Senior Modern Workplace Solutions Architect

Job Title: Senior Modern Workplace Solution Architect (Pre-Sales) Location: Leeds or Reading Office Location - Remote Salary: Competitive Job Type: Full Time / Permanent The Role As a Senior Modern Workplace Solution Architect at TIEVA, you will lead customer discovery, shape solution direction, and ensure that what is proposed is deliverable, secure, commercially sound, and aligned to customer outcomes. This role sits at the intersection of Sales, Architecture, and Delivery, with clear accountability for solution integrity from first conversation through to project mobilisation. This is not a delivery role and not a supporting function. You are expected to exercise judgement, challenge assumptions, and bring clarity to complex or ambiguous opportunities. The Candidate Key Responsibilities: Owning the end-to-end Modern Workplace pre-sales outcomes for assigned opportunities. Leading high-quality discovery with senior IT and business stakeholders. Translating business intent into clear, staged, and defensible Modern Workplace solutions. Producing Statements of Work that are unambiguous, commercially robust, and delivery ready. Ensuring Modern Workplace solutions align with TIEVA delivery capability, standards, and governance. Reducing downstream delivery risk through strong assumptions, exclusions, and design clarity. Reusing and refining reference architectures, patterns, and artefacts to drive consistency and scale. Solutioning: You will design Modern Workplace solutions that balance user experience, security, cost, and operational reality, including: Microsoft 365 collaboration and productivity platforms (Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, Viva). Endpoint and device management strategies using Intune, Autopilot, and lifecycle tooling. Identity, security, and compliance design using Entra ID, Conditional Access, Defender, and Purview. Migration strategies for Exchange, SharePoint, file services, and endpoint estates. Sensible adoption of emerging capabilities (e.g. Copilot), with clear positioning on when, why, and when not. You will be expected to make architectural trade-offs and clearly articulate them to both technical and non-technical audiences. Cross-Functional Delivery: Produce high-quality SOWs, proposals, RFP responses, and solution documentation. Deliver workshops, demos, and PoCs to articulate designs and business value to technical and non-technical audiences. Collaborate with Sales, Delivery, and PMO teams to ensure seamless project handover and alignment with delivery capability. Maintain reusable templates, reference architectures, and best-practice artefacts to scale Modern Workplace engagements. Essential Skills & Experience: 5+ years designing and delivering Microsoft 365 / Modern Workplace solutions. Strong experience across M365 collaboration, endpoint management (Intune), and security. Proven pre-sales capability: discovery, workshops, solution shaping, and SOW creation. Confidence engaging senior customer stakeholders and leading solution discussions. Ability to balance architectural best practice with commercial and operational reality. Strong written communication and documentation skills. Desirable Qualifications: Microsoft Certifications: MS-900: Microsoft 365 Fundamentals MS-102: Microsoft 365 Administrator SC-200: Microsoft Security Operations Analyst SC-300: Identity and Access Administrator SC-401: Information Security Administrator MD-102: Endpoint Administrator AZ-104: Azure Administrator (for hybrid integration) Security & Compliance: Vendor certifications (Bitdefender, Qualys, Mimecast) ISO27001 / Cyber Essentials exposure Other Relevant: ITIL v4 Foundation (service management) Power Platform Fundamentals (PL-900) FinOps or Microsoft Licensing / Cost Optimisation accreditation Change management or adoption-focused certifications (e.g. Microsoft Service Adoption Specialist) What you’ll get in return As an Investors In People Platinum organisation, we pride ourselves on providing the highest quality experience for our people. Financial Life Insurance Pension Car allowance (subject to role) £1,000 refer a friend bonus Generous uncapped commission scheme (sales role) Profit share bonus scheme (non-sales, subject to T&C’s) Will writing contribution Long Service Awards (financial and time rewards) Electric Car Scheme (salary sacrifice) Cycle to Work Scheme (salary sacrifice) Buying holidays (salary sacrifice) IT Equipment Purchase / Loan Scheme Financial Wellbeing Tool Pension Surgery (consultation with a financial advisor) Discount scheme (retail, experience days, gym membership, etc.) Travel and accommodation reward scheme (Navan Platform) Health and Wellbeing Private Medical Insurance – includes optical and dental Employee Assistance Programme -for you and your family (Counselling, legal advice, career coaching, financial support) Digital GP Wisdom Wellbeing Platform AVIVA Wellbeing Platform Gym membership contribution Gym time Free onsite yoga (TIEVA North office only) Free eye tests Flu vaccinations Fruit basket Mental Health First Aiders Time off Holidays – above statutory increasing with service, plus 8 bank holidays Birthday benefit -Have your birthday off on us! Enhanced Maternity Pay Enhanced Paternity Pay Enhanced Adoption Pay Compassionate Leave Jury Duty top up pay Funeral Leave Volunteering Days Supporting your development Comprehensive onboarding plan Funded training and accreditations Monthly 121’s Annual performance reviews Professional Development Plans Various internal training opportunities Access to our Learning and Development Specialist Perks Welcome goodie bag Company apparel Free staff parties Incentives, competitions and prizes including trips Staff awards Opportunity to join various teams, e.g. Culture Team, EDI Team, ESG Team Free parking at either office location High quality well-equipped offices – Table football, pinball, pool table, shuffleboard, air hockey, games consoles, darts, multi-faith room, bar, outdoor eating area (subject to location). Why choose TIEVA? We’re not your average technology company, we put people at the very centre of all we do. A career at TIEVA means giving you the opportunity to shape your future. We will provide you with all the tools you need to succeed, this isn’t just the basics, we are talking about the latest automation technology, weekly campaigns, holidays, prizes, and team incentives. Further, faster - We know it’s important for you to keep moving forward, that’s why you’ll have the very best training opportunities. We invest heavily in our teams, culture, environment, and values which is reflected in us holding an Investors in People Platinum Standard accreditation and by us continuing to develop talent from within. More than technology –TIEVA is a leading IT solutions and services provider operating within all industries. We have experienced phenomenal growth by adopting a people-first approach and providing exemplary service to our customers. Real world, real career - Our focus is to deliver world class services and the best in technologies. You will work with the team to innovate yet always be looking to improve and deliver a portfolio of new products and services to our customers. If you would be interested in joining a values-driven, highly reputable business with an inclusive, driven and highly committed team please apply ASAP! Our promise to you…. If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we will provide support and adjustments that you may need throughout our recruitment process and beyond. Any information you share on your application will be treated in confidence. TIEVA is an inclusive company where you can enjoy the career you want, without changing who you are. We welcome candidates from all walks of life and are passionate about promoting greater diversity in the tech sector.