Michael James Associates

Infrastructure Engineer - Azure & Microsoft 365 City of London Hybrid (2-3 days per week in office) Insurance Sector Permanent A leading insurance firm based in the City is looking for an experienced Infrastructure Engineer to support and enhance its cloud and modern workplace environment. This role focuses on delivering secure, scalable infrastructure across Azure and Microsoft 365, with particular ownership of collaboration and productivity services including Teams and Copilot, all built on the Microsoft ecosystem. The Role You'll be responsible for maintaining and improving the organisation's cloud infrastructure and digital workplace tools, ensuring employees can collaborate effectively through Teams, automation, and AI-powered capabilities. You'll contribute to both BAU support and transformation projects as the business continues its cloud-first journey. Key Responsibilities Engineer, support, and optimise Azure infrastructure (IaaS/PaaS) Administer Microsoft 365 services including Exchange Online, SharePoint, Intune, and Entra ID Own and enhance Microsoft Teams (collaboration, voice, meetings, governance, policies, and integrations) Support rollout and adoption of Copilot and modern workplace automation Lead migrations, upgrades, and platform improvements Strengthen security, identity, and compliance controls Provide 3rd line support and technical expertise across infrastructure projects Work closely with stakeholders to deliver reliable, user-focused services Experience Required Strong hands-on Azure engineering experience Proven Microsoft 365 administration experience Deep knowledge of Microsoft Teams (including voice/telephony, security, and governance) Experience implementing or supporting Copilot or AI productivity tools (desirable) Solid understanding of networking, identity, and security best practices PowerShell or automation/Scripting skills Experience within insurance or financial services environments (preferred) What's on Offer Hybrid working (2-3 days in a City office) Modern cloud and collaboration technology stack Exposure to AI-enabled workplace innovation Competitive salary and benefits Stable, regulated environment with impactful transformation projects

Contract Environment and Release Manager - Insurance - The City, London Insurance organisation based in The City of London has a requirement for a Contract Environment and Release Manager. This is a great opportunity to be part of a large scale systems upgrade programme of work. You must come with insurance experience and have a background of working on large scale, complex transformations.

Permanent Business Data Analyst - London Market Insurance - The City, London A great opportunity to join a London Market insurance organisation as a permanent Business Data Analyst. You must have a background of working in The London Market insurance sector, and have the following skills: - Experience of working with the implementation of London Market Insurance Policy Administration Systems (PAS) or migrations from legacy platforms onto a new PAS. - Data experience, to include ETL processes, using tools such as SQL or similar. - Process mapping and requirements gathering. - Excellent stakeholder management. - As is and to be analysis and documentation. - Experience of any Lloyd's Messaging platforms such as PPL, Accord

MJA are currently partnered with an insurance client who are looking for a Data Engineer. In this role you'll help deliver accurate, curated data to power analytics and reporting across the business, working closely with Data Analytics and key stakeholders. You'll use modern cloud technologies to improve pipelines, migrate to data/reports to the cloud and build robust data quality controls. This is a hybrid role offering up to £70,000 plus bonus. You will work from their central London office 3 days per week. The role: Run and monitor daily ETL processes feeding the central data repository. Optimise, refactor, and maintain existing pipelines and jobs Support the Analytics team with reconciliations and downstream needs Contribute to the ongoing migration of data platforms to the cloud. The candidate: Strong Python and SQL, with solid SDLC practices and version control (Git). Experience building reliable data pipelines (preferably FiveTran/Matillion) and warehousing solutions on cloud platforms (preferably Azure) Familiarity with Power BI Good grasp of data modelling (dimensional/star schemas) and DWH concepts. If you're interested in this role, apply now!