M365 Architect (M365, Azure, Entra Intune)

M365 Architect (M365, Azure, Entra Intune), -(Apply online only) per day inside IR35

6 months initially, Warrington

Bench IT require an experienced M365 Architect to join a large organisation starting ASAP working full time in Warrington. The successful resource will be working with the Enterprise Architect and Security Architect, acting as the crucial bridge between high-level architectural strategy and practical technical delivery. You''ll take whiteboard concepts, meeting notes and design discussions and turn them into structured, professional architectural artefacts - while also interrogating what you''re hearing, spotting gaps, and flagging risks before they become problems.

Receptibilities

• Capturing whiteboard sessions, notes and high-level concepts from the Enterprise and Security Architects, converting them into High-Level Designs, Architecture Decision Records and Technical Design Documents
• Producing clear diagrams, process flows and system maps in Visio or Miro
• Maintaining a single, organised source of truth for architectural documentation in SharePoint
• Critically reviewing captured concepts to identify missing details, implicit assumptions, ambiguous requirements or governance gaps
• Proactively flagging risks, missing non-functional requirements (security, scalability, operational readiness) and unaddressed dependencies
• Validating technical detail with specialists across Security, Infrastructure, DevOps and Data
• Ensuring all documentation meets enterprise architecture standards, governance frameworks and security baselines
• Leading document review sessions and walkthroughs with engineers, project managers, transition managers and business stakeholders
• Translating complex architecture concepts into clear language for less-technical audiences

Knowledge

• Strong experience of producing high quality designs and system documentation.
• Solid understanding of the Microsoft enterprise stack - Azure, M365, Power Platform, Entra ID, Purview, Intune
• Strong proficiency with Visio or Miro, Word, SharePoint, PowerPoint and collaborative tools (Teams, Azure DevOps)
• Basic-to-intermediate understanding of enterprise architecture frameworks and visual language conventions
• Exceptional written communication - able to convey technical detail clearly and concisely

M365 Architect (M365, Azure, Entra Intune), -(Apply online only) per day inside IR35

6 months initially, Warrington