Microsoft Solutions Architect in Bristol

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Details

• Location: Remote
• Salary: Up to £60,000
• Hours: Fulltime – Monday‑Friday (36.5 hours)

Knovia is on an ambitious journey to build a truly modern workplace—one that simplifies how our colleagues work, connect, and collaborate. Through advanced cloud technologies, enhanced capability layers such as Copilot, and seamless digital tools like SharePoint and Teams, we are committed to creating a secure, automated, and intuitive environment that supports productivity across every team.

To support our vision and core values of impact, growth and change, we are looking for a Microsoft Solutions Architect who will lead the strategic design, integration and optimisation of Microsoft 365 across multiple tenancies. This is a highly influential role, shaping Knovia’s future digital workplace while ensuring a seamless experience for colleagues and customers.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement a secure, scalable Microsoft 365 architecture across multiple tenancies.
• Establish parent‑child relationships and unified contact address books, while driving adoption of modern workplace tools.
• Ensure compliance with Microsoft best practices for identity, access and data security.
• Drive adoption of new Microsoft features, including Copilot, Viva and Power Platform, in collaboration with AI specialists.
• Develop automated workflows and processes that create and maintain separate tenancies for employers and learners.
• Monitor emerging Microsoft technologies and proactively integrate them to improve user experience and productivity.
• Map current business processes to modern Microsoft capabilities.
• Regularly engage with end users, department leads and IT leadership to gather feedback.
• Work closely with People, L&D, Marketing and Operations to align Microsoft solutions with business goals.
• Keep stakeholders informed about new Microsoft features, updates and potential impacts.

Requirements

• Microsoft Certified: Enterprise Administrator Expert (MS‑100/101) or equivalent.
• Proven experience in multi‑tenancy Microsoft 365 environments and complex integrations.
• Strong project management and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Knowledge of Microsoft security, compliance and governance frameworks.
• Familiarity with AI‑driven Microsoft tools and productivity enhancements.
• Works effectively across teams, supporting colleagues and contributing to team goals, especially in cross‑tenancy Microsoft 365 environments.
• Takes responsibility for assigned tasks and follows through to completion, ensuring high standards of service delivery.
• Ensures accuracy in configuration, documentation and troubleshooting, particularly when managing permissions, policies and automation.

Benefits

• Generous Annual Leave: 21 days, increasing with length of service, plus a holiday purchase scheme.
• Holiday Benefits: 3 Knovia Days for our operational December closure and 8 Public Bank Holidays.
• Extra Day Off: Enjoy an additional day off to celebrate your birthday.
• Paid Volunteering Leave: Up to 3 days of paid leave for volunteering opportunities and corporate conscience initiatives.
• Perkbox: Access to a wide range of lifestyle benefits and wellness tools.
• Recognition and Long Service Awards: Celebrating the milestones and contributions of our colleagues.

All colleagues must adhere to our internal information security, data protection policies alongside all other policies and procedures.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and have a guaranteed interview scheme in place to ensure that nobody is overlooked or discriminated against because of their disability. If you meet the minimum criteria when you apply and you have informed us in your application that you have a disability, you will be guaranteed an interview for that role.

To promote and maintain an inclusive working environment, as part of your application process we will ask you to share data on certain characteristics. These answers will not form part of the selection and recruitment process and will not be shared with anyone outside of the People Team.

Knovia is committed to the safeguarding and wellbeing of our learners and colleagues and we implement robust safer recruitment practices to support this. Dependant on the role you are applying for, we may undertake a number of necessary checks to confirm you are suitable to work with children and vulnerable adults, which may include a Disclosure and Barring Service check. We are also committed to promoting equality and inclusion throughout our colleague and learner populations.

Please note: We will be reviewing applications on an ongoing basis, therefore this role may close earlier than expected.