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# Systems Engineer III - Collaboration Engineering

- **Company:** Tesco PLC
- **Location:** London, UK (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £83,624.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Windows, Artificial Intelligence, Systems Engineering, Microsoft Azure, Big Data, Microsoft Online Services, Windows PowerShell, Microsoft Copilot, Microsoft SharePoint, Generative AI, Virtual Agents
- **Published:** October 27, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5942722018

## About the Role

* Deep hands-on and architectural experience across Microsoft 365 services including Exchange, SharePoint, Teams, OneDrive, Power Platform, and Copilot technologies - (Copilot Agent, Open AI or AI Agent) .
 * Strong understanding of identity, security, compliance, data protection, and backup/recovery within Microsoft cloud ecosystems.
 * Proven ability to manage technology lifecycles, vendor relationships, and commercial trade-offs.
 * Strong communicator, able to influence senior stakeholders and partner effectively with architects, product managers, and suppliers.

Nice to have:

 * Advanced PowerShell and automation skills.
 * Experience with large-scale data migration and hybrid environments.
 * Exposure to Azure infrastructure and virtualisation platforms.

## Description

We're looking for a senior systems engineer to lead the design, delivery, and evolution of collaboration and productivity platforms across Tesco. The role owns technology strategy and roadmap execution across Microsoft 365, collaboration services, and emerging Generative AI capabilities, developing solutions from

concept through to operational handover.

 * Own the architectural strategy and roadmap for collaboration and productivity platforms, ensuring alignment to cost, security, governance, and colleague experience.
 * Design and deliver new technologies and platform enhancements from conception through tooperational support.
 * Act as the senior engineering authority for collaboration technologies, representing Workplace Engineering across Tesco Technology and with vendors.
 * Influence product and vendor roadmaps, contributing to commercial decisions and business cases.
 * Ensure services are secure, resilient, scalable, and operable, with automation and service improvement built in by design.
 * Coach and mentor engineers, driving consistent engineering standards and outcomes across the team.