• This is a full-time based role based at Greggs Innovate House, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE12 8EW
• We know that having a work-life balance is important, so we offer our colleagues as much flexibility as possible in line with the needs of their role.

We are seeking a Platform and Infrastructure Specialist to work within the Access and Devices product team, to support Greggs in implementing frictionless internal customer solutions that continually improve how we provide authentication, authorisation and access services to our colleagues, driving automated and self service capabilities to ensure ease of access to our systems while also continually improving our security posture.

We can offer you:

• Our Greggs Employee discount Scheme is very generous, offering you up to 50% off our food 

• Your holiday entitlement starts with 5 weeks, in addition to bank holidays, which increases with service up to a maximum of 6 weeks after 25 years’ service. (Pro-rata for part time) 

• Other benefits include: 

• Private Medical Insurance which is free for you and subsidised for your dependants 

• Permanent Health Insurance which is a replacement income scheme 

• Share Save and Share Incentive Schemes 

• Employee Assistance Programme 

• Healthcare Plans 

• Cycle to Work Scheme 

• After 6 months service you may be eligible for our profit share scheme 

• You will be invited to participate in our Management Bonus Scheme which is worth up to 10% of your salary, subject to the Company meeting certain performance criteria. 

• You will automatically join our Greggs pension scheme which is a fantastic way to save for your retirement and allows you to benefit from employer contributions and tax advantages 

• The Management Pension Scheme is supported by a free life assurance scheme. This is a death in service benefit which provides a lump-sum payment equal to 4 times your year’s salary

Other benefits include:

• Private Medical Insurance which is free for you and subsidised for your dependants 

• Permanent Health Insurance which is a replacement income scheme 

• Share Save and Share Incentive Schemes 

• Employee Assistance Programme 

• Healthcare Plans 

• Cycle to Work Scheme 

We are looking for passionate people that love working as a part of a team to join us on our journey.  

You will have a proactive, can-do attitude and enjoy contributing towards an adaptive, fun and creative environment. You will be capable of working cross functionally and facilitating and collaborating with multiple stakeholder groups.  

You will be a lifelong learner and will enjoy joining us on a continuous journey of learning and improving as we strive to become a high-performing, self-organising product team, applying adaptive planning techniques to deliver innovative solutions to business problems.  

You will care about defining and delivering an outstanding service to everyone needing to access services via our primary identity platforms, by ensuring forward facing technology approaches are used to drive scalability, security, automation and resilience into our delivery, while also sharing your knowledge with others to ensure continual improvement of the broader product team. 

You will fit right into this role if you:

• Are passionate about using technology to best achieve business objectives and improve services. 

• Have extensive experience of Microsoft identity platforms, particularly Microsoft Entra/Azure Active Directory, as well as Active Directory Domain Services.

• Have extensive experience specifically around advanced group management capabilities (including dynamic groups and unified groups), application management (including SSO, app registration, and enterprise applications), and security features (such as conditional access, PIM, and SSPR)

• Have a good understanding of Microsoft 365 and broader Microsoft SaaS licencing.

• Have experience in working in hybrid environments, with direct knowledge of Azure AD Connect/Cloud Sync.

• Have a proactive can-do attitude and will enjoy contributing towards an adaptive, fun and creative environment 

• Have experience of building trust and highly effective working relationships with a diverse range of technical and none technical stakeholders at all levels of the organisation 

It would be advantageous if you had any of the following: 

• Experience of advanced Entra features in the security and identity governance areas, including risk/role based access, Entitlement Management, Lifecycle Workflows, and Identity Protection.

• Experience of IaC technologies, such as Ansible and Terraform.

• Understanding of Microsoft Graph and related APIs 

• Working knowledge of SIEM technologies, particularly Microsoft Sentinel, and/or XDR technologies such as Microsoft Defender.

• Experience in other areas of the Microsoft 365 collaboration stack from an administrative perspective, including Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, Teams and Intune/MEM.

• Experience of working in an Agile environment 

Here at Greggs, we love what we do, and we have fun! What makes Greggs so special is our culture – the way we are, the way we behave and the way we support each other. We're hard-working, but above all else we're family; and it doesn't matter who you are, where you're from or what your favourite bake is, we’d love you to join us! We want everyone to feel welcome at Greggs and our colleagues to be able to be themselves at work, whatever their background, preferences, or views.