SF Partners
IT Operations Manager
Job Description
Salary: £60,000 - 65,000 per year
Requirements:- Strong experience operating a modern Microsoft technology environment
- Comfortable combining hands-on technical work with service ownership and stakeholder management
- Experience across Microsoft 365
- Experience across Entra ID / Azure AD
- Experience across Intune and Autopilot
- Experience across Windows endpoint management
- Experience across Identity and Access Management
- Experience across MFA and Conditional Access
- Experience across joiner, mover and leaver processes
- Experience across ITSM and service delivery
- Experience across MSP / outsourced technology provider management
- Experience across asset and SaaS management
- Experience across information security controls
- Experience with ISO 27001 or similar security frameworks
- Experience with automation of IT processes
- Own the day-to-day corporate IT environment across Microsoft 365, Entra ID, Intune and Windows endpoints
- Manage the complete device lifecycle through Intune and Autopilot, including configuration, compliance, applications, procurement and secure disposal
- Manage identity and access processes across joiners, movers and leavers
- Administer MFA, Conditional Access, group-based access and privileged access controls
- Take ownership of the corporate IT service model, including SLAs, escalation processes, service quality and knowledge management
- Manage MSP and technology supplier performance and hold external partners accountable for service delivery
- Coordinate IT incidents, recurring problem analysis and appropriate escalation
- Support the operation of corporate security controls and maintain evidence for ISO 27001
- Help the organisation prepare for future SOC 2 requirements
- Maintain accurate SaaS, licensing, asset and access records
- Identify duplicated, unused, unmanaged or potentially high-risk technology across the business
- Use Power Automate, Microsoft Graph, scripting and integrations to automate repetitive operational work
- Develop useful operational metrics covering service performance, access, devices, SaaS and security
- Continually identify opportunities to simplify processes and improve the employee technology experience
- AI
- Azure
- Support
- ITSM
- Microsoft 365
- Security
- Windows
- Office 365
- Cloud
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We are a high-growth FinTech based in Nottingham, operating at the forefront of AI innovation across financial services. As we continue to scale internationally, we are offering a hands-on IT Operations Manager role with real autonomy to shape a secure, scalable and well-run technology operation. We provide flexible working, a private pension, healthcare scheme and bonus, alongside strong career progression and internal training. The salary for this role is up to £65,000.
last updated 34 week of 2026
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£62,500
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£80,000
UK median
This salary is 22% below the UK median for Managers (£80,000/yr).
Based on 2024–2025 UK technology sector benchmarks