Senior Messaging Engineer

Senior Messaging Engineer, Messaging & Telephony team - Technology Directorate - SC Cleared

London or Leeds

Salary - Flexible based on experience

At Peregrine, we're always seeking Specialist Talent that have the ideal mix of skills, experience, and attitude, to place with our vast array of clients. From Business Analysts in large government organisations to Software Developers in the private sector – we are always in search of the best talent to place, now.

Job Description

The messaging team is a senior third-line technology team that implements, supports, and enhances enterprise solutions such as Messaging and Email Security.

This role is an ideal opportunity for a technical expert who can help deliver new solutions, enhance existing solutions, also getting hands on with 3rd line support.

Flexible Working Options:

• Hybrid working with a minimum of 40% office attendance per month
• London or Leeds based offices

A day in the role:

Your day might begin with a stand-up to align with your team's sprint. Next, you may have some project work to do or a project meeting to attend, where you'll be modernising the business through the services, you're responsible for. After that, you may draft and raise a change request through the businesses formal change processes to change or update email policies. The following day if you're in the office, you could have lunch in the canteen with some of your colleagues. In the afternoon, you may have a support call from a user about an issue with their email encryption, checking to ensure our monitoring tools haven't alerted us to anything untoward. Once you've sorted that call, you'll document the fix so that colleagues in your team and division better understand the services you support. The rest of the afternoon could be spent reviewing a problem ticket and technical documentation of an upcoming feature for the businesses current messaging stack and identify any required actions for the team.

Minimum Criteria

• Demonstrable Experience
• Supporting, delivering and administrating changes within Exchange Hybrid and Exchange Online, along with Security Email Gateways (SEG's) and supporting email encryption technologies
• Handling multiple work-streams to tight deadlines dealing with conflicting and changing demands across a varied portfolio
• Demonstrate a proven technical background and a commitment with keeping technical skills up-to-date and relevant, especially in Enterprise Messaging Technologies
• Comprehensive troubleshooting skills
• The ability to craft concise, informative user and technical documentation

Essential Criteria

• Experience with managing highly secure messaging in a complex network environment
• Demonstrable experience mentoring junior colleagues and sharing knowledge with second- and first-line teams
• Experience simplifying complex email estates
• Good PowerShell skills
• Proficient in written/verbal communication, and stakeholder management skills

Desirable Criteria

• Proficient with supporting and delivering:
• Secure Email Gateways (Mimecast and Clearswift)
• MX Records and Email DNS Authentication (SPF, DKIM, DMARC)
• Email encryption (PGP, TLS, and PME)
• Cloud Fax Solution
• Email Journal Archiving (Enterprise Vault)
• Advanced PowerShell skills
• Experience migrating complex email solutions to Exchange Online
• Adept in Agile ways of working with delivery of tasks in a sprint methodology
• Knowledge of ITIL framework (understanding of Incident, Problem, Change)

How this role fits into the wider business:

This role is part of the Digital Workplace domain which is responsible for selecting, delivering and continuously improving a portfolio of digital services that help colleagues across the business to collaborate, communicate and be productive irrespective of role, device, or location.

National Security Vetting Process

Employment in this role will be subject to the National Security Vetting clearance process (and typically can take between 6 to 12 weeks post offer) and the passing of additional security checks in accordance with the organisations policy. Further information regarding the vetting and security clearance requirements for the role will be provided to the successful applicant, and information about how the organisation processes personal data for these purposes, is set out in the organisations Privacy Notice.

About Peregrine

We build workforces that deliver tech and change programmes at leading UK organisations.

By combining data science from Peregrine Intelligence, our industry-accredited Peregrine Academy, and market-leading attraction and diversity initiatives, we bridge capability gaps at all levels in public and private sector organisations. We work closely with our clients to understand their challenges and deliver flexible, long-term solutions that make a real difference. When you join Peregrine, you become part of a team that's focused on growth, both yours, our clients', and the sectors we support. You'll also get access to a full range of benefits alongside your salary.

How Specialist Talent Works

As a permanent employee at Peregrine, you'll be part of our Specialist Talent team. That means you'll work on-site or remotely with our clients, supporting them on complex, high-impact projects in Data, Digital and Business Transformation. You'll get the variety and challenge of consultancy work, with the stability and support of a permanent role. You're not a contractor - you're a valued member of our team, with access to all the same benefits, learning opportunities, and community.

Our Culture

We're curious, open, and always learning. We believe in doing great work and doing it with integrity. We support each other, share ideas freely, and celebrate progress big and small. And we care about the impact we make, whether that's helping clients solve tough problems or creating opportunities for people from all walks of life.

Diversity and Inclusion

We're proud to be a diverse team, with 20+ nationalities represented across Peregrine. We welcome people from all backgrounds and experiences, and we're committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive. Through our partnerships and internal initiatives, we're working to improve social mobility, reduce our environmental impact, and help our clients build more inclusive teams too.