Messaging Engineer Microsoft Exchange x2 - SC or DV Cleared - Gloucestershire, London or Manchester - £70,000 - £80,000 + car allowance

We're looking for a Lead Messaging Engineer to play a key role in designing, delivering and supporting secure communication platforms that underpin critical operations. Working within a collaborative and highly governed technical team, you'll take ownership of the full life cycle of enterprise messaging solutions-from design and implementation through to deployment, support and continual improvement.

*This role requires SC Clearance, and then you will be put through eDV (Enhanced Developed Vetting) Security Clearance - for this you need to be a British National so please do not apply if not*

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys working within structured, regulated environments and has a passion for delivering resilient, high-performing messaging infrastructure. You'll also have the opportunity to broaden your technical expertise across the wider messaging capability, making this role particularly appealing to those with experience in military messaging or other highly secure communications environments.

The Role

As a Lead Messaging Engineer, you'll provide technical leadership across the design, implementation and support of secure messaging and collaboration technologies. You'll help ensure critical platforms remain secure, resilient and compliant while driving continuous improvements across the messaging estate.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, configure and deploy secure, on-premise messaging and collaboration platforms.
• Manage and maintain critical messaging infrastructure, ensuring high availability, resilience and compliance with strict service level agreements.
• Provide advanced troubleshooting, diagnosis and resolution across messaging technologies and supporting infrastructure.
• Lead or contribute to technical delivery using recognised project methodologies within a controlled and governed environment.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance service reliability, supportability and operational efficiency.
• Share technical expertise across the team, supporting mentoring, knowledge sharing and capability development.

Skills

• Strong experience administering and supporting Microsoft Exchange On-Premise environments, with a solid understanding of modern messaging technologies and strategy.
• Hands-on experience with SharePoint
• Extensive experience supporting Teams within enterprise environments.
• Strong infrastructure knowledge, including administration, troubleshooting, clustering and hardware evaluation.
• Proven experience working within structured governance frameworks and delivering against demanding service level agreements.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to resolve complex technical issues.
• Experience supporting messaging systems, particularly within military, defence or other highly secure environments.
• Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) certification, or equivalent technical certifications.
• Experience producing high-quality technical documentation, including operational procedures and end-user guidance.

Security Clearance

This role requires SC or DV clearance and then Enhanced Developed Vetting (eDV) Security Clearance to be undertaken if successful.

If this role is not for you, please register with us, letting us know your preferences, and we will be in touch when the right role comes in.

Messaging Engineer Microsoft Exchange x2 - SC or DV Cleared - Gloucestershire, London or Manchester - £70,000 - £80,000 + car allowance