Senior Microsoft 365 Platform Engineer

what you'll do

The M365 Chapter is on its way from a mainly operational team to an engineering-driven platform team. Today, a large part of our time still goes into keeping things running. Our ambition is a split of roughly 60% engineering and a maximum of 40% operations, by standardizing our services, moving standard requests to the Service Desk, automating repetitive work, and enabling self-service. That is a journey, and you will help us make it. Expect a platform that is already running at scale, with plenty left to design, build and improve.Microsoft 365 is a strategic platform within HEMA, with Entra, Intune, Azure, Teams and SharePoint playing a key role. As a senior engineer, you will be one of the technical leaders within the Chapter, helping strengthen our engineering capability and reduce dependency on individual specialists.You translate the roadmap into technology: new digital workspaces for our stores with Teams, Administrative Units and identity & access management, automation with Azure Functions, a control plane that monitors hundreds of data points and remediates automatically, and central logging and auditing across our services. You shape technical designs and architecture choices together with the relevant stakeholders, implement solutions yourself or together with colleagues, and safeguard our engineering standards and quality in production.You take ownership of what runs in production, from design to go-live and long after. You lead complex root-cause analyses and technical conversations with stakeholders such as Security, AI and Architecture, and you translate approved requirements into secure and maintainable Microsoft 365 configuration. You drive our standards and the introduction of new technologies, and you are a competence leader in the team: you coach colleagues, review designs and implementations, help onboard new team members, and actively share your knowledge. You understand the intent behind requirements and are comfortable challenging proposed solutions when there is a more secure, scalable or maintainable approach.We are not looking for a senior administrator who mainly solves tickets, or for a consultant who only advises. We are looking for a hands-on Microsoft 365 Platform Engineer with a DevOps mindset: you build it, you run it, and you take responsibility for the result.

what we offer

At HEMA, you will learn and grow in an environment where people genuinely work together. You will receive guidance, valuable feedback, and plenty of opportunities to develop yourself. In addition, you will receive:

• A competitive salary based on your knowledge and experience.
• 30 vacation days (based on a 40-hour working week) and 8% holiday allowance.
• A variable bonus of up to 14% of your annual salary, depending on collective performance.
• A monthly net expense allowance.
• A fixed year-end bonus of 4% of your annual salary.
• 15% employee discount on all your HEMA favourites.
• An excellent pension scheme.
• Travel allowance of €0.23 per kilometre (from 10 km one-way travel up to a maximum of 30 km).
• Access to our Benefits at Work platform, offering discounts on leading brands, experiences and activities.

what you'll bring

You are a hands-on engineer who enjoys designing, building, and running solutions in a team that takes ownership. You combine a deep understanding of the Microsoft 365 and Azure platform with a development and DevOps way of working, and you know how to work effectively with a range of stakeholders. You think pragmatically, set the standard for secure, scalable and maintainable solutions, and enjoy helping others grow.In addition, you bring:

• Bachelor's or master's level of thinking and working, gained through education or relevant professional experience.
• At least 5 years of relevant work experience.
• Broad experience with Microsoft 365, including Entra ID and Intune, and a solid understanding of the Azure platform (for example resource groups and managed identities).
• Strong skills with Microsoft Graph and PowerShell, combined with the ability to build maintainable automation and integrations using appropriate engineering technologies such as APIs, Azure Functions or Infrastructure as Code.
• Experience establishing and improving engineering standards around source control, code review, testing, deployment, documentation and operational ownership.
• Experience with Git and pull requests, Azure DevOps, CI/CD and automated testing; you design and improve and help others adopt these engineering practices.
• A background in development, DevOps or infrastructure, and experience with monitoring and observability of platform services.
• Proven experience designing, building and running solutions from design to production, including monitoring, observability, troubleshooting and technical ownership after go-live.
• Experience leading complex root-cause analyses and technical conversations with stakeholders.
• Experience with one or more of the following is a plus: C#/.NET and Azure Functions, KQL and Log Analytics, Infrastructure as Code, API design, large-scale endpoint environments or Microsoft 365 Copilot.
• A proactive mindset, strong collaboration skills, and a focus on delivering tangible results.

jij maakt HEMA echt

Bij HEMA werken we met ruim 17.000 collega’s aan een beter alledaags leven in een mooiere wereld. Met producten die praktischer, mooier, beter zijn en ook nog eens langer meegaan. Én met kleurrijke winkels in dorpen, steden en online. We zijn trots op hoe ver we zijn gekomen, maar we zijn nog niet tevreden. HEMA is weer écht HEMA en klaar voor de volgende stap. Onze ambitie? Koploper worden in een uitdagende markt. Dat doen we samen, als één team, met trotse collega’s, ondernemers en partners. Door te spelen om te winnen. Dat betekent dat je nieuwsgierig bent, kansen grijpt, met plezier samenwerkt en altijd gaat voor het beste resultaat. Je durft jezelf uit te spreken en anderen uit te dagen om samen beter te worden. Jij kunt met jouw unieke bijdrage meebouwen aan het HEMA van morgen. Jij maakt HEMA echt. Doe je mee?