud to be Level 1 Disability Confident and committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible. Our policy is to employ the best qualified people and provide equal opportunity for the advancement of employees including promotion and training and not to discriminate against any person because of gender, race, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, religion, belief, or disability.